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ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY- 



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and one four. The last therefore is certainly an Hew, hut what are the other two? Had the charac- 

 ters heea 4 to the one, itnd 5 or 6 to the other I should have felt constrained, so fai^ as our flora 

 shows, to have admitted both genera, but as it is no uncommon occurrence to find 5- and 6-Iobed 

 flowers on the same branch, and of course Hew and Prinos on the same tree, it seems an unnecessary 

 division. I have therefore united the two and refer the whole to Ilex : /. deiificulata being 

 quaternary the other two quinary or senary, mere specific differences. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE 149. 



Rex denticulately 



1. Flowering branch, male plant, natural size 

 9. Detached male flowers. 

 3. Corolla opened, showing the stamens. 

 4« Detached stamens, back and front views. 



5. Abortive, ovary and calyx. 



6. Portion of a branch of a bisexual tree. 



7. Cluster of fertile flowers, natural size. 



8. Detached corolla. 



9. Detached stamens. 



10. Detached ovary and stamens, 



11. " 

 12. 



la 



J 4. 



Ovary, cut transversely. 



cut vertically. 



A cluster or ripe fruit 

 A berry, cut transversely 

 A detached seed or nut. 



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16. Seed cut longitudinally. 

 17. cut transversely. 



CL— STRYRACACE^. 



The genera of this order, so far as known to Jussieu, were associated by Kim with Ehenacece. 

 These were subsequently separated to form a distinct order, under the name of Sfyracec^^ by 

 Richard, which all subsequent Botanists have retained, under different names, that above given 

 being the one now generally adopted, StyracecB being retained for one of its sections. The order 

 is of considerable extent, including about 120 species, but only six genera. Most of them are 

 handsome flowering trees or shrubs, generally natives of tropical or subtropical countries, but not 

 yet observed in New Holland. 



Character of the Order. Calyx adherent to tlie ovary, persistent, 5- (or 4-) lobed ; lobes 

 Imbricating in aestivation. Corolla monopetalous, the number of its lobes frequently different from 

 those of the calyx (in the Indian species both usually 5) with imbricated sestivatlon, stameft« 

 definite or indefinite, arising from the tube of the corolla, of unequal length, cohering in various 

 ways, but generally In a slight degree only, round the throat of the tube; anthers, 2-celled, 

 bursting inwardly; pollen broadly elliptical, smooth. Ovary adhering to the calyx, rarely free, 

 from 2- to 5-celled, cells opposite the lobes of the calyx, when the same number, the partitions 

 sometimes scarcely adhering in the centre ; ovules anatropal, 2 or several in each cell, either all 

 pendulous, or the upper one ascending; style simple; stigma somewhat capitate. Fruit 

 drupaceous, enclosed in the persistent calyx, generally with all the cells, except one, abortive. 

 Seeds ascending or suspended, with the slender embryo lying in the midst of the fleshy albumen ; 

 radicle long, directed to the hilum ; cotyledons flat. 



Affinities. On this point considerable diff'erence of opinion exists. Jussieu, as already 

 remarked, referred all those he knew to Ehenacece, and most subsequent Botanists, in adopting 

 the order, have generally coincided in viewing It as very nearly allied, and perhaps I may add, as 



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i J Mifcj -" - - 



Monopetalce^ and with Hu 



"--*...«.i.c« lueir alliance witn iL,oenaceiE amongst j.uo7iv^ci,uilc, ""va "im -.».— .-- — ^ -- — 

 nrst instance, and in the next place, with Meliacece and perhaps with Aurantiace^B and OlacmetE, 

 amongst Polypetalcsr Endlicher and De Candolle coincide in these views, all three expressing 

 tbeir belief in the near relationship existing between Styracaceas and Ebenaceoe. Lindley 

 dissents, observing that "those Botanists who attach paramount importance to the condition 

 f the corolla, in deciding upon the relationship of plants, will object to the station now occupied 



(Styracacieoe) which, because of a sii< 



Ebenads. Buf. if a less value is OS 



different 



hovi-ever present a distinct tendency towards Ebenaceous structure. 



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