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brated. Petals hypogynous, four to ten. Stamens hypogynous, indefinite or rarely definite, distinct, or variously 
united at the base ; filaments unequal ; anthers adnate, introrse or extrorse, sometimes very small, sometimes unilocular, 
and sometimes opening by a pore. Torws fleshy, occasionally five-lobed. Ovary solitary, one or many-celled ; ovules 
solitary, or several in each cell, erect or ascending, or numerous and attached to several placente ; style usually none 
or very short, seldom conspicuous; stigmas peltate, or radiate. Fruit capsular or fleshy, or drupaceous, one or many- 
celled, valvular and septicidal, or indehiscent. Seeds definite, in a pulp, apterous, often arillate; testa thin and mem- 
branous; albumen none; embryo straight; radicle small, next to the hilum ; cotyledons large, thick, and fleshy, often 
cohering. (Wight and Arnott.) 
e plants belonging to this family are shrubs or trees, sometimes parasitical, Their leaves are opposite, rarely 
nt e, coriaceous, and shortly petioled. The flowers are axillary, very often disposed in terminal or lateral panicles. 
are for the most part confined to tropical countries. Fée remarks, that this family preserves in all its genera the 
law of analogies. They abound in a gum-resinous juice, combined with a yellow colouring principle; it is acrid in 
some instances, also bitter and purgative. The fruit is for the most part esculent, and as in the Mangosteen of India, 
is delicious. 
HEBRADENDRON CAMBOGIOIDES. 
GRAHAM. 
like it with several (ten?) abortive stamens, crowned b ule sti 
: ) y a lobed and muricated sessile stigma. Berry many (four 
celled ; cells one-seeded. Cotyledons thick, consolidated ; radicle central, filiform. (Graham. Royle.) = ola 
ment Ms 1 - * ri = . 
_ it single-seeded. Seeds large in relation to the berry, reniform, elliptical, compressed laterally, integuments yellow- 
ted easily separable into two | . 
filif 3 sligh tly curved. (nin ayers ; cotyledons thick, cohering into a uniform cellular mass; radicle central 
, 
tive. The Hebradendro cambovjc} 
ee bogioides differs from Ga i ‘ 
Plant, must cede to the name of Dr. Graham. Tt is eile Coyvns Rar Diab —— Sige exe: 
