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CCXXXI. APOCYN 



Duong* •/„,,„// 



W "'"" u ' ; 



frees or shrnbs, uiraall j , y j, :iVl , opposite, sometii 



•'- •.'«•»«- entire, often bavmecihm or glands upo! 



"" stipulea properly bo called. Infloi 

 eence tending to corymbose. Calj \ fi 



I, persistent Corolla monopeta- 

 lous, often having Bcales in it- throat, 

 hypoeynous, regular, 5-lobed, with 

 torted aestivation, deciduous. Stain 

 arising from the corolla, with whoe 

 mentsthej are alternate; filaments distinct; 

 anthers adhering firmly to the stigma^ 

 lied, opening lengthwise ; pollen gra- 

 oular, globose, or 3-lobed, immediate ly 

 applied to the Btigma. Ovaries 2, or l- 

 2-celled, polyspermous ; Btyl< - 2 or I ; 

 Btigtna I, contracted in the middle and 

 assuming much theappearani fan hour- 



<-- ; ovules usually 00, amphitropal, or 

 ■jnatropaL Fruit a follicle, capsule, or 

 drupe, or berry, double or Bingle. 

 with fleshy or cartilaginous albumen, usu- 

 ally pendulous; occasionally without albu- 

 »'.ii ; tf.stn simple ; t-niLiryo foliac 

 plumule inconspicuous ; radicle turned 

 towards the hilum. 



I he singular Btigma, more eas\ to repre- 



i>« by a drawing than to describe, is < 

 "l the best indications of mis Ordi r ; 

 generally expanded at the base in; 



rcular in. ■ml, ran,- or inverted cup, 

 is contracted somewhere m ar the midd 

 Bearing this in mind, the Loganiads, Gi utianworts, and Cincli 



mui precision. In addition to this, t vary is usualh I 



','- l """ 1 "' h ;° '/"'I" 1 - l»aving littl ■ no adh, ion ex. 



me styles and stigmas. In this respect it eorres| Is with \ 



' WU08e st «mens, pollen, stigma, an I 



ovary seems an mdication of analogy instead of ami 



^borate account of the peculiarities and affiniti 



•;'• : V1 P»' "" Ctmdolle in the place above quoted, to 



nurtlier mformation. 



■•■ species are principally tropical, throwing out a 

 vmca and Apocyuuin, into northern count] 

 ""' »ot parts ..t Vsia, somewhat less common in the U 

 means abundant in Vfrica. 



Dogbanes are for die mosl part plant- ol 

 gay-coloured flowers. They are, however, in manj 

 '" be suspected, although in Borne cases tin ) 

 •»n ratable fruit. Among the true | 

 Kernel oi thefruit, although not larger than an Ura 

 '• It «as used in Madagascar as an ordeal, 



' ' CCVI— Tinea minor. 1. , 

 aouble ovary; |. section 



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