278 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



valvate coriaceous, outer ovate acumiuate pubescent on both sides ; 

 inner much smaller obovate-acuminate coherent around sexual organs. 

 Stamens cc ; connective obtusely acuminate beyond the cells. Torus 

 subglobose. Carpels cc ; style long tapering ; stigma terniinal 2- 

 lobed ; ovules solitary erect. — A shrub or small tree. Leaves acumi- 

 nate glabrous Flowers solitary axillary or springing from nodes of 

 fallen leaves" {Errsf of IiuVici). See p. 230. 



22. Mitrephora Bl. — Flowers hermaphrodite or unisexual. Se- 

 pals 3, usually free valvate. Petals 0, outer short ovate, inner 

 unguiculate cohering into an erect mitre. Stamens ex, more rarely 

 definite (of the Uvaricm). Carpels oo (more rarely subdetinite), 

 ovules oc. — Trees, leaves coriaceous; flowers solitary or more fre- 

 quently cymose, lateral or terminal {Tropical Asia, Indian Archi- 

 pelago.) See p. 230. 



23. Orophaea Bl.— Flowers hermaphrodite (of MUrrpIiora.) Sta- 

 mens oo, more frequently definite (0-12), short fleshy (of the Mi- 

 Uusccb). Carpels 3-oo-ovulate usually few ventral 2-seriate. Berries 

 ] — cc -seeded; trees or shrubs; leaves small; flowers small cymose 

 axillary or terminal {Tropical Asia, Indian Arcliipclago). See p. 231. 



24. Cymbopetalum Benth. — Flowers hermaphrodite or unisexual. 

 Sepals 3 short valvate. Petals G, 2-seriate, valvate ; the outer 

 sessile, short ; the inner much larger very thick involute c3nnbiform, 

 apex with an inflexed or obsolete point ; base tapering into a short 

 or elongated claw. Stamens (of the Miliusiece) on a convex recep- 

 tacle. Carpels oo; ovules oo ventral. Berries stipitate oblong 

 obliquely constricted between the seeds, often opening under pressure. 

 — Small trees ; leaves membranous, often oblique at base ; flowers 

 on long peduncles, often pendulous lateral or terminal {Tropical 

 America). I:!;ee p. 232. 



25. Enantia Oli v.— Sepals 3, valvate. Petals outer 0, inner 3, 

 opposite the sepals and much longer, thick coriaceous flat or with 

 slightly refle.xed margins, narrower and concave at base, erect or 

 subpatulous. Stamens cr, linear oblong ; connective scarcely 

 dilated above short very obtuse anther-cells. Carpels oc, free, 

 closely packed on a convex pilose receptacle ; style short linear- 



