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I I I.WXI.V PHILADKLI'U \\ 

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Shrubs. Leaves deciduou . 

 axillarj or U rminal, in trichotonioua cyiu 

 Cah \ adherent. with 





a little scurfy. 



■ ]■• rsistent liinl>, having from I to 10 

 valvate divisions. Petals alternate 

 with the segments of the calyx, 

 equal to them in number, with a cou- 

 volute-imbricate •> Btivation. Stai 

 00, arising in one <>r tw.. rows from 

 ili.- orifice of thecal; \. Styli - . ith< i- 

 distinct or consolidated into one; 

 ma- several ; ovules 00, attach 

 an axil.- placenta. Capsule half int. 



nOTj with from I to HI Cells, nian_\- 



aeeded. S lobiform, subulate, 



smooth, heaped in the angles of the 

 <-. 1J> upon an angular placenta, with a 

 loose membranous skin. Albumen 

 flesh) ; embryo about a- long a- the 

 albumen ; cotyledons oval, obtuse, 

 Hattish ; radicle longer than the coty- 

 I. -.luiis, straight obtuse, superi 

 inferior, next the hflum. 



N • doubt can exist that these plants 

 haw a near relation (•> Myrtli l l 

 although they may not have such a 

 blance as "ill justify their being 

 Btadoned in the very same Alliani 

 for they correspond in their inferior fruit, opposite ! 

 indefinite stamens. Some Botanists, how 

 albumen, would rather refer them I S , with which, i 



collateral relationship. They are, hi wevi r, evidi ntlj 

 standing nearly alli.-.l to Escalloniada tmong that AUian 

 their valvata calyx, indefinite stamens, and disu 

 seeds cut them off from Barringt nia Is, and their i 

 from Currantworta 



The -i - rii a are found sparingly in the Boutfa - I 

 India. 



Little can be sai.l of tin ir uses. The rough leaves ol I ■ 

 bj polishers, and its inner hark for poultici -. Phi ■ li , 

 have a Bweet but verj peculiar smell, and wb 

 considered a tonic, and the oil of it.- How 



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