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n, shrubs, or underahrubs, occasionally with a climbing habit ; t! 

 I with Btellati I hairs, occasionally with bcutI mplc, 



hther-veined or hand-vein- 

 . commonlj notched at the 

 edge; Btipulea dedduous,in a 

 few instanci - 0. Flowi rs 

 often in clusters, bat ah 

 spikes or panicles. Calj x 

 herbaceous, membranous, or 

 leather] . I- 5-lobed, \ aU :it-- 

 in (estivation. ( lorolla 0, or 

 i • many ]>< tal- 

 a> there are lobes t" the 

 calyx, either Bat, but twisted 

 jtivation, or arched and 

 drawn out into a Btrap; folded 

 inwards at the edges and \ai- 

 d [estivation, eitht r pi r- 

 manenl or deciduous, often 

 adhering t'> the tube of Bta- 

 mens. Stamens hypogj nous, 

 definite and opposite the pc- 



!■ twice as many and 



half onlj fertile and opposite 



the petals, or 00, as many 



being barren as there are 



sepals, and opposite them ; 



almost alwaj s united into a 



cup or tube ; anthers turned 



inwards, 2-celled, opening 



lengthwise, very rarely by a 

 or cl« ft near the point 



i (vary free, w ssile, i r on a 



-hurt stalk, composed of from 



i to 10 carpels arrange >1 round 



a central column, or reduced 

 one onl) ; oi ules 2 in each 



ci 11, anatropal, ascending, or 

 arly horizontal, or even 



pendulous ; -i\ lea terminal, 

 lidated ; stigmas equal in number to the cell Fruil ■• 

 through tli ■ c lis >>r resolving itself into its original el< mi nu 

 lions ; seeds sometimes winged, but generally round. I ; 

 ■mall quantity ol fleshy or mucilaginous albumen, straight 

 or generally leafy, entire or split, plaited or folded up, 

 straight or mrved, next the hilum. ( 



Byttneriads are often united with Stercu 

 atamens, with the anthers turned inwards, and, except 

 and Erioleenete, tlie stamens partially im] 

 celled anthers and not columnar stamens distinguish I 

 tendency t.> a I"-- of petals, an abortion of the Btanv ns, 



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Umifii j 4. pistil. 



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