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ILICINE^. 

 Compeetus of genera, 



Petals. Stamem hypogynons. 

 ItlX. Orary 4.8-oelled. 



** No petals. Stamens on a oodtoz toms. 

 Dapbnspbtllum. Flowers dioecions. OTary S-oelled. 



ILEX. 



Leaves cuneate-lanceolate, serrate, / gauUheriaefolia. 



Leaves ovate or oblong, entire. 



Flowers pentandrous, on slender pedicels, forming long-pedunoled umbel-like 



cymes, I- Godayam. 



Flowers decandrous, on short thick pedicels, forming more or less compact heads on a thick 



but rntlior long peduncle /. daphnephylhides. 



DAPHNEPHYLLUM. 



Caljx deciduous ; pedicels about 1-2 lia. long B, Hitnalayense. 



CELASTRINEJS. 

 Conspectus of genera. 



* Stamens as many as petals, inserted round the disk or on the borders. Seeds with albnmen. 

 y^ Capsule or follicle dehiscing. 



O Ovales 1 or 2, attached to the inner angle of cell. 



Evofmrus. Calyx-lobes and fcee petals spreading or reflozed. Ovary conflaent with the broad fleshy disk 



Capsules 3-5.1obed and-celled. Seeds arillate. 

 MiCEOTEopis. Sepals broadly imbricate, not spreading. Petals utiited in a ring at the very base, erect or nearly 

 80. Disk none or annular. Capsule oblong, 1 -celled and 1-seeded, 2-valved. Seeds without an arillns ? 

 00 Omles 2, rarely solitary in each cell, erect. 



KuRBiMiA Ovary free, bearded at apex. Ovules 2 in each cell. Styles 2. Capsule terete, entira or 2-lobed, 1-2. 



celled, follicle-like dehiscing into 1 or 2 valves. Seeds arillate. 

 XX Fruit indehiscent. 



BiPHONODON. Flowers 5-merous, hermaphrodite. Ovary half inferior, 6-oeUed. Fruits large, containing many 



pyrenes. 



* Stamens inserted on the disk. Albumen none. 



O Fruit an indehiscent berry. Seeds not winged. 

 SaIacia. Only genus. 



00 Capsules or carpels dehiscing Seeds winged. 

 HiPPOCEATEA. Ripe carpels 3, united at the base, flat, 2-valved. ' 

 LoPHOPBTALUM. Capsule 3-4-ceUed, angular, loculioidal. 



EVONYMUS. 



X Branchlets terete or slightly i-cornered. 

 O Petals entire. 

 Flowers small, in dichotomous cymes ; capsules angular ; leaves towards the apex ser- 

 rate, E. glaber. 



Flowers about 3 lin. across, in dichotomous cymes ; petals obsoletely fringed ; leaves quite 



entire, > E. garcinioides. 



00 Petals fringed. 



Flowers nearly 5 6 lin. across, in clusters or almost solitary ; capsules obovate, sharply 

 angular, on \ 1 inch long peduncles; leaves entire or obsoletely serrate,. .E. Javanicus. 



Flowers unknown ; capsules globular with the lobes rounded, on very short peduncles or almost 



sessile ; leaves entire, i .,i. . ,. , E. calocatpus. 



X y. Branchlets ^-angled and almost winged. 



Leaves petioled or almost sessile ; flowers small, in slender cymes (capsules small, smooth, 

 globuler, lobed), , E. vagaiis. 



MICROTROPIS. 



Cymes dichotomous, on 1 IJ inch long peduncles ; leaves smooth, glossy above,. .M. bivalvis. 



KURRIMIA. 



Flowers in simple racemes ; capsules entire, K, robusta. 



8IPHON0D0H, Only species, , S, celastrinua. 



lOPHOPETALUM, 



* Petals lamellate or crested on the lamina with the borders entire or fringed. 



