Mvbi U i-- I 



COMBRI 



71! 



Ordbr cci.Wiv COMBRE1 \> I- K M 



Comln 



EX Pr< 7. 3. 9; i/, ,■„..,,,' 1828) 



1 1" . II ■•/' ■' Tllujtr. l. p .'!i. i. in, ... . 

 UU f pr. el ' 



No. S3. 1836 Gyp 

 Myrolwlanem, 24). 



Diagnosis. .1/ . - ' / '- a I---/ 



without tdbu 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate or opposite, without Btipu 

 petiole often with 2 glands at the end. Spikes axillarj or terminal. I 



Fig. C< ( i l.\\\ 111 



l'\ abortion J . . Calyx adherent, with :i l- or 5-lobed deciduous liml 



arising from the orifice of the calj \. alternate with the lobes ; often 5 am at 



arising from the same part, twice as many as the segments of thecal] 



equal to them in number, or three times as many ; filaments distinct, sul 



2-flfllled, bunting longitudinally, or bj recurred valves. Ovarj l-cclli i. with 



_' tn 4 ovules, hanging by cords from tin- apex of the cavitj ; style I ; mplc 



Fruit drupaceous, baccate, or nut-like, I -celled, by abortii a I 



winged. Seed pendulous, without albumen; embryo with tin i 



the liiluin j plumule inconspicuous; cotyledons leafy, usual!} com lui 



plaited. 



It cannot be doubted that Myrobalans have a near relationshi] 

 i.illy to Punica, of which thej | — ess the convolute cnibrj 

 connection with the Myrtal Alliance seems beyond contradictii 

 plicity of their ovary rend< rs it necessary to station tlicni i 

 inferior fruit, with a aingle cavity, and often with a 

 that exists among them to collect their flowers in heads, I 

 them as standing in close relation to Composites, and as , 

 development of that well-known Order. The 

 among them is one of their more remarkable featun -. and u 

 the condition of Sandalwoods or » lleasters, from both which how 

 by other considerations. Gyrocarpus and Llligei 

 name of Gyrocaxpese or llligeraceoe, are in no res] 



fig. CCCCLXXVm. — Combretum I I 

 ovary ; 8. fruit of Terminalia II . . I 



