XXXI. OUTTIFER^E. 



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K'losperma caittlatitm. 



Vertical 



section of ovary 



(mag.). 



Pilosperma. 

 Embryo 

 (mag.). 



Pilngperma, 



Seed, 



entire, with its 

 arillode. 



I'ilosperma. 

 Seed cut vertically, 



h, hilum ; 

 m, micropyle. 



Oarcinia Mangostana. 



Garcinia Miingostana. Fruit. Berry with thick bark, the upper portion removed to 



show the cells. 



FLOWERS polygamo - 

 dioecious, rarely $ . CALYX 

 4-6-poly-phyllout. PETALS 

 hypogynous, equal with the 

 sepals, rarely more numer- 

 ous. STAMENS indefinite, 

 rarely definite, free, or 

 monadelpJious or polyadel- 

 phous. OVARY 2-co -celled, 

 rarely \-cdled. OVULES 

 l-oo in the cells, ascending 

 or erect, anatropous. FRUIT 

 a capsule, drupe, or berry, 

 opposite. 



TREES or SHRUBS, sometimes climbing- or epiphytal, with resinous usually yellow 

 or green juice, branches opposite, generally tetragonous, jointed. LEAVES opposite, 

 usually decussate, rarely whorled, coriaceous, mostly shining, penninerved, secondary 

 nerves transverse, rarely pellucid-punctate ; petiole jointe'd at its base to the branch, 

 entire and exstipulate, or very rarely pinnatisect and stipulate (Quiina). FLOWERS 

 white, yellow or red, regular, polygamo-dicecious, or 3 , terminal or axillary, solitary, 

 or in fascicles or few-flowered cymes, trichotomous panicles, or racemes. SEPALS 

 2-6, rarely more, imbricate, or decussate in pairs, sometimes furnished with pairs of 

 decussate bracts. PETALS 2-6, rarely more, hypogynous, imbricate or contorted, 

 rarely decussate in pairs, very rarely 4, sub-valvate. FLOWERS $ : STAMENS in- 

 serted on the receptacle, numerous, or rarely definite and equal or double the number 

 of the petals ; filaments often thick or short, free or variously connate, sometimes 

 united into a fleshy mass, or in bundles equalling in number and opposite to the 

 petals, sometimes long and filiform ; anthers 2- (rarely 1-) celled, cells usually linear, 



EMBRYO exalbuminous, straight. STEM woody. LEAVES 



