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Ordbb CLXIII. CYRILLACE iu.ads. 



* > rill, b /■ m | Md Sray, /■'/. /w. .■»»,. 1. •.•>;. i- 



Diaono8I8. B • ■•'■ , m, uith regular tymmetrical 

 aliernaU with the fetal* if equal v> them in number, j 

 bricated corolla. 



Shrubs, with evergrei d simple leaves without stipules. Flowers usually in • 

 Qalyx U5-parted. Petals 5, distinct, 



nous, h iili an imbricated ;csti- 

 ratioo. Stamens 5 or 10, hypogynous. 

 Anthers bursting lengthwise. Ovary 

 2-S- l-celled, always compost ■! of some 

 number of carpels different from that 

 of the calyx, corolla and stain 

 tmiles solitary, pendulous ; style 

 short ; stijjma with as many loins as 

 there are cells of the ovary. Fruit 

 ■ succulent capsule, or a drupe. Seeds in- 

 verted. Embryo in the axis of a very large 

 quantity of albumen, with a very long superior 

 radicle. 

 There can be no doubt that these plants are 

 j related to Olacads, from which they 

 an- principally known by their imbricate, not 

 valvate petals, destitute of all traces of bairi- 

 That I" ing so, the connection betwi 1 n 

 Olacads and Heathworts is established; for 

 Ledum and Clethra in the latter come verj 



Cyrillads ; these are, however, • 



into a different Alliance by the want of any 



definite proportion between the whole of the 



of the tlower. Endlichi r suggests an 



affinity between Cyrillads and Hollyworts. 



I'iie genua Pickeringia, now regarded as a 



ub-genus of Ardisia, seems to connect this Order with Ardisiada 



They arc all inhabitant- ol North America. 



Nothing has been recorded of any uses to which they could be applied. 



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<"> rilla, /.on. 



Mylocarjrum, W, 



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WaUtriana, I'm. 

 Klliottia, Muht. 



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