THE^DICOTYLEDOXES 



1843 



Fig. 1745. — Manihot tttilissima. Habit of the plant. {After 



Engler-Prantl. ) 



tion of the family is clearly the Indo-IMalayan region, but, in addition, a 

 number of New World genera occur, particularly in Brazil. Members of the 



Fig. 1746. — Manihot. Flowers in longitudinal section. 

 Left, male. Right, female. {After Tiissac.) 



Stenolobeae are found in Australia, with the exception of the monotypic 

 genus Dvsopsts, which occurs in the Andes and on the island of Juan 

 Fernandez. 



It is perhaps not inappropriate to refer briefly here to another order, 

 the Juglandales. Its systematic position is far from clear. According to 

 Hutchinson it may have had its ancestry in the Sapindales. On the other 

 hand Engler and Rendle include it among the apetalous families, placing it 

 near the Garrvales. According to Rendle the order includes two families, 

 the Myricaceae and the Juglandaceae. Engler on the other hand separates the 

 Myricaceae in a distinct order, the Myricales. It is certainly true that 

 the Myricaceae show considerable affinities with the Salicales and Gar- 



