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Calyx and inflorescence puberulous ; beiries the size of a pea, E. Noiomana. 



Infloresoeuoe glabrous ; fruit an apple of the size of a bullet, E. macrocarpa. 



X X Leaves coarseli/ crenateserrate ; inflorescence rusty icoolly-tomentose. 



Leaves glabrous ; calyx about a line long, E. tinctoria. 



Leaves woolly tomentose beneath ; calyx 3-4-lin. long, E. Japonica. 



HAMAMELIDEJE. 



Conspectus of genera. 



BcCKLANDiA. Flowers polygBinons. Male flowers with linear petals. Evergreen trees. 

 Altinuia. Flower-hoada 1-braoted. Flowers anisezoal. Petals none. Deciduous trees. 



BUCKLKNDlAi Only species B. populnea. 



AlTIIIBlAi Only species A, excelsa. 



BHIZOPEOREJS. 



Conspectus of genera. 



Ovary inferior. Style single. Seeds without albumen, germinating while still on the tree, the thick 



radicle enlarging rapidly and protruding to a great length from the summit of the capsule. 

 Bhizophoka. Calyx 4-cleft. Petals entire. Ovary 2-celled. 

 Cebiops. Calyx 5-6-cleft. Petals emarginate, appendaged. Ovary 3-celled. 

 Kandklia. Calyx 5.6-oleft. Petals lacerate. Ovary 1-celled, with 6 ovules in each cell. 

 Bhuouieba. Calyx 8-14-cleft. Petals 2 cleft, appendaged. Ovary 2-4-celled, with a solitary ovnle in each cell. 



Ovary inferior, nearly superior or free. Style single. Embryo immersed in a fleshy albnmen, the 



seeds not germinating, until shed. 

 Caballia. Calyx bell-shaped beyond the inferior ovary the lobes short erect. Stamens 10-16. Flowers oymoso. 



RHIZOPHORA. 



Flowers pedioelled, petals villous along the margins B. mucronata. 



Flowers sessile, petals glabrous, B. conjugata. 



CERIOPS. 



Flowers forming compact cymes on very short peduncles ; petals setose, ciliate towards 



apex, C. Roxburghiana. 



Flowei-8 in rather loose cymes ; petals terminated by 2 or-3 olavate appendages.C. Candolleana. 



BRU6UIERA. 



* Floicers small ; calyx-tube nearly clavate, the limb 8-cleft, Petals 8. 



Calyx-tube at base tapering, ribbed, with the lobes very short and rigid, B. parmflora. 



Calyx-tube blunt at base, not ribbed, the lobes nearly as long as the tube, B. caryophylloides. 



* Flowers rather large ; calyx-tube almost campanulate, the limb 1 0-14-c//]f. 



Petals 10-14, B. gymnorhiza. 



Leaves usually entire ; petals not embracing the filaments, C. integerrima . 



Leaves serrulate ; petals embracing the filaments, C. lancecefolia. 



COMBRETACEJE. 



Conspectus of genera. 



stamens without glands at bsise j anthers opening bylslits. Ovules 2 or more. Flowers in racemes, 



spikes or heads, 



O Calyx-limb caducous. 



X Calyx-tube short, constricted but not produced beyond the ovary. 

 TERUlNAtlA. No petals. Stamens inflexed. Usually trees. Flowers spicate. 

 CoMBSETUM. Petals very rarely wanting. Stamens straight. Usually climbers. Flowers nsually racemose. 



X X Calyx-tube long produced beyond the ovary. 

 Anooeissus. Calyx-tube 2-winged at base. Stamens 10, exserted. Leaves alternate. Flowers in dense heads, 



Calyx-limb persistent. 

 IiDMNiTZEBA. Calyx-tube elongate, narrowed above the ovary. Stamens 5 or 10, exserted. Leaves alternate. 

 Flowers racemope. . 



* * Stamens alternating with as many glands or staminodes ; anthers opening by a slit along the inner 



edge or by 2-valves. Ovules solitary. Flowers in cymes. 

 Gtrocamus. Calyx-lobes imbriate, 2 of them persistent and much enlarging. Fruit 2-winged at apex. 



