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5-15-celled. Ovules numerous, fixed to a central column. Stigma large, 
radiate-peltate. Capsule coriaceous, globose-angled, 5-15-celled; the valves 
separating from the central column at maturity, Seeds numerous, ovate. — Par- 
asitical tropical trees, with thick, opposite, entire and shining leaves, and chiefly 
polygamous, cymose, showy flowers. 
1. C. flava, L. Leaves short-stalked, obovate, obtuse or emarginate, finely 
veined ; flowers polygamous, single or by threes, on short axillary and terminal 
peduncles; sepals rounded ; petals 4, oval, thick, yellow and unequal; stamens 
short and thick; stigma about 12-rayed; capsule pear-shaped, 12-seeded, the 
seeds imbedded in soft pulp. — South Florida. — A small tree. 
2. CANELLA, P. Brown. 
Sepals 3, rounded, concave, imbricated in the bud, persistent. Petals 5, hy- 
pogynous, oblong, convolute in the bud, deciduous. Stamens united into a 
tube. Anthers 15 (21 Endl.), adnate, linear. Ovary 3-celled. Style cylindri- 
cal. Stigmas 3. Berry globose, 1-3-celled, mostly 2-seeded. Seeds globose- 
reniform. Embryo minute, in fleshy albumen.— A large tree. Leaves alter- 
nate, near the ends of the branches, obovate, emarginate, glabrous, on short 
petioles. Racemes compound, shorter than the leaves, terminal.  Pedicels 1- 
flowered. Flowers small, purple. (The pee rg ofthis genus is tndetor- 
mined, but it has been referred to this order.) - de 
FÉ. “alba, Bvártzi--: South Florida: Angust — To a aromatic. Leaves 
peo — M— 
ORDER 20. PORTULACACEÆ. (PunsLANE FAMILY.) 
Succulent plants, with entire leaves and regular hypogynous or peri- 
gynous flowers. Sepals 2-5. Petals 3— 6, imbricated in the bud, some- 
times wanting. Stamens as many as the petals and opposite them, or 
indefinite. Styles 3-6, mostly united below, stigmatic along the inside. 
Capsule 1-5-celled, few —many-seeded. Seeds campylotropous, erect 
from the base of the cell, or attached to a central placenta. Embryo slen- 
der, curved around mealy albumen. 
Synopsis. 
* Sepals 2. Petals 5-6. | 
l. CLAYTONIA. Petals and stamens 5. Capsule 3-valved, 3-6-seeded. 
2. TALINUM. Petals5. Stamens 10-30. Capsule 3-valved, many-seeded. 
3 PORTULACA. Petals5-6. Stamens 8-20. —— 
* * Sepals b. Petals none.  — 
4. SESUVIUM. Stamens 5 -60, inserted on the calyx. Capsule cireumscssile 
L CLAYTONIA, LO ‘Sentxe-Beavrr. 
