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Punica, BOT AMICAL 673 
75. Punicaceae. 
Small trees, with regular, hermaphrodite flowers, calyx-tube 
adherent to ovary, lobes valvate in aestivation; petals 5—7, inserted, 
with the numerous stamens, on throat of calyx; ovary many-celled, 
free; style 1; fruit capsular. — An order separated from Myrtaceae 
by valvate calyx-lobes, and leaves without dots, and from Lythraceae 
by calyx-tube more or less adherent to ovary. 
A small family in Southern-Europe and the Mediterranean region. 
370. Puniea L. 
Calyx woody-coriaceous, top-shaped, lobes 5—7. Petals 5—7, 
lanceolate, corrugated. Stamens very numerous, in many rows. 
Ovary with two tiers of cells, the lower consisting of 3, and the 
upper of 5 ovules attached to the tumid placentae, on the septa 
and walls. Capsule surrounded by a thick crust, crownded by the 
persistent, woody calyx-lobes: seeds angular, pulpy; embryo straight, 
cotyledons spirally convolute. — Large branching shrubs, or small 
trees, with showy, scarlet blossones. 
A small genus or only one species in the Mediterranean region. 
964. Punica Granatum L. Spec. Plant. I (1753), p.676. — 
Boiss. Flor. Or. I, p. 737. — Wight IIL, tab. 97. — Aschers.-Schweinf. 
Ill. Flor. d’Eg., p. 74. -- Sickenberg. Contrib. Flor. d’Hg., p. 229. — 
A small tree or bush, 3—4 m high or sometimes somewhat more, 
branches opposite or alternate, often thorny. Leaves opposite, alter- 
nate or clustered, caducous, oblong lanceolate. — Flow. March to May. 
M. ma. M. p. N.d. N.f. N. v. O. D.1. D.i. D. a. sept. D. a. mer. 
Cultivated everywhere and often subspontaneous. 
Local name: rumman. 
Also known from all the other parts of the Mediterranean region and 
often cultivated in other parts of the globe. 
76. Combretaceae. 
Flowers generally hermaphrodite. Tube of the calyx adnate 
to the ovary, constricted above it. or continuous with the limb and 
then elongate-tubular; limb 4—5-partite (rarely 6—8) generally 
campanulate; lobes valvate. Petals 0 or 4—5, often small, imbricate 
or valvate. Stamens 4—5 (or 8—10 in two rows); filaments 
subulate or filiform, erect, inflexed in aestivation, naked at the base; 
anthers versatile, dehiscing longitudinally, or adnate and dehiscing 
by valves. Disk epigynous or 0. Ovary 1-celled; style simple, 
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