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gamous (of Licania) ; receptacle broadly cupuliform, lined by a 

 glandular disk. Sepals 5, tooth-like imbricated deciduous. Petals 

 5, imbricated, inserted perigynously with calyx. Stamens <» , peri- 

 gynous ; filaments very short, persistent ; anthers elongated linear 

 introrse rimose basifixed caducous. Gynasceum central (of Chr^-so- 

 balanus) ; ovary 1 -celled or spuriously sub-2-locellate, 2.ovulate ; style 

 basilar long tapering grooved longitudinally reflexed ; edges of 

 groove stigmatiferous. Drupe ; mesocarp thin ; putamen crusta- 

 ceous 1- seeded. Seed reniform-globular ; testa membranous; embryo 

 exalbuminous ; cotyledons thick conferruminate. — Glabrous shrubs ; 

 leaves alternate coriaceous ; stipules minute or ; flowers racemose 

 or cymoso-racemose, terminal or axillary. {Tropical and subtropical 

 America.) See p. 417. 



59. Stylobasium Desf. — Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous 

 {oi Lecostemon) ; receptacle campanulate ; corolla and disk 0. Stamens 

 10, 2-seriate, 5 oppositipetalous, 5 alternipetalous ; filaments hypo- 

 gynous long filiform ; anthers elongated exserted. Gynteceum central 

 {oi Chrysobalanus) ; ovary 1 -celled, 2-ovulate ; style curved slender, 

 apex broadly peltate stigmatiferous. Drupe ; mesocarp thin ; 

 putamen hard 1-seeded. Seed suberect; embryo slightly albumi- 

 nous, transversely induplicate ; cotyledons thick fieshy. — Small 

 shrubs ; leaves alternate simple coriaceous veinless ; stipules minute 

 or ; flowers solitary axillary shortly pedunculate bracteolate. 

 {South-ioesi Australia.) See p. 418. 



eO. Grangeria Commers. — Flowers hermaphrodite ; receptacle 

 shortly turbinate more or less gibbous on one side. Perianth and 

 lO-oo stamens of Chrysobalanus ; filaments all antheriferous or sterile 

 on one side. Gynseceum (of Chrt/sobalanus) inserted unilaterally at a 

 variable distance from bottom of receptacle. Drupe slightly fleshy ; 

 putamen angular 1-seeded. Seed exalbuminous. — Small trees ; leaves 

 alternate simple ; stipules caducous ; flowers axillary and terminal, 

 racemose ; racemes simple or compound. {Mascarene Islands, Mada- 

 gascar.) See p. 419. 



61. Hirtella L. — Flowers hermaphrodite ; receptacle tubular more 

 or less deeply gibbous or spurred on one side. Sepals 5 and petals 5, 

 alternate, inserted in throat of receptacle, imbricated. Stamens 3-8 



