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PITTOSPOREJE. 



Conspectus of genera, 

 PrrtosPOBvy. Capsnle thick-oorieceons, opening locnlioidally. 



PinOSPORUM. 



Youup shoots rusty pubeecent , ovary rusty tomentose ; sepals narrow, much acou- 

 minate, , P. ferrugineinn. 



POLYOALE^. 



Conspecfus 0/ genera. 

 Xanthofbtllum. Petals and Btamens free. Fruit globular, iudehisoent, 



XANTHOPHYllUM. 



Leaves glossy on both sides ; calyx puberulous ; ovary glabrous .X flaveseem. 



Leaves somewhat glaucous beneath; panicles and calyx quite glabrous, ovary villous. X. virens. 

 Leaves glaucous beneath; panicles calyx and ovary densely puberulous, X glaucum. 



TAMARISCINE^. 

 Conspectus of genera. 

 Taxabix. Petals and stamens free or only at base connate. Seeds comose. 



TAMARIX. 



Flowers rose-coloured, in dense short terminal spikes, T. dioica. 



Flowers white, in loose slender terminal and lateral racemes, T, Gallica, 



ETPERICJNE^. 



Conspectus of genera. 



Tridesmib. Capsnles opening loculioidally. Petals with a scale above the base. 

 Cbatoxylon. As former, but petals naked. 



TRIDESMIS. 



All parts glabrous, T.formosa. 



Sepals, pedicels and leaves beneath shortly tomentose, ....,., T. pruniflora. 



CRATOXYIOH. , . ^ . . .. 



* Flowers t terminal panicles. 



Leaves narrowed and almost sagittate at base (7. neriifolium. 



* * Floioers in axillary cymes or solitary. 



No hypogynous glands , C. carneum, 



GUTTIFERM. 



Conspecfus of genera. 



* Stigma sessUe or nearly so, peltate entire or lobed. Badiole of embryo large, filling the whole seed 



cotyledons rery minute or none. ' 



Gaecikia. Sepals and petals 4 or 5, decussate. 

 OcHBOCAKPUS. Calyx in bud closed, afterwards valvate-2rparted. 



* Style elongated with a peltate or ^.parted stigma. Badiole of embryo very short, the cotyledons 



thick and fleshy. 

 Caiophtii-cm. Ovary with a single 1-ovuled cell. Panicles triohotomons or raceme-like. 

 MEStJA. Ovary with 2-oyuled cells, flowers solitary. 



8ARCHIIA. ^ . 



Subg. I. Garcinia. Anthers oblong or ovate, opening by longitudinal slits or 



pores. 

 Stamens of male flowers in 4 bundles. Stigma radiate-lob ed, smooth or almost 

 so. Ovary iAO-celled. 

 Female flowers with stamens surrounding the ovary; berries short-peduncled, large, 



globose G. Mangostatia. 



Female flowers without stamens ; berries sessile, small, tapering towards the large 

 stigma, , G. cornea. 



