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is also related to the Punicacea?, Blattiaceae and to the Combretaceae. 



219 Sonneratiaceae ( = Blattiaceae) : Near the Lytliraceae in morpho- 

 logical and anatomical characters. It is also close to the Punicaceae. 



220 Punicaceae 10 : Closely related to the Lythraceae in the valvate calyx, 

 in the imbricate wrinkled petals, in the stamens and in the anatomy of the 

 stem. Also to the Sonneratiaceae in the ovary partly connate to the receptacles, 

 and in the 4-winged yomig stems. 



221 Lecythldacese s) : Intimately connected with the Myrfcacese. But the 

 family conies near the Sonneratiaceae through Foetid-la (Lecythid.) on one hand, 

 while on the other, it is allied to the Khizophoracese tlirough Barrincjtoma 

 (Lecythid.) The latter genus is referred to the M}Ttaceae in my general index. 



222 RMzophoracese 4) : Tin's family is kin to the Conibretaceae and 

 Lythracese. It is related to the former family by the Anisophylloideaa (Rlii- 

 zoph.), in the locular ovary and in the stout hypocotyle ; to the latter family 

 by the Macarisiea? (Rhizoph.) with free "Dvaries. 



223 Nyssaceae '^ ' Related to the Conibretaceae in the one-celled ovary, 

 and in the diplostemouous audrceceum. 



224 Alangiaceae 6) : These approach Polyosma which is referable to 

 the Saxifragaceae, in the general construction of its flowers. 



225 Combretaceae 7) : Related to the Rhizophoraceae, Myrtaceae and 

 Ouagraceae. 



226 MyrtaC6e 8) : To lie mentioned as akin to the Lythraceae and Sou- 

 neratiacefe by the Metrosiderinse ; and to the Lecytliidaceaa by the Myrtime. 



227 Melastomataceae' : In habit, in floral structure, and in the anato- 

 my of the stem, this family is closely related to the Myrtaceas and to the Ly- 

 thraceae, when especially the genera of the Melastomataceae with pinnati- nerved 

 leaves and reduced appendages of the connectives are considered. In the dis- 

 placement of the placenta, and in the course of development of the ovary, it is 



1) Nat. Pfl.-fam. III. 7, p. 18. 2) 1. c. III. 7, p. 25. 



3) 1. c. III. 7, p. 29. 4) 1. c. III. 7, p. 49. 



5) WANGERIN, W. Nyssacere, in das Pflanzenreich, IV. 220, a, p. 7. 



6) WANGKKIN, W. Alangiacea?, in das Pflanzenreich, IV. 220, b, p. 6. 



7) 1. c. III. 7, p. 113. 8) 1. c. III. 7, p. C2. 

 9) 1. c. III. 7, p. 142. 



