Hirtella 



HOSACE.E 



25i 



2. HIRTELLA L. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, alternate, entire. Stipules 

 caducous. Flowers in axillary and tei*minal panicles or racemes. 

 Flowers generally small. Receptacle tubular. Sepals reflexed. 

 Petals deciduous. Stamens 3-10 or more, perfect stamens on 

 one side only of the receptacle, staminodes on the other side, 

 filaments united at base, long exserted, circinate in bud. Carpel 



Fig. 109. Hirtella.' 



A, Portion of inflorescence and a leaf of 



II. 2)(inicula1a Sw. x ;]. 



B, t'lower-bud of same ; c, sepals ; ^>, 



petals ; a, stamens ; or, ovary ; 

 stf styie ; g, btigma x 5. 



C, Flower of same x 3. 



D, Fruit of //. jamaicensis Urb. X S. 



E, Do. cut lengthwise ; c, cotyledons ; 



;, radicle x . 



solitary ; ovary inserted on one side of the receptacle, 1 -eel led ; 

 style arising from one side near the base ; ovules 2. Fruit 

 drupaceous, dry, with one seed. Seed erect; cotyledons Heshy ; 

 radicle inferior. 



* The drawing of A, B, C is made from a specimen of H.paniculata Sw., 

 said to have been collected in Jamaica by George Caley. In the absence 

 of confirmation by other specimens we have not included this species, as 

 we know that Calcy was in St. Vincent at the date mentioned on the label, 

 which gives no locality. 



