Garry ALES.] 



GARRYACEvE. 



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Order XCVII. GARRYACEiE.— Garryads. 



Garryacese, Undl. in Bot. Regist. 20. 1. 1686. (July 1834) ; Endl. p. 288 ; Meisn. p. 346. 

 Diagnosis.— Garryal Exogens, loith amentaceous flowers, and opposite leaves, without 



stipules. 

 Shrubs. Leaves opposite, wathout stipules. Flowers arranged in pendulous amen- 

 taceous racemes, yni\\\n connate bracts. Wood without distinct concentric zones, or 

 dotted ducts. Flowers unisexual, amentaceous. <J Sepals 4. Stamens 4, alternate with 

 the sepals, not elastic. $ Calyx superior, two-toothed. 

 Ovary one-celled ; styles 2, setaceous ; ovules 2, pendu- 

 lous, with funiculi as long as themselves. Pericarp 

 berried, mdehiscent, two-seeded. Embryo very mmute, 

 in the base of fleshy albumen. 



In its amentaceous inflorescence, imperfect flowers, 

 superior calyx, and mode of gennination, this Order is 

 similar to IMastworts, from which it differs most essen- 

 tially in its wood AN-ithout concentric circles or vasiform 

 tissue (dotted vessels), its opposite exstipulate leaves, 

 simple finiit, and mmute embryo lymg in a gi-eat mass of 

 albumen. The latter characters bring it near Peppers 

 and their alhes, especially Chloranths, with which its 

 zoneless wood (for Cliloranthus has no annual zones), 

 sunple finiit, and opposite leaves, also agree ; but the sti- 

 pules of Chloranths, together with theii* naked bisexual 

 flowers, and articulated stems, distinctly separate that 

 Order. Nettleworts and Antidesmads may also be cona- 

 pared %\ith Garrya on account of their imperfect uni- 

 sexual flowers, somewhat amentaceous inflorescence, and 

 simple fruit ; but then* superior fruit, alternate leaves, 

 and more perfectly formed wood, are important points of 

 diff'erence. Gnetum agaui may be taken mto comparison 

 1^ on account of its opposite exstipulate leaves, amentaceous 

 unisexual flowers appearing from the axils of connate 

 bracts, minute embryo lying in a great mass of albumen, 

 and imperfect zoneless' wood, which in both cases is 

 chiefly constituted of woody fibre (the sides of which are 

 marked with mmierous brownish granules), and of annu- 

 lar and reticulated vessels lying scattered sparingly among 

 the tubes of woody fibre. On the other hand, these plants 

 have entu'ely the appearance of Vibm-nums or Dog- 

 woods. I formerly referred Garrya to the Urtical Alli- 

 ance, in which Endlieher follows, placing it among his 

 Juhflorae. Its adherent calyx, however, and more comphcated fniit, aff'ord an oppor- 

 tunity of associatmg it with Helwingiads, which agree m having a minute embryo in the 

 base of sohd albimien, and bring the whole mto unmediate contact with the Euphorbia! 

 Alliance. 



These shrubs are all found m North America, m temperate latitudes, or in the West 

 Indies. 



Their uses are unknown. 



GENERA. 

 Garrj-a, Douglas, 

 Fadgenia, Endl. 



CCIII. 



Numbers. Gen. 2. Sp. 6. 



Position. 



Fig. CCIII.— Garrya elliptica. 

 4. a section of the seed. 



Garryace^.— Hclwingiacese. 



CaprifoliacecB. 



1. a (? flower; 2. a ? ; 3. a perpendicular section of the ovary; 



