LXXIX. BREXIACE^E. 



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Brexia. Expanded flower (mag.). 



Brexia. 

 Flower cut vertically (mag.). 



Rrexla. 

 Flower-bud (mag.). 



Brexia. 



Petaloid scale emanating 

 from the disk (mag.). 



Ixerla. 

 Dehiscent fruit (mag.). 



and the corolla polypetalous and isostemonous ; the ovary is free (at least in Itca), with many-ovuled 

 cells ; the ovules are anatropous with central placentation, and style simple ; but in Brezia the embryo 

 has no albumen. A. Brongniart places them doubtfully in the class Ericoidea;. 



