IVol. 2 

 156 ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN 



Family 242. Pentaphylacaceae. Chinese trees, with alter- 

 nate, leathery leaves and small, perfect flowers; sepals 5; 

 petals 5 ; stamens 5 ; pistil superior, of 5 carpels, each 2-ovuled; 



endosperm scanty. Pentaphylax. (Pf. Nachtrage zu Teil 

 ii-iv, 214.) 



Family 243. Corynocarpaceae. New Zealand trees, with 

 alternate, fleshy, leathery leaves ; sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; stamens 

 5; pistil superior, of 2 carpels; endosperm 0. Corynocarpus. 

 (Pf. Nachtrage zu Teil ii-iv, 215.) 



Family 244. Hippocrateaceae. Tropical trailing and 

 climbing woody plants with opposite leaves ; sepals 5 ; petals 

 5; stamens 3 or 2 or 5; pistil of 3 carpels more or less adnate 

 to the disk; endosperm 0. Hippocratea, Salacia. (Pf. 3 5 : 222.) 



Family 245. Stackhousiaceae. Australian herbs and shrubs 

 with simple alternate leaves and perfect flowers; petals 

 stamens 5 ; ovary 2-5-celled ; ovule 1 in each cell, erect ; endo- 

 sperm fleshy. Stackhousia. (Pf. 3 r> : 231.) 



Family 246. Staphyleaceae. Bladder-nuts. Erect shrubs 

 and trees, with opposite, compound leaves and pentamerous 

 perfect flowers; sepals 5; petals 5; stamens 5; pistil of 2-3 

 superior carpels ; seeds few to many ; endosperm fleshy or 0. 

 Staphylea, Turpinia. (Pf. 3 8 : 258.) 



Family 247. Geissolomataceae. South African evergreen 



shrubs, with opposite sessile leaves; sepals 4; petals none; 

 stamens 8; pistil superior, of 4 carpels, each 2-ovuled; endo- 

 sperm fleshy. Gcissoloma. (Pf. 3 0a : 205.) 



Family 248. Penaeaceae. South African evergreen heath- 

 like shrubs, with small, opposite leaves and regular, perfect 

 flowers; petals 0; pistil superior, 4-celled; ovules 2-4, erect; 

 endosperm 0. Penaea. (Pf. 3 0a : 208.) 



Family 249. Oliniaceae. African shrubs and trees, with 

 thick, leathery, opposite leaves, and small, regular, perfect 

 flowers; sepals 4-5, large; petals 4-5, very small; stamens 

 4-5 ; pistil inferior, of 3-5 carpels ; endosperm 0. Olinia. (Pf. 

 3 6a :213.) 



Family 250. Thymelaeaceae. Shrubs, small trees (and 

 herbs), with alternate or opposite, usually coriaceous, simple 



