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VI. ANONACE^. 



Sehuandi-a coccinea 



Schitandra, Fruit. 



VI. ANON ACE ^E. 



, Jussieu. GLYPTOSPEKM^E, Ventenat. ANONACE^E, DuncU.) 



FLOWERS $ . SEPALS 3. PETALS usually 6, 2-seriate, hypogynous, most often 

 valvate. STAMENS oo, rarely definite, hypogynous [on a large torus ED.],, many- 

 seriate ; anthers adnate. OVARIES usually many, distinct, 12 cc-ovuled ; ovules 

 erect or ascending. FBTJIT a capsule or berry [very rarely capsular ED.] . ALBUMEN 

 ruminate. EMBEYO minute, basilar. 



TKEES or SHRUBS, sometimes climbing, generally aromatic, with acrid juice. 

 LEAVES alternate, distichous, plaited in vernation, simple, entire, penninerved, 

 pubescent when young ; petiole usually jointed or swollen at the base ; stipules 0. 

 FLOWERS ?, rarely diclinous, solitary, or fascicled on axillary peduncles, rarely 

 lateral or leaf-opposed ; corolla membranous, coriaceous or fleshy, greenish purple or 



