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IL—CALYCIFLOR&E. DC. 
Sepals more or less united together at the base. ‘Torus 
lining the bottom of the calyx. Petals and stamens spring- 
ing from the adnate part of the torus (commonly said to be 
inserted on the calyx). Petals distinct or united together. 
Ovary free or united with the tube of the calyx. 
CL. 2.—PERIPETALE. Juss. 
Torus between the ovary and the tube of the calyx, but not 
forming a disk on the summit of the ovary. Petals distinct, and 
Stamens perigynous. 
ORDER LIL—CELASTRINEJE. R. Brown. 
Sepals 4-5, united at the base: sestivation imbricated. Petals as 
many as the sepals and alternating with them, with a broad base, in- 
serted under the margin of the torus; very rarely wanting: zstivation 
imbricated. Stamens alternate with the petals, and as many, inserted on 
_ the margin or disk of the torus: anthers 2-celled, dehiscing on the in- 
her side. Torus a large thick fleshy flat disk, covering the bottom of 
the calyx. Ovary more or less immersed in and adhering to the torus, 
2-5-celled, or rarely from abortion 1-celled: ovules usually two (some- 
times only one, sometimes several) in each cell, attached to the axis, 
and usually at its base, at first ascending (sometimes afterwards by the 
elongation of the axis peritropal, or at last resupinately pendulous) : 
styles 2-5, usually combined into one, sometimes distinct: stigmas 
combined or distinct. Fruit free from the calyx, 2—5-celled (often 
partly abortive); either indehiscent, drupaceous, or baccate; or sama- 
roid ; or membranaceous and follicular; or capsular, 3—4-valved, and - 
loculicidal. Seeds one or several in each cell, sometimes arillate. Al- 
bumen usually fleshy, sometimes very thin or wanting. - Embryo 
straight : radicle short, pointing to the hilum : cotyledons usually thick. 
—Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate or opposite. 
The divisions of the flower are occasionally increased by one part. The principal 
caracter of this tribe consists in the large flat disk, the stamens as many as the 
WS, and alternating with them. To this may be added the im ^ coder 
t if Perrottetia of Kunth belong to it, the zstivation of the Į is sometimes 
Turpinia. s 
and myrtifolia, having a bilocular ovary with two erect ovules in each, 
form a distinct genus, if has been E say heker by Kunth), and Hartogia belong 
to Celastrinee and not to Ilicinea: Curtisia can be referred to neither. Staphyleacee 
