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75 DE'PPEA. Teeth of calyx 4, short, triangular. Corolla 

 rotate, glabrous. Anthers 4, linear, exserted. Style exserted. 

 Capsule membranous, ellipsoid, crowned, 2-celled, and dehis- 

 cing at the cells ; cells 1 -seeded. A shrub. Stipulas triangular, 

 deciduous. Flowers cymose. 



SUBTRIBE II. HEDYO'TE^E. Stipulas formed into a sheath on 

 each side, adnate to the petioles, and ending in many bristles at 

 the apex. Herbaceous or suffrutescent plants. 



76 HEDYO'TIS. Limb of calyx 4-toothed, permanent. Co- 

 rolla tubular, with a bearded throat, and a 4-cleft limb. Sta- 

 mens exserted a little ; anthers ovate-roundish, small. Cap- 

 sule ovate, crowned, dehiscing at the cells. Seed numerous, 

 minute, angular. 



77 OLDENLA'NDIA. Limb of calyx 4-toothed, permanent. 

 Corolla with a short tube, a 4-cleft limb, and a villous or gla- 

 brous throat. Stamens a little exserted ; anthers ovate or orbi- 

 cular. Stigma undivided or bifid. Capsule nearly globose, 

 crowned, dehiscing at the vertex by a loculocudal chink. Seeds 

 numerous, small, half immersed in a globose placentas. 



78 GONOTHE'CA. Limb of calyx short, truncate, somewhat 

 4-toothed. Corolla having the tube inflated at the base, the 

 throat villous, and the lobes keeled. Stamens inclosed. Stigmas 

 2, obtuse, sessile. Capsule compressed, furnished with a double 

 wing on each side, which also runs down along the pedicel, 

 crowned, dehiscing between the stigmas. Seeds numerous, 

 small, serobiculate. 



79 KOHAU^TIA. Limb of calyx 4-toothed. Corolla with a 

 long terete tube, and a 4-lobed limb : lobes cuspidate. Anthers 

 sessile within the tube, inclosed. Style bifid at the apex. Cap- 

 sule globose, crowned, dehiscing at the cells. Seeds numerous, 

 small, half immersed in pits on the globose pedicellate placentas. 



80 KA'DUA. Limb of calyx 4-cleft or 4-toothed. Corolla 

 salver-shaped, with a long tube and a 4-cleft limb. Anthers 

 linear or oblong, nearly sessile within the throat. Style bifid at 

 the apex. Capsule globose, crowned, dehiscing at the apex at 

 the cells. Seeds numerous, small, angular, inserted on fungous 

 placentas, which are fixed to the middle dissepiment. 



81 ANO'TIS. Limb of calyx 4-toothed (f. 96. a.), permanent. 

 Corolla salver-shaped (f. 96. 6.), with a 4-lobed limb, and an 

 almost glabrous throat. Anthers inclosed or exserted (f. 96. c.). 

 Stigma somewhat 2-lobed (f. 96. e.~). Capsule ovate, crowned, 

 dehiscing at the cells at the apex. Seeds 4-8 in each cell, rather 

 angular. 



82 RACHICA'LLIS. Limb of calyx 4-lobed, furnished with 1-3 

 teeth between each of the lobes. Corolla with a long terete 

 tube, a short spreading 4-lobed limb, and a beardless throat. 

 Anthers at the throat inclosed. Stigma 2-lobed. Capsule sub- 

 didymous, dehiscing at the cells, crowned. Seeds angular, 8-20 

 in each cell. 



83 LU'CYA. Limb of calyx divided into 4 bifid teeth, perma- 

 nent. Corolla with a very short tube and a 4-lobed limb. Stamens 

 shorter than the corolla. Style short, bifid. Capsule globose, 

 didymous, dehiscing at the cells and near the dissepiment ; 



hence it is somewhat 8-valved at the top. Seed 2 in each cell, 

 ex Spreng., 5-6, ex Rich. 



84 ? POLYPRE'MUM. Limb of calyx 4-parted. Corolla with 

 a very short tube, a bearded throat, and a 4-lobed limb. Sta- 

 mens 4, inclosed. Style undivided. Capsule ovate, compressed, 

 dehiscing at the cells. Placentas oblong, adnate to the bottom 

 of the dissepiment. Seeds numerous, very minute, angular. 



TRIBE IV. 



ISERTIE\E. Fruit drupaceous (f. 97. g.), composed of from 2 

 to 6 many seeded pyrence or coccula (f. 97- f.)- Albumen fleshy. 

 Shrubs or herbs. Leaves opposite. Stipulas interpetiolar. 



85 META'BOLOS. Limb of calyx 4, rarely 5-cleft. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped, with a 4, rarely 5-parted limb. Stamens 4-5, 

 inserted in the throat of the corolla. Stigma bifid or quad- 

 rifid. Berry dry, crowned, divisible into 2-4 coccula. Seeds 

 angular, fixed to the prominent placentas. Suffrutescent herbs. 



86 GONZA'LEA. Limb of calyx 4-lobed. Corolla funnel- 

 shaped or salver-shaped, villous outside ; with a long cylindri- 

 cal tube, and a hairy or downy throat. Stamens 4, inclosed. 

 Stigmas usually 4, adpressed to each other. Berry of 3-4 

 pyrenae. Seeds angular, dotted, minute. 



87 ISE'RTIA. Limb of calyx 4-6-toothed (f. 97. a.). Corolla 

 with a long tube (f. 97. 6.), 6-lobed at the apex (f. 97. c.), 

 woolly inside, having the recesses between the lobes drawn out 

 into crests. Stamens 6, inclosed (f. 97. </.). Stigmas stellate. 

 Berry globose (f. 97. g.), crowned (f. 97. /.), composed of 6 tri- 

 quetrous pyrenae (f. 97./.). 



TRIBE V. 



HAMELIE^. Fruit baccate, many celled (f. 98. f. h.~) ; cells 

 many seeded. Albumen fie shy. Shrubs or trees, with opposite 

 or verticillate leaves, and interpetiolar Stipulas. 



88 TEPE'SIA. Limb of calyx 5-toothed : teeth unequal. Co- 

 rolla unknown. Berry oblong, crowned, 4-celled. Seeds nume- 

 rous, imbedded in the pulp. 



89 EVO'SMIA. Limb of calyx very short, 4-toothed (f. 98. a.). 

 Corolla subrotate (f. 98. e.), 4-cleft. Stamens 4, inserted in the 

 throat (f. 98. 6.) ; anthers ovate, inclosed, or nearly so. Stigma 

 thick or 4-lobed. Fruit crowned (f. 98. g.), 4-celled (f. 98. h.} 



90 SABI'CEA. Limb of calyx 4-5-parted. Corolla salver- 

 shaped, with a long slender tube, a 4-5-parted limb, and a hairy 

 throat. Stamens 4-5, inclosed, or nearly so. Style 4-5-lobed at 

 the apex. Berry globose, crowned, 4-5-celled. 



91 OLO'STYLA. Limb of calyx very short, 5-toothed. Co- 

 rolla subrotate, with a short tube, which is pilose inside, and 4 

 reflexed lobes. Stamens 5, inserted in the throat ; anthers 

 linear, exserted. Style undivided. Berry crowned, 4-celled. 



92 AXA'NTHES. Flowers usually dioecious. Calyx with a 

 quite entire border. Corolla rotate, with a short cylindrical 

 tube, having 5 fascicles of hairs in the throat ; lobes spreading. 

 Stamens 5, inserted in the throat, hardly exserted. Stigma 5- 

 lobed. Berry globose, crowned, 5-celled. Placentas fleshy. 



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