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Ordkb CCXXXIV STILBAC1 i 



CJposhrDbB, with the babitofa Phylica op a I , I 

 entoe, leaftery, rigid, articulated al the base, withou) 

 spikes at the point oi the branches, sessile 

 each with 3 bracts at the base, occasionally 

 polygamous. Calyx tubular, campanulate, 

 with a 5-clefl limb, the segments of which are 

 equal ; the two lower Bom< timea cul deeper ■ 

 seldom 5-leaved or 2-valved ; p< reistent.' 

 Corolla monopetalouB, bypogynous ; the tube 

 enlarged upwards, with a ring of hair-, in the 

 ,lir " : " '• the limb valvate, 6-parted, spreading 

 somewhat 2-lipped, rarely 4-parted, and nearh 

 regular. Stamens equal in number to the 

 segments of the corolla, and alternate with 

 them, inserted between the lobes, the upper 

 one of five always rudimentary, or even obli- 

 terated : filaments free ; anthers elliptical 

 oblong, attached by the back, 2-celled ; open- 

 mg longitudinally by their face. Ovarj supe 

 nor, sessile, 2-celled ; cells with only one 

 erect ovule ; one cell sometimes smaller and 

 empty ; Btyle terminal, filiform, exserted • 

 stigma simple, emarginate. Disk 0. Fruit 

 dry, l-aeeded, indehisc< at, surrounded bj tlie 

 permanent calyx. [Seed erect, with a loose 

 '■' Uular testa. Embryo Bhort, in the axis ol 

 van firm H. ahy albumen, orthotropal ; coty- 

 ledons scarcely distinct ; radicle inferior.— 



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This little Order has qi ver yet been well 



examined, and no g | figures of anj of tlie 



species can be found in I ks. The seeds 



ll;M '' been » ■ o in onlj one or two cases, and 



toe whole of the details require verification 



and re-examination. According to Kunth, 



they differ from Selagids in little except having 



'-' celled anthers, erect ovules, and no hypo- 



'f >"'•"- . ,llsl " and he &lso compares them with Globularia, which I 



l " n " °\ ""■ Selagids themselves. Endlicher compai 



comparisons have doubtless been influenced U ,1, 



appear as if didynamous. But in truth they are no! bo, in 



al , "' exumne . namely Stilbe pinastra and eri« 



and cernua, with some others in the herbaria •■ II 



wnat is more important, the stamens originate im 



eoroua. In nabil thej maj doubtless be compared to Sola 



• a,v 'l""'' as much like Diosmaa, or Phylia 

 Ranees we add the presence of a minute embryo with 

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»■ Orders hitherto suggested. To me tl 

 Urderol Diapensiads, of which they seem to I 

 !S,, " ,:il tendency to polygamy in the ori 



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