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Order CCXXIII. CHAILLETIACEjE. Chauleti 

 Chafuetln, Jt. Brown Cong. p. 23. L818). — Chailletiace*, DC. Pn \r. :. ■: 



Di IQN08I8. Rha/mnal Exogens,vnthpolypetaloi 



with tin j" iii/s, and /■■ ndvia 



Trees i.r slirulis. Leaves alternate, with livu stipules, •leei.lu.iu-. 



small, axillary, fasciculate or corymbose, their peduncle often connate with i J 



. with an incurvi d valvate 

 aestivation. Pel . alternate with 

 the Bepals, and arising from tin I 

 of the caly \, usually 2-lotx d. 

 mens .">, alternate with tin | 



and combi 1 « iili them at the i 



anthi rs ovate, v< rsatile. I • 



usually 5, hypogj noli-, op] 



petals. Ovary superior, . 

 celled ; ovules twin, pendu 

 sty le simple ; stigma obsoli u 

 lobed. Fruit drupaceous, rattier dry . 

 1- - 2- in- 3-ceUed, 



pendulous, naked or arillate, without 

 albumen ; embryo thick, with a tliick 

 superior radicle and fleshy cotyle- 

 dons. 



Whether what are hi re called 

 petals are not rather abortivi 

 mens is doubted by Botanists, and 

 hence the station oi th< I ■ 

 compared, on the one hand, with 

 Anacards d "ii the 



other, with Samyds and M 

 Tu me ii -' ms that what ■ 

 be petals are -,> ; a fact which 

 difficult to doubt, wh< n it i« 

 bered that both calyx 

 are mere moditical 



Fig. CCCX< \ . 



in- >i i type, and thai it is in position only that they differ. De Candol 



Order between Homaliads and Aquilariads ; it agrees with tlio former in tli 



of glands round the ovary, but differs in its superior ovary with the | 



axis, and many other characters. Rhamnads, with which it con 



habit, seem, however, upon the whole to claim the closes) kindred w 



hardly be regarded in any other light than as a member of the Rha • 1< 



will then be stationed in the neighbourhood of Elmworts, which 



vinced is its true position, li^ valvate calyx separates it fi n i 



pendulous ovules and stamens alternate with the petals, from RJ 



of the few known Bpecies belonging to this Order, 1111111 in - 



Madagascar, 2 in equinoctial America, and 1 in Timor 



The fruit of Chailletia toxicaria is Baid to be poisonous 

 Leone. 



Gl M KA. 



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Rloacurra, Jtoxb. 



Wahltnbergia, U. Ur 

 Chailletia, DC. 



Symphyllanthitt, \ abl. 

 Matotts, Boland. 

 Patruia, Rohr. 



Plapp 



Position. — ITniaoe.-v. 



Ni HBERS. GKN. 1. Sp. 10. 



(.'11 miii riA( 

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Fig. CCCXCV.— Chailletia pedunculata.— Turpi*, t 



of it ; S. a stamen ; 4. the pistil ; .'>. a \crtic.il section of it ; <■■ '■; 



