SUPPLEMENT. 



THE PAMLIES OF FLOWERING PLANTS. 



By Chari.es L,ouis Pollard. 

 CHAPTER XXIX.— Orders Primulales and Ebenales. 



THE Primulales consist of two families, Primulaceae and Plumba- 

 ginaceae. The order differs from the Ericales, described in the last 



chapter, mainly by the position of the stamens, which are borne on 

 the corolla opposite the lobes of the latter instead of being alternate 

 with them. In both families the calyx is free from the ovary. 



Family Myrsinaceae. Myrsine Family. Trees or shrubs with cori- 

 aceous (leathery) leaves and perfect or occasionally unisexual flowers. 

 Calyx and corolla 4-5-cleft ; stamens equal to the corolla lobes and in- 

 serted opposite them ; ovary 1-celled, becoming a 1-many-seeded, dry 

 or fleshy fruit. There are about 30 genera and 500 species, natives 

 chiefly of tropical regions, and especially abundant, it is said, on islands 



Fig. 182. Flowering branch of Icacorea paniculata, a Floridian shrub be- 

 longing to the Myrsinaceae. Original. 



