CI. 13.] VITES, GERANIA. 147 



Sect. 3. Allied to Melice. — Sivktenia and Cedrela. 



Leea makes a connecting link with the following 

 Order. 



Ord. 72. Vites. " Calyx of 1 leaf, short, nearly 

 entire. Petals definite, 4, 5, or 6, broad at the base. 

 Stamens as many, opposite to the Petals, with sepa- 

 rate Filaments, inserted into a hypogynous disk. 

 Germen, Style if present, and Stigma, single. Berry 

 of one or many cells, with one, or a definite number 

 of bony Seeds, whose surface is unequal, and which 

 are attached tothebottomofthe fruit. Albumen none. 

 Embryo descending, with straight Cotyledons. Stem 

 shrubby, trailing or climbing, knotty. Leaves alter- 

 nate, with Stipulas. Tendrils or Flower-stalks oppo- 

 site to the Leaves." 



Cissus and Vitis, fig. 226, are the only genera. 

 Jussieu ingeniously points out an affinity to these in 

 some of the shrubby Gerania, Ord. 73, confirmed by 

 the acidity of the Leaves in some instances. This af- 

 finity serves well to introduce the following. 



Ord. 73. Gerania. " Calyx simple, of 5 leaves, 

 or in 5 deep segments, permanent. Petals 5" (re- 

 gular or irregular). " Stamens definite, their fila- 

 ments connected at the base ; some of the Anthers 

 often wanting. Germen single. Style 1. Stigmas 5, 

 oblong. Fruit of 5 cells, or 5 Capsules, each con- 

 taining 1 or 2 Seeds. Albumen none. Stem slightly 

 shrubby, or herbaceous. Leaves opposite or alternate, 



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