

LMLLENI II 1.1 







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under-shrubs, rarely herb 

 almost always without stipules, a m oppoe imonly c 



»iili -■ aight from the midrib to thi 



.tin- f'r.. in ill.- La-- ..t'ih. petiole, which remains adhering to I 



n\ . in t'TmiiKil iiie. in. -. i.r in panieli 



tals ".. imbricated, deciduous, bypogy- 

 . a-. Stan* ii- 00, hj pogynous, 

 _■ from a torus, eitlier distinct or [(olyadi 1- 

 phous, and either placed r. gularly around the 

 piltiloroE ofit ; filaments dilated either 



at th. apex : anthers adnata . 2-celled, 



dly bursting longitudinally, always turned in- 

 wards. Ovaries definite, more or less <li.-tin.-t, V S»A- 



with a t. nninal -ivle and simple stigma ; ovul - Wt , 



ling, anatropal, solitary . or several. Fruit 

 -tiiii: either of from •_' to 5 .li-tin.-t carpel-, 

 f a similar number cohering together, (now > .35^ 

 then one carpi I onlj is pres< m ;) the car] 

 r baccate or 'J-valved, pointed bj the style. 

 Is fixed in a double row t.. the inner . dgi 

 the carp I-. . ithi r sevi ral or onlj 2, occasionally 

 • ii-\ l>\ abortion ; surrounded by a pulpy aril. 

 •■I. Embryo minute, lying in the I 

 I fleshy albumen. 



arly akin to Magnoliads, from 

 which they are distinguish) 1 by tln-ir wan' 



the quinary the 



fructification ; als -, ti i 



which their persistent calj \, Btamens, and whole 

 liat.it, in genera] divide them. They are univer- 

 characti l-i-i .1 by tli.- presence of an aril 

 '1 their -.-.•,!-. The most genuine form 

 the Order is known b\ the reins of the leaves 

 running straight from the midrib t.> the margin. S 



the stamens developed only half way rum. I the pistil, 

 i the flower haf sided appearance. In this respect tliej I 



, where Oieiranthera has also declinate stamens. !'•• Anona 



";._\-. especially in ill Vcrotrema, wl - 



led upon the surface, as if ii were :.j proaching !•> a ruminal 

 lb.- genus Saurauja i- usual!) stationed among 

 which its minute embryo, indefinite seeds, and \. rj ci i iou« 

 I'ill. niads it differs in the want of an aril, and in little • 

 for its styles, which are divided to the verj 1 - 

 tendency to disimite its carpels. It it *. 

 indefinite stamens, it might be placed among Heath' which it 



minute indefinite set ds, a tendency to form a monopetalous 

 I can < ly doubt thai it forms a compl 



rical Alliance. 

 Inelargi r part of this Order is found in \ 

 » comparatively small number is known Br 



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 i .villa rugosa and I 



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