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 -, abounding in resinous juice. I. avi b alternate, ini 

 w nil \ •ins running out from 

 tlir midrib t" the margin ; 

 Btipules deciduous, oblong, 

 convolute, terminating the 

 branches with a taper point. 

 Flow* rs usually large ; the 

 racemes terminal and pani- 

 eled,or axillary and solitary, 

 or several from the same 

 - or from the axils, 

 often !. i 'ah \ tubu- 



lar, 5-lobed, unequal, per- 

 sistent, and afterwards en- 

 i. naked at the base ; 

 ■estivation imbricated. Petals 

 hypogynous, — ile, often 

 combined at the base ; eesti- 

 tation contorted. Stamens 

 indefinite, hypogynous, dis- 

 tinct, or slightly and irregu- 

 larly polyadelphous; anthers 

 innate, Bubulate, opening lon- 

 ritudinaliy towards the apex ; 

 filauii nts dilated at the base. 

 < K ory superior , without adisk, 

 3-celled ; ovules in pairs, pen- 

 dulous ; Btyle single : Btigma 

 Bunple. I i:ii t coriaceous, 1 - 

 celled by abortion, S-valved 

 or indehiscent, surrounded 

 by a calyx having tough 

 leafy enlarged permanent 

 divisions which crown the 

 fruit S 1 Bingle, without 

 albumen ; cotyledons plano- 

 convex, or more commonly 

 twisted and crumpled ; radi- 

 cle superior. 



'1'lh ae tree-, which are ap- 

 parently unknown in Europe 

 ina living state, are described 

 by Dr. Wight as deserving 

 cultivation for ornamental 

 purposes, for the Bake of 

 their majestic size, handsome 

 forms, tin beauty of their 

 clustered Sowers, and the 

 richly coloured wings of their 

 curious fruit Tiny t'onn a 

 remarkable Order, which is 

 one of those whose limi 

 best defined, and yet it appears 

 to participate in the affinities o\' plants which canm t I 



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