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HEPTAPLEURUM. 



Stylos united in an elongated oone ; leaflets glaucous beneath H. glnucum. 



TREVESIA.-Only species T. palnwta. 



HETEROPAHAX.-Only species II. fratfrans. 



MACROPANAX. Only species, M. oreophihtm. 



TUPIDANTHUSi-Oolj species, T. calyptratuH. 



CORNACEJE. 



Conspectus of genera. 



t Petals narrow-linear, valrate in the bad. Anthers elongate, basifiz. Style elongate. 

 Alanoivm. Stamens usnally 2 to 4 times more than petals. Orary^ 1-celled, Albnmen ruminate. Flowers iu 



olnstors. 

 Haklea. Stamens as many as petals. Orary 1- to 8-oe1lod. Albnmen homogeneons. Flowers cymose-panioled. 



1 1 Petals short, valvate. Anthers short, dorsifix. Style short. 

 CoBNDS. Petals 4. Orary 2-oe\ieA, with a simple stigma. Leaves nsoally opposite. 



ALANGIUMi Only species, A. decapctalum. 



MARLEA. 



Petals about | inch long or shorter ; anthers with a glabrous connectivum ; leaves 

 glabrous, M. hcgoniaefolia 



Petals nearly an inch long ; anthers with a pilose and bearded connectivum ; leaves 

 puberulous beneath, M. tomentosa. 



CORHUSi Only species C. oblonga- 



RUBIACE^. 



Conspectus of genera. 



Trib. I. Coffeaceae. Fruit a more or less fleshy or sappy drupe or berry, indehiscent, l-several-oelled, with one or 

 more seeds in each cell. Seeds nerer winged or appendaged. 



Ovary 2- or more-celled, the cells with a solitary erect ovule. Berry with 2 or more (or by abortion 



only a solitary) one-seeded thin omstaceons or rarely membranons pyrenes. Leaves opposite with 

 true interpetiolar stipules. 

 Ovary 2-celIed. 



X Corolla-lobes valvate. Albnmen usually fleshy. 

 PSTCBOTRIA. Corolla-tube short, bearded at throat > pyrenes flat aud entire on the inner face. Flowers iu terminal 

 or axillary cymes or cymose panicles. 



X X Corolla-lobes imbricate. Albumen usually homy. 

 IxoBA. Corolla hypocraterimorph, the limb 4- or 6-parted. Flowers in terminal corymbs or panicles. Stipules 



connate. 

 CoFPBA. Corolla funnel-shaped, glabrous, the limb 4-7-parted. Berries 2- or rarely 1-seeded, seeds enclosed in a 



chartaceons pyrene. Flowers terminal and axillary. Stipules free. 

 Serissa. Corolla funnel-shaped, velvety, often along with the calyx somewhat oblique. Berries 1- rarely 2-seeded. 

 Flowers terminal or axillary. Stipules free. 

 O O Ovary 4-9-colled. 

 Lasiantbub. Calyx more or less toothed. Styles and ovary-cells 4-9. Flowers clustered or cymose, axillary. 



Ovary 1- several-celled or rarely (in Polyphragmon) numerous ; ovules attached laterally or suspended 



from the middle or summit of each cell. Pyrenes hard and bony, either connate in a hard bony put^ 

 men, or loosely arranged. Albumen usually fleshy. 



O Corolla-lobes valvate. Ovules laterally attached at or near the top. 

 Vakoueeia. Ovary usually 5-celled Stigma discoid. 

 Canthium. Ovary 2-oelled. Drupe didymous, or by abortion more or less 1-ceIled. 



O Corolla-lobes imbricate. Ovnles suspended from the summit of the normal or spurious cells. 

 X Drupes containing a single several-celled putamon, with a single seed in each cell. 

 ScTPHipnoRA. Ovary consisting of 2 cells transversely separated by a spurious septum and appearing 4-celled, the 

 upper spurious cells with a solitary erect, the lower ones with a suspended ovule. Styles 2. Drupes 

 angnlar-snlcate. 

 GOBTTAEDA. Ovary 4- or more-celled, with a solitary pendulous ovule in each cell. Stigma thick, simple. Dnipes 

 globular, rather large. Putamen 4- or more-celled. 



X X Drupes berry-like, several-celled, each cell containing several or numerous collateral 

 or superposed free bony l-seeded spurious pyrenes. 

 PoLTPHEAGMON. Stigmatic styles as many as cells to the ovary. 



Ovary 1-celled with parietal placentas or more usually 2- or more-celled, with numerous ovules in 



each cell. Seeds free, not enclosed in pyrenes. 



Ovary 1-celled with 4-5 parietal placentas. Corolla-lobes imbricate. 

 Gardenia. Flowers usually showy. Stigma entire, furrowed-twisted. Berry large, the nnmerous seeds imbedded 

 iu pulp. 



Ovnry 2-celled Corolla-lobes imbricate. 

 X Placenta simple. 

 Bandia. Stigma 2-lobed, style spindle-like thickened Berry largo, the seeds imbedded in pulp. 

 Griffithia. Stigma 2-lobed } style equal, not thickened. Berry small, not pulpy. 

 Webera. Stigma undivided, style equally filiform. Berry small, the seeds without pulp. 

 DIPLOSPOBA. litylo 2-oleft. Berry rather large, not pulpy. Seeds in a double row in each cell. 



