142 MALPIGHI/E. [CI. 13. 



often abortive. Albumen none. Radicle lying on 

 the Cotyledons. Stem arboreous or shrubby. Leaves 

 opposite, without Stipulas. Flowers racemose or co- 

 rymbose, their Stamens or Pistils often partially im- 

 perfect." 



Aesculus, fig. 12, and Acer, fig. 221, are the only 

 genera; with Hippocratea, and the obscure Thryallis 

 of Linnaeus, judged intermediate between this Order 

 and the next. Aesculus is, as Jussieu indeed hints, 

 full as much intermediate between the present and 

 the last. 



Ord. 67. Malpighije. " Calyx in 5 deep seg- 

 ments, permanent. Petals 5, alternate with the Calyx, 

 inserted into a hypogynous disk, by their claws. Sta- 

 mens 10, inserted into the same part, 5 of them op- 

 posite to the Petals, 5 intermediate ones to the Calyx, 

 their Filaments sometimes connected at the base. 

 Anthers roundish. Germen either simple, or 3-lobed. 

 Styles 3. Stigmas 3 or 6. Fruit either of 3 Capsules, 

 or simple with 3 cells. Seeds solitary in each cap- 

 sule or cell. Albumen none. Embryo with a straight 

 radicle, the Cotyledons reflexed at their base. Stem 

 shrubby. Leaves opposite, simple, with some traces 

 of Stipulas. Flowerstalks terminal, or more generally 

 axillary, either aggregate and single-flowered, or soli- 

 tary and many-flowered, either umbellate, spiked, or 

 panicled, each Stalk usually with a joint and 2 small 

 scales about the middle." 



Bannisterna and Triopteris have a tricapsular 



