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Smooth shrubs or annua] her! -. writfa a terete, aim] le, or branch* 

 !'l«', shining, feather-veined, nearly sessile, 

 »iih fringed perm poles. Flowers | 



ir, white, pink, violet or yellow lly in 



mul pauioli s or racemes, and on sli ader thread- 

 ■haped stalks. 5 , equal or unequal, imbr 



- "'. twisted ii, aestivation, decid 5) miens 



iiynous, definite and op| ds, or 00, 



all fertile, in more rowB than one, ol which the 

 innermost alone is fertile, the exterior assuming the 

 •PI* [>etaloid scales. Anthers turned out- 



celled, opening lengthwise. Ovary free, 

 • '1. « ith .'! parietal placentse, somi times 3-celled 

 nt tlic base and 1 -celled at the apex ; style terminal 

 and stigma simple or neai rales pai 



UMtropal. Capsule 3-valved, 1 -celled or 3-celled at 

 the base, with the seeds attached to tl of the 



• small, oblong, pitted, with a straight 

 embryo in the axis of fleshy albumen, and the 

 le next the hilum. 

 mg the othi r diffl tween tin Be plants 



anil Violetworts may be menti sd their stamens, 



when definite in number, being opposite the \ 

 the anthers not having a membranous termination, 

 the presence of 5 hypogynous scales representing 

 stamens, the fruit having a septicidal de- 

 eds adhere to th< ad 

 nut the centre of the valves, and the strongly ribbed V § 

 and imbricated calyx. The last character brii - ^.r* 

 tin in near Tutsans, with which they accord in habit, 

 bat they differ in their stipules and decidi dly parietal ' CCXXW 



iitatiun. They are also said to approach Sundews : but this is by i 

 KihIIic'Ikt points out their affinity with Frankeniads, from which, 

 » distinguished by their polysepalous cab \. Bti] ul< s, and anthers 

 most nothing is known of their i S mvagesia en eta, the I 



ry mucilaginous. It has been used in Brazil for complaii 

 tnr disordei - of tlie bowels, and in I 

 ■ slight inflammation of the bladder. 



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