Polyalthia longifolia, a tree of S. India, planted in avenues ; flowers yellowish- 

 green, in umbellate clusters ; ripe carpels | in. on ^ in. stalks. 



Unona discolor, shrubby; flowers greenish-yellow, 1-2 in.; carpels clustered in 

 fruit, on long stalks, \\ in., purple and elongated, 2-5 seeded, and constricted between 

 the seeds. Species of Unona and Uvaria tend to become climbers. 



Of Orders in which the floral organization, though apocarpous, tends to be 

 reduced to minimum constructions in terms of trimery and small size, note ;— 



Menispermaceae (56/260), a family of characteristically stem-twining climbing 

 shrubs, with panicles of numerous small flowers of the type, perianth 3-f 3. the stamens 

 reduced to 3-I-3, and the carpels 3 or i, with usually one ovule per carpel. The 

 fruits are drupaceous, to \ in. diam. The woody stems commonly present anomalous 

 organizaiion of the lianoid-type with broad med. rays, and recurrent cambiums, cf. 

 Coccuhis, Cissampelos. 



Berberidaeeae (8/150), based on ihe European Berberis, present irimerous 

 flowers with ovary of i carpel, but with several basal ovules.- the anthers dehisce by 

 2 'valves'. Fruit a berry with i or more seeds. Several Indian sp. (14) in Hill- 

 forest as shrubs. B. vulgaris in NW. Himalya, &c. 



A small series of aberrant forms, Lardizahalaceae, monoecious, anthers not 

 valvate, carpels 1-3, apocarpous, ovules over inner surface of wall, cf. : — 



Akebia quinata, a pretty liana-form (Hon.), with 5-lobed foliage-leaves, and 

 flowers (April) diclinous, trimerous, dull purple, in simple racemes. Carpellary 

 flowers few, below and larger; per. seg. 3, carpels 3 -I- 3 (varying), distinctly apo- 

 carpous, with many ovules. Staminate flowers small and numerous; per. seg. 3, 

 reflexed, stamens 3-1-3, anthers dehiscing by slits. 



For the Lauraceae, with limiting cases of dicliny, dimery, apetaly, and carpellary 

 flower with i carpel and i ovule, but comparable valvate anthers, cf. ' Apetalous 

 families ', p. 36. 



