184 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



apex of a twig {EuiUicii(m) solitary or few cymose {North America, 

 eastern Asia). See p. 140. 



5. Drimys Forst. — Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous. Calyx 

 gamopliyllous sacciform or cupuliform membranous valvate, at 

 anthesis irregularly cleft or breaking open. Petals 2 -co spirally 

 imbricated in oo whorls. Stamens cx) in a spiral on a cylindrical 

 receptacle ; filaments free rather thick ; anther-cells extrorse parallel 

 or diverging dehiscing longitudinally. Carpels l-c3o (usually few) 

 pseudo-verticillate free, ovaries with oo oblique or transverse ovules 

 in two vertical rows; style short, apex dilated stigmatiferous. 

 Fruit simple or more frequently multiple ; carpels indehiscent many- 

 seeded. — Evergreen trees or shrubs; leaves alternate exstipulate 

 with pellucid dots. Flowers cymose, either axillary or lateral to 

 branches a year old or older {Eudrimp), or in the axils of leaves or 

 bracts on younger twigs ; cymes simple or branched, more rarely 

 ] -flowered {Sout/i America, New Zealand, Australia, Borneo). See 

 p. 151. 



6. Zygogynum H. I3n. — Flowers hermaphrodite ; peduncle 

 dilated around base of receptacle into a short orbicular subentire 

 cupule (calyx ?). Petals (?) few unequal concave thick iml)ricate 

 deciduous. Stamens oo {oi Drimp). Carpels oo arranged in a spiral, 

 cohering into a single oo-celled ovary ; ovaries oc-ovulate ; ovules 

 oblique in two vertical rows on inner angle ; styles short distinct, 

 apex capitate stigmatiferous. Fruit syncarpous. . . . — Small ever- 

 green tree ; leaves alternate exstipulate dotted ; flowers solitary 

 terminal; peduncle thick articulated at base {New- Caledonia). See 

 p. 150. 



IV. EUPTELEE^. 



7. Euptelea Sieb. & Zucc — Flowers polygamous. Receptacle 

 somewhat concave. Perianth 0. Stamens x) slightly perigynous. 

 Filaments free, shortly filiform, anthers basifixed, apiculate ; cells 

 adnate, lateral dehiscing longitudinally. Carpels co stipitate, inserted 

 in a nearly simple verticil in the bottom of the receptacle ; ovary 

 1-celled; ovules 1—4 inserted on the ventral angle, obliquely 

 descending, micropyle extrorse suj)erior, or horizontal or sub- 



