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C\ CUCI R] 



I; t- annual "r perennial, fibrous or tubei 

 lendri I t'\ abortive stipuli • Leaves usually pah: . 



rorj buccuIi 1 with 



Dumeroi 



t i t n. white, 



:casionall) 



small and he'rba us. Flow- 



era / I 



juiflh- 

 able from the calyx, verj 

 cellular, with strongly mark, i 

 reticulated veins, sometimes 

 (ring) 'I. 3 Main 

 Berted on the corolla, and al- 

 ternate with ments, 

 rar.lv :; or 'J, either distinct, 

 or monadelphous, or so com- 

 bined thai -I j"i" in pairs 

 ami tin- fifth remains 

 anthers 2-celled,very loi 

 sinuoi hrary adhi 

 1 -celled, with I pla- 

 centae, 'which often project into 

 llii- cavity, ami unite thi r. 

 int.. a BoUd central column, 

 while tin- ovules remain at- 

 tached t" ih 



>nally onl; 

 and pendulous, usually bori- 



J,anatropal ; styb short ; 

 stigmas very thick, vi 

 lobcd cr fringed, I ruii 

 more or l< ss succulent, 

 crowned bj r of the 



calj x. Seeds tiat. ovate, en ve- 



I in :\ skin, which i> either 

 juicy, or dry and membra- 

 nous ; testa coriaceous, often 

 thick at the margin, sometimes 

 1 ; embryo flat, with no 

 albumen : cotj ledona folia- 

 ceous, veined ; radicle next 

 the liilmn. 



I re placed bj 



Auga S tiilaire ami 1 >■ 



Candolle b« tween Myrtles, !■• 

 which tl • \ appear t" have 

 little affinity, and 1' 

 worts, t.- which they are - i 

 closely allied, that tin _\ scarcely 

 differ, except in their sinuous 

 stamens, adherent ovary 



rcx> 



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uusexuaJ flowers, and exalbuminous 





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