174 ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY. 
DIV: II.—CALICIFLORA, D.C. 
The families we have been hitherto descri 
division Thalamiflorae : distinguished by 
the flower with reference to the oO 
re now about to enter, the toa 
the petals and stamens springing : 
are commonly said to be inserted into the calyx. ‘The Oi a 
t or united together : and, the ovary is either free (superior ) ; . 
CLASS PERIPETALA. 
es it 
Torus between the ovary and tube of the calyx, but not forming a disk on the summ 
the ovary. Petals distinct, and stamens perigynous. - 
gynous, : 
To this class is referable all those orders having a Superior or free ovary. 
CELASTRINES, 
This is a large family of plants partly tropical, but the greater number of them ie of 
the warmer regions bordering on the tropics. They are all trees or shrubs, with ars 
Square branches, alternate or opposite, simple, or rarely compound, entire or dentate, pone fi 
~ eaves: small deciduous stipules: and regular hermaphrodite small™ flowers, the bo % 
which is lined with a large flat disk, 
“ Sepals 4-5, united at the base: 
Pe ‘tn : ; fant 
: anthers 2-celled, 
ing bottom of the cal x. 
In and adhering to the torus or rarely from abortion 
men usually fleshy, 
Sometimes very thi 
to the hilum: cotyl 
Ww 
edons usually thick. —Shruh 
- _ Arrinines.—Jussien originally confounded this order with Rhamneae, from which it 
afterwards Separated by Brown on account of its imbricated «stivation, the stamens 5; 
pee a eee eat PPposed to, the petals as in that order, and its ovary al ways quite free. hi 
; to Hinnocratiaceae (which see) and to Euphorbiaceae, near which, in 
é es the order. Bartling,takes a similar view and refers a 
ly illustrated ‘i AU ares the type of which is the Euphorbiaceae, Brogniart, who has 
MY Mlustrat e Rhamn ae i ea Ki oe : 
to some orders’ with mneae, states it as his conviction t 
hypogynous stamens, especially 
