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OiiDER IV. ANO^AQBM. , 



Sepals usually 3, distinct, or more or less united in a 3-lobed or 3-tootlictl 

 calyx (in Eupomaiia united in one mass witli the petals). Petals usually 6^ 

 hypogynous, in 2 rows, 3 outer ones alternating with the sepals, 3 inner ones 

 alternatinf>: with the outer, sometimes all united in a rin^^ at the base, those 

 of each ro'vv valvate or imbricate in the bud. Stamens indcfuiite, usunliy 

 very numerous, closely packed on the thickened torus, round or under the 

 carpels, linear or wedge-shaped, with 2 adnate anther-cells on the back or 

 ed^cs, often concealed by the more or less dilated summit of the connectinuu. 

 Gynoccium of several, often very many carpels, distinct (except in Eupomaiia), 

 closely packed on the centre of the torus, terminating each in a capitate stigma, 

 or in a thick oblong or rarely more slender style, stignuitic on the top or nmer 

 side. Ovules in each carpel either 1 or 2, ascending from the base , or 3 or 

 more attached to the inner angle of the cavity, anatropous. Fruit either of 

 several distinct carpels sessile or stalked, indehisccnt and fleshy or pulpy, 

 sometimes opening along the Inner edge, or the carpels more or less united 

 in a single mass, ■ Seeds with or without an arillus. Albumeii copious, 

 always nuninate. Embiyo very small, near the hilum, — Trees, shrubs, or 

 woody climbers. Leaves alternate, simple, and quite entii'e, without stipules. 

 Powers sessile, or on 1-floweTcd pedicels, solitary, or few togetheuj teruiiual, 

 lateral, or axillary, usually of a greenish-yellow or purple colour. 



A large Order, widely distributed over the New World as well as the Old, but chiefly con- 

 fined to the tropics. Of the 6 Australian genera, 5 are more numerously represented in tro- 

 pical Asia or Africa, the sixth is endemic. None are Auierietui. 



Petals G, nearly equal. 

 Petals spreading. 



Petals broad, imbricate in the bud. Ovules or seeds several iu 



each carpel 1, IJvaria. 



Petals narrow, valvate iu the very young bad, but soon spreading. 



Ovules 1 or 2, erect in each carpel 3. Polyalthia. 



Petals concave, not S2)reading, valvate. 



Ovules I iu each carpel, erect. (Rowers 3 to 4 lines diameter) . 3. Poi'OWiA. 



Ovules several in each carpel. (Flowers about G lines diameter) 4. MELODOKLOf. 



Petals, 3 outer like the sepals, 3 iuner large, erect, very concave , , 5, Saccopetatx'M. 



Petals and sepals united iu a conical mass, which falls off entire * . 6. Eupomatia. 



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1. XJVAIIIA, Linn. 



Sepals broad. Petals 6, imhricate in the bud in each row, sprcaJi^g. 

 Stamens iiuuicrous and closely packed, rather flat, the connective produccfl j 

 into a shortly ovoid, or truncate appendage, (Concealing the cells in the norinal 

 species. Receptacle shglitly raised. Carpels numerous, Avith a short trun- 

 cate style, and several ovules in 2 rows along the inner angle. Berries dis- 

 tinct, sessile, or stalked, usually Avith several seeds.— Stems climbing or ir^^' 

 ing. Flowers usually rather large, leaf-opposcd or axillary. 



A consiJcrahle genus, chiefly Asiatic, with a few African species. The following Austra- 

 lian ones are both cndeiuic, and cue of them a doubtful congener. 



Petals all broad. Anthers dilated ut the top, concfahng the lateral cells 1. U. memiranacea. 



