302 M. WICHURA ON THE WINDING OF LEAVES. 



§106. 



jEgiceracece, — "Calyx 5-partitus, lobis sinistrorsum imbricato- 



convolutis Corolla lobis aestivatione sinistrorsum imbri- 



cato-convolutis/' Alph. DeCandolle*. This family also is un- 

 known to me. 



§ 107. 



Ebenacece, — Segments of the flower left, in the bud, in all 

 Bpecies. 



§108. 



Epacridea. — On the winding of the stem-leaves oiAndersonia 

 prostrata, Sond., and Sprengelia incarnata, see § 45 ; also, as to 

 the winding of the segments of the flower in this family, and in 

 the family of the Rosaceae, Caryophylleae, Hypericineae, Gera- 

 niaceae, Lineae, Oxalideae, Cistineae, Sauvagesieae, Malvaceae, 

 Sterculiaceae, Byttneriaceae, Clusiaceae, and Euphorbiaceae. 



§ 109. 



Ericaceae, — In the great majority of species of the genus 

 Erica the segments of the limb of the corolla are wound, and 

 constantly towards the left. 



§ 110. 

 Saxifragece, — Vahlia capensis, Thunb. : stem-leaves left. 



§111. 



Ranunculacece. — Nigella sativa, L. ; iV. damascena, L. ; N, 

 hispanica, L. : style to the left. Clematis azurea : appendages of 

 the carpels wound to the right. 



§ 112. 



Papaveracece, — Platystemon californicum^ Benth. : style of the 

 ripening fruit left. 



§113. 



Mesembryanthece. — Mesembryanthemum aureum, L. : petals 

 convoluted to the left in the budi 



* Prod. viii. p. 141. 



