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Branched, heath-like Bhrubs. I 

 ]«iint. Flowers small, capital ,oi j u 

 or with large inTolacratiiig bi i \\ 



superior, 5-cleft, imbricati d, .il\ 



Dearly inferior. Petals alternate with the 



i. nis of the Calyx, arising tr 



throat, imbricated (or valval 

 alternate « itfa the petals, i om the 



same point, or from :i <li~k Bnrrounding the 

 ovary : anthers turned outwards, 2-o 

 bunting longitudinally. < (vary halfinfi i 

 \uili from 1 to 3 cells, in each of which 

 there is from 1 to 2 suspend d collar ral 

 anatropal ovules; aes I -celled from 



tin- abortion of carp Is or disa piments ; 

 style simple <*• bitvl ample 



Fruit dicoccous or indehiscent, 2- or 1- 

 celled, crowned by the persistent calyx. 

 Is solitary <>r in pairs, suspend) d, some- 

 times with a short aril ; albumen fleshy ; 

 embryo minute at the thceeed, with 



■ meal radicle, and short tl< shy cot] led 



Tin- relationship of th< Be plants to Witch 

 Hazels is admitted, and therefore they will 

 participate in all the other afiinitii - of that 

 Order, which is known from Bruniads by 

 the habit, stipulee, and often deciduous 

 \:.\\< s .,| the anthi rs. Hrnii^niart in 

 an affinity with Myrtleblooms through Im- 

 bricaria, which is very nearly constructed 

 as true Bruniads, but has the stami i 

 considers that Cornels tx ar them much n al affinity . and I 

 Umbellifers, to which they no doubt approximati 

 remarkable for having the Btax ng from tl 



iua is an instance of a I -celled ovary with the ■ 

 axis. Mr. Araott considers the group nan 

 between Bruniads and Witch 1; 



All are found at theC ,with th< 



Madagascar. 



Tin ir properties are unknown. 



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 Urania, / .i«n. 



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 Beckea, Harm. 



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 l.tvisiinus, Sfhret). 



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Fig. 1>\X. - Brm 1 1 ■'■■■■ a I 

 pistU divided perpendicular)] . • 



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