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Flowers dioecious or monoecious ; inflorescence 

 mostly axillary or lateral ; perianth of sepals 

 always present and sometimes also petals : 

 Stamens of the outer or only series opposite 



the sepals, or if stamens are all in centre 



of the flower the cells of the 2-many-car- 



pelled ovary are each 2-ovuled ; petals, 



when present, minute ; sepals in one or two 



series : 



Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets crenate ; fruit 



a berry. A large tree . . .2. BISCHOFIA. 



Leaves simple, usually entire : 



Male flowers in axillary fascicles or soli- 

 tary in the axils : 



Corolla of 5 (rarely 6) scale-like 

 petals : 



Ovary 2-celled ; fruit indehiscent. 



Trees or scandent shrubs . . 3. BBIDELIA. 



Ovary 3-celled ; fruit a capsule. 



A small deciduous tree . . 4. CLEISTANTHUS. 



Corolla absent in both sexes ; sepals 

 imbricate : 



Styles confluent in a column or 

 cone ; disk none in either sex ; 

 anthers 3-8, adnate to a central 

 column ; fruit a capsule. Ever- 

 green shrubs or trees . . 5. GLOCHIDION. 



Styles separate or if partially con- 

 nate the style-arms and stigmas 

 free : 



Styles or style-arms slender : 

 Pistillode in males large ; disk 

 present in both sexes ; 

 filaments free. Dioecious 

 shrubs . . . .6. FLUGGKA. 



Pistillode absent in males : 

 Disk none in either sex : 



Shrubs or small trees . 7. BREYNIA. 



