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small, deciduous ; flowers axillary and ter- 

 minal, panicled, yellow ; peduncles bracteate ; 

 sepals five, unequal ; petals five ; aestivation 

 contorted ; anthers adnate ; ovary 1 -celled ; 

 ovules indefinite ; stigmas two, very small, 

 twisted ; nut coriaceous, 1 -celled, consolidated 

 with the enlarged calyx. Contains one 

 tropical African genus. 



8. FAMILY. Borneo-Camphors (Dipterocarpacese). 

 Large trees ; juice resinous; leaves alternate, 

 vernation involute, stipules deciduous ; 

 flowers large, racemes terminal and panicled, 

 or axillary and solitary ; calyx tubular, 5- 

 lobed, unequal, persistent ; petals sessile, 

 often combined at the base, aestivation 

 twisted ; anthers innate, subulate ; ovary 

 3-celled ; style and stigma simple ; fruit 

 coriaceous, 1 -celled, 3-valved, or indehiscent. 

 Natives of India and the Indian Archipelago. 

 Among the products are Borneo-Camphor, 

 Gum-Animi, Piney- Varnish, Wood-Oil, &c. 

 (Dipteracece, Lindley.) 



XL ORDER SAPINDALS (Sapindales). 



Flowers monodichlamydeous, unsymmetrical ; ca- 

 lyx and corolla imbricate ; stamens definite ; pla- 

 centae axile ; albumen little or none. 

 1. FAMILY. Erythroxyls (Erythroxylaceae). Shrubs 

 or trees ; leaves alternate, stipulate ; flowers 

 small; peduncles axillary, solitary or clus- 

 tered; sepals five, persistent; petals five, with a 



