Mali 



TILIAI i: 1 





CXXX1 TILIACE 1 I 



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I'r. . - or shrubs, verj BeMom herbaceous plants. !.• 

 alternate. Flowers axillary, usually perfi i Sepals I nr :,, distinct or uni( 



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valvate estivation. Petals ; or 5, i ntu . 



a little pit :u their base, or wanting ; most commonly the 



size of tin' sepals. Stamens generally 00, h; 



distinct, sometimes surrounded at thi I as bj 



and enlarged border of the .-talk ol the pistil : anthem 



2-o lied, dehiscing longitudinal!}' or b) pon s, thi 



stamens sometimes abortive and petaloid. Oi 



composed of from •_' to 10 carpels, which 



disunited ; Btyle 1 ; stigmas as man 



ovules attached to the inner angle, either I 



tun rows, pendulous, horizontal, or asci nd 



Fruit drj or pulpy, often prickly, sometimes winged, with Bevi ral cells, • 



fcborl • Seeds solitary or numerous; embryo erect in the i 



with Hat foliaceous cotyledons and a radicle next the bilum. 

 Although this Order is apparently limited bj the character 



Diagnosis, yet it includes so man} instances of anomalous - 



able doubt must be entertained as to its being r. alls bo natural ai 



i" be. The petals are sometimes absent A genus called Dipl 



remarkabl for having a fruit with several Bpurious cells, and the | 



comference instead <>f the axis. Apeiba has sometimes i 



fruit. Brown uotices the existence of an African genus oft! 



remarkable in having a calyx of "• lobes, while it- corolla consist 



composed of '< single-seeded capsuli - connected only at th 



talis, sometimes placed mar rlomaliads or Philadelpha 



with this Order, notwithstanding that its calyx is not valval 



"I an Order called Maquinae b) Martius, and Ari 



respects Lindenblooms resemble Sterculiads, Mallowworts, and th 



them, more especially in thi valvate eestivation of their • ilyx 



mown by their glandular disk and distinct stamens, with . 

 The principal part of the Order is found within the I 



mg mean weed-like plant-, or shrubs, or trees, with 



Bowers. A small number are peculiar to the northern i 



the) form timber-tr 



1 I'CLVll Fruit of Apeiba asp< ra. C 



C< 'LA 111 Berrya onimoniUa.— lPipAf. L. a I 

 irj . i i pi • [ mlicular si ction of it 

 1 CCLIX rriumfetto cordifolio. 1. a frail . 





