Pistilla. Germen egg-shaped, compressed. Styles 2, as long 

 as the stamina. Stigmata simple. 



Pericarpium. Capsula oval, compressed, of 1 cell and 2 

 valves. 



Seeds 2, oval compressed, but marked with a little protube- 

 rance ; convex on one side. 



ILEX. 



Calyx. Peiianthium 4-toothed, very small, permanent. 

 Corolla, i petal, with 4 divisions, wheel-shaped. Segments 



roundish, concave, expanding, rather large, adhering by 



the claws. 

 Stamina. Filaments 4, awl-shaped, shorter than the corolla. 



Anthera: small. 

 Pistilla. Germen roundish. Styles none. Stigmata 4, blunt. 

 Pkricarpium. Berry roundish, with 4 cells. 

 Seeds solitary, hard as bone, oblong, blun, bellying on one side, 



angular on the other. 



N. B. Great variations take place in flowers of the Ilex 

 Gquifolium; sometimes the stamina and pistilla are found on dis- 

 tinct plants ; sometimes on the same plant, but in different 

 flowers ; sometimes again the flowers have 5 stamina ; and 

 frequently there are flowers that have stamina only, and others 

 that have only Pistilla, as well as complete flowers, on the same, 

 or on different plants. 



RHAMNUS. 



Calyx. 5 -leaved. 



Corolla. 1 petal, funnel-shaped, closed at the base, rough 

 outwardly, but coloured within. Tube turban- shaped, cy- 

 lindrical. Border expanding, divided, acute. Scales 5, 

 very small, l at the base of each division of the corolla, 

 approaching inwards. 



Stamina. Filaments as many as the segments of the corolla, 



