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I give below in his own language, as presenting in few words perhaps the best and clearest view 
yet published of the distinctive marks of these very nearly allied orders. 
MALPIGHINA, (Classis). 
Conspectus ordinum. 
A, Germen conflatum ex ovariis 3 v. 2, plus minus inter se connatis. 
1. Stamina calycis laciniis aequalia v. plura, pleramque dupla (rarissime in Malpighiaceis pauciora). Germinis 
loculi 1-2- (raro pluri-) ovulati. 
+ Semina exalbuminosa. 
a. Semina hilo lato gut arillo praedita. Folia plerumque composita. 
1. Folia opposita exstipulata palmatim 5-00-foliolata. Thyrsi terminales, Cirrhi0. Flor. irregulares. 
Stam. 7, rarius 6 v.8. Germ. 3-loc., loc. 2-ovulat., ovulo superiore pendulo inferiore adscendente, 
Caps. aptera, loculicide 3-2-valy., 3-l-sp. Sem. exarill., hilo maximo.— Hippocastaneae. 
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lares, saepe cirrhigeri, Flores regular. v. irregul. Stam. petalor. numero dupla, duobus Saepe 
deficientib. Germ. 3-2-loc., locul. 1-3-ovul., ov. adscendent. Drupa v. caps., carpellis saepe 
samaroideis.—Sapindaceae. 
&. Semina nec arillata nec hilo lato insignia, pendula aut adscendentia. Fol. plerumque simplicia. 
1, Semina ope funicult pendula, solitaria. Ovaria 3, interdum distincta. Carpella saepissime alata, rarius 
carnosa. Calyx persist., basi extus saepe glandulosus. Stam. 10, rarissime pauciora. (Fol. 
opposita, rarissime alterna, simplicia, interdum lobata, saepe stipulata.)—Malpighiaceae. 
2. — adscendentia, sessilia. Ovaria 2, connata. Carpella extrorsum alata, samaroidea. Calyx 
decid., eglandulos. Stam, 5-12, saepius 8. (Fol. opposita, simplicia, plerumque lobaia, 
rarlus impari-pinnata. Stipulae 0.)—4cerineae. 
¥¥ Semina albuminosa, solitaria. Fruct. drupaceus, abortu I-loc, Germ. 3-loc., loc. 1-ovulatis, duobus sub- 
evanidis. . Cal. persist. Pet. 5. Stam. 10, basi monadelpha. (Fol. alterna, 
rarissime opposita, simplicia, integra, saepe triplinervia. Stipulae 2 persist. intra axillam connatae in 
unicam saepe 2-fidam.)—Hrythroxyleae. ; 
Il. Stamina 3 (antheris saepe I-locular.), Cal. 5-divisus, persist. Pet. 5. Germ. 3loc., locul. biseriatim plu- 
i i i3connati, Carpella 3, v. abortu 2-1, samaroidea, 2-valvia, a : 
Sem. adscendent., exalbum. (Fol. i i 
teaceae, 
B. Germen conflatum ex ovariis 5 connatis, 1-ovulatis, ov. pendulis. Stigm. 5, sessilia. Carpella demum sub- 
distincta, indehiscentia. Sem, exalbum. Cal. persist. 10-fid., lobis 5 interioribus callosis minoribus, 
Petala 0. Stamina 10, libera. (Fol. oppos., simpl., integra, 3-5-nervia, exstipulata.)—? Coriarieae, 
__ Prorgrtizrs anp Uses. Under this head little is known, and respecting the Asiatic mem- 
bers of the order nothing, except that they are highly ornamental twining shrubs, and merit a 
place in every shrubbery having ornament for its object, though so far as I have seen, they are 
nearly unknown in Madras. | ee ae = 
% Remarks on GENERA AND Spegies. The genera of this order amounting, according to 
_ Meisner, to 26 in number, are distributed into three tribes, Malpighieae, Hiptageae, and Banis- 
_ lerieae, of the two last of these only, the Indian flora can with certai be said to. SS re- 
Presentatives. ‘The native country of the Maipighia I have represented is uncertain. We no 
doubt received it from China, but have no means of. ascertaining whether it is really a Chinese 
‘Plant. Ancistrocladus is also referred to this tribe, but there is much reason to doubt whether 
