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2, linear. Fruit globose, crowned, dry, hard. Placentas 2, 

 thick, adnate to the dissepiment. Seed nestling on the super- 

 fices of the placentas. 



40 MENESibaiA. Limb of calyx 5-parted. Corolla with a 

 long terete tube, an almost naked throat, and a 5-lobed limb. 

 Anthers 5, oblong, sessile within the tube. Stigma bifid, in- 

 closed. Fruit baccate, nearly dry, not crowned. Placentas 

 adnate to the dissepiment, many seeded. 



41 HELO'SPORA. Limb of calyx campanulate, 4-toothed. 

 Corolla with a longish tube, a naked throat, and a 4-lobed 

 spreading limb. Anthers 4, linear, inclosed. Style 4-cleft at 

 the apex. Berry crowned, tetragonal, not divided into cells, but 

 having the seeds immersed in the pulp, and disposed crosswise 

 in a double series. 



42 HIPPO'TIS. Limb of calyx sheath-formed, cleft on one side, 

 and drawn out into a mucronate auricle on the other. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped, with the tube a little incurved, and the limb blunt 

 and 5-lobed. Stamens inserted in the middle of the tube ; an- 

 thers ovate, inclosed. Ovarium girded by a 5-crenate urceolus. 

 Stigma of 2 adpressed lobes. Berry ovate, crowned. Seeds 

 numerous, minute. 



43 POMA'TIUM. Limb of calyx bluntly 5-toothed : the teeth 

 deciduous. Corolla small, with a terete tube and a 5-parted 

 limb. Anthers ovate, sessile in the throat, inclosed. Stigma 

 bifid. Berry nearly dry, globose, subdidymous, crowned by the 

 remains of the calyx, many seeded. Placentas rather tumid. 

 Seed angular. 



44 BERTIE' RA. Limb of calyx short, 5-toothed, permanent. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, with a terete tube and a 5-parted spread- 

 ing limb. Anthers 5, sessile within the throat. Stigma bifid. 

 Berry nearly dry, crowned, roundish, many seeded. Seeds 

 fixed to the central placentas, angular, muricated. 



45 POUCHE'TIA. Limb of calyx small, 5-toothed. Corolla 

 with a short obconical tube and a 5-lobed limb, which is twisted 

 in aestivation. Anthers 5, linear, sessile in the tube. Stigmas 

 2, exserted a little. Berry dry, obovate, crowned. Seeds 4-6 

 in each cell, deformed, clothed with silky down. 



46 CI/PIA. Limb of calyx 5-parted, permanent. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped, with a terete tube, which is a little longer than 

 the calyx, and gradually widening to the throat ; and a 5-parted 

 recurved limb. Filaments very short ; anthers oblong. Style 

 2-lobed at the apex, or 10-angled. Berry globose, crowned. 

 Placentas spongy, central, few-seeded at maturity. Seed angular, 

 wrinkled at the hilum. 



47 TARE'NNA. Limb of calyx 5-parted, permanent, reflexed. 

 Corolla unknown. Berry globose, 8-striped, crowned. Placentas 

 central, spongy. Seed 4-6 in each cell, horizontal, semilunate, 

 rugged. 



48 PETE'SIA. Limb of calyx short, 4-5-toothed. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped, with a 4-5-cleft equal limb. Stamens 4-5 within 

 the tube. Berry nearly globose, naked at the apex, many seeded. 

 Seeds rather angular. 



49 COCCOCY'FSELUM. Limb of calyx 4-parted (f. 94. d. a.), 

 permanent. Corolla funnel-shaped, with a 4-parted limb and a 

 glabrous throat. Stamens 4 (f. 94. &.), inserted in the tube ; 



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anthers oblon, heart-shaped, inclosed. Stigma bifid. Berry 

 ovate, crowned (f. 94. d.), many seeded. Seeds angular. 

 Creeping herbs. 



50 FERNE'LIA. Limb of calyx 4-cleft. Corolla small, with 

 a short tube and a 4-lobed spreading limb. Stamens 4, inserted 

 in the tube, almost inclosed. Stigma bifid. Berry crowned, 

 having the dissepiment incomplete. Seeds numerous, rather 

 compressed. 



51 PETU'NGA. Limb of calyx 4-toothed, permanent. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped, with a short obconical tube, a 4-parted limb, and 

 a villous throat. Stamens 4, a little exserted. Style villous ; 

 stigma bidentate. Berry globose, umbilicate. Seeds 2-4 in 

 each cell, fixed to the upper part of the dissepiment, ex Roxb. ; 

 but according to Blume scale-formed, and imbricated down- 

 wards. 



52 HIGGI'NSIA. Limb of calyx 4-toothed, permanent. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped, somewhat campanulate, with a short tube, a 4- 

 parted spreading limb, and a naked throat. Stamens inserted 

 in the middle of the tube ; anthers ovate, inclosed. Stigmas 2, 

 exserted. Berry oblong, somewhat tetragonal, crowned, many 

 seeded. Placentas adnate to the dissepiment. 



53 HOFFMA'NNIA. Limb of calyx 4-toothed: tube tetra- 

 gonal. Corolla salver-shaped, with a very short tube and a 4- 

 parted limb. Anthers 4, linear, acute, sessile on the upper part 

 of the tube, conniving. Stigma obtuse, hardly emarginate. Cap- 

 sule baccate, indehiscent, crowned. Placentas ovate, distinct in 

 each cell. Seeds minute, numerous. 



54 CATESBJEA. Limb of calyx 4-toothed or 4-parted. Co- 

 rolla funnel-shaped, with a very long tube, which is gradually 

 dilated to the throat ; and a 4-lobed limb. Stamens 4, inserted 

 in the bottom of the corolla ; anthers linear, exserted. Stigma 

 bidentate. Berry globose or oblong, crowned. Placentas 

 spongy, fixed to the top of the dissepiment. Seeds numerous, 

 scale-formed, collected into two fascicles in each cell. 



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HEDYOTI'DE/E. Fruit capsular (f. 95. k.\ Z-celled, dehiscing 

 at the cells ; and rather membranous and indehiscent ; cells many- 

 seeded. Seeds not winged. Shrubs or herbs, with opposite leaves. 

 Stipulas interpetiolar. 



SUBTRIBE I. RONDELETIE'^E. Stipulas twin on both sides, 

 combined or distinct, but neither sheathed nor divided into many 

 bristles. Trees or shrubs. 



55 CONDAMI'NEA. Calyx campanulate (f. 95. a.), 5 crenate 

 or 5-toothed ; limb deciduous. Corolla funnel-shaped (f. 95.6.), 

 with a somewhat curved tube, which is a little longer than the 

 calyx, a dilated throat, and a 5-parted limb (f. 95. 6.). Stamens 

 inserted above the middle of the tube (f. 95. e.}, or near the throat ; 

 anthers oblong-linear, bifid at the base (f. 95. /.), length of 

 corolla. Stigma 2-lobed (f. 95. e.~). Capsule turbinate, truncate, 

 opening in the middle of the cells (f. 95. A.). Seeds wedge- 

 shaped (f. 95. ;.). 



56 ALSE'IS. Limb of calyx superior, 5-parted. Corolla cup- 

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