LXXVII. SAXIFRAGES. 



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Cunonia. 

 Pistil (mag.). 



Cunonia. 



Seed, entire and cut 

 vertically (mag.). 



Cunonia. 



Transverse section of 

 ovary (mag.). 



Cunonia. 

 Fruit (mag.). 







Cunonia. 



Transverse secuon of 

 fruit (mag.). 



Weinmannia. 



Seed, entire and cut 



vertically (mag.). 



Shrubs or trees, chiefly from the southern parts of both continents. Leaves 

 opposite, simple or compound ; stipules interpetiolar. Calyx imbricate or valvate in 

 sestivation. Petals 4, 5 or 0. Stamens 4-5, or 8-10, or 12-14, or oo . Ovary free 

 or rarely adherent, usually of 2-3 carpels, sometimes of 5 free carpels with coherent 



styles (8piroKanthemum) . 



PKINCIPAL GENERA. 



'Callicoma. * Cunonia. *Bauera. Weinmannia. Curtisia. Crypteronia. 1 





SUB-OEDER III. POLYOSME^l. 



Stem woody. Leaves opposite, exstipulate. Petals 4, valvate in aestivation. 

 Stamens 4. Ovary inferior, l-celled ; placentas 2, parietal ; style elongated ; stigma 

 simple. Berry 1 -seeded. Shrubs of tropical Asia and Australia, near Marlea 

 (Alangiece). 



GENUS. 

 Polyosma. 



1 Referred to Lylhrariece in the ' Genera Plantarum.' ED. 



