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MoNOPETALous EXOGENOUS PLANTS (Continued). 



Group 5. Ovary free, or rarely coherent with the calyx, several-celled, with a single 

 ovule in each cell. Seeds with or without albumen. Stamens inserted on the 

 tube of the regular corolla : anthers not opening by pores or chinks. 



Order LIX. AaUIFOLIACEiE. DC. The Holly Tribe. 



Calyx of 4 to 6 sepals, imbricated in aestivation. Corolla 4 - 6-parted or cleft, 

 deciduous; the stamens as many as its segments, and alternate with them. 

 Ovary 2-6- (rarely many-) celled ; each cell with a single suspended ovule : 

 stigma nearly or quite sessile, lobed. Fruit drupaceous, with 2-6 stones or 

 nucules. Embryo minute, at the extremity of fleshy albumen. — Trees or 

 shrubs, mostly with coriaceous evergreen leaves. Flowers small, axillary, 

 solitary or fasciculate, by abortion often polygamous. 



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