XCIX. GRANATEJE. 



435 



The little group of Olitnca > ) composed of the genera Olinia, Myrrhinium, and Fmdia, is placed 

 between Myrtacea and Melastomacece. The berries of Myrrhinium atropurjmreum, [a Brazilian shrub,] 

 are edible. 



XCIX. GRANATE^E, 1 Endlicher. 



Pomegranate. Vertical section of flower. 



Pomegranate. Diagram. 



Pomegranate (Punica Granatum). 



Pomegranate. Sued entire and cut vertically (mag.). 



Pomegranate. 



Transverse section of upper 

 chamber of fruit. 



Pomegranate. 



Transverse section of lower 



chamber of fruit. 



Pomegranate. 

 Stamens. 



Pomegranate. 



Seed cut transversely 



(mag.). 



STEM woody, branches sometimes spinescent. LEAVES generally opposite, often 

 fascicled, entire, not punctate, glabrous, exstipulate. FLOWERS 5 ? terminal, soli- 

 tary or aggregate. CALYX coloured ; limb many-partite, many-seriate, valvate in 

 bud. PETALS 5-7, inserted on the calyx-throat, alternate with the sepals, imbricate 

 in bud. STAMENS numerous, many-seriate, inserted below the petals, and included ; 

 filaments filiform, free; anthers introrse, 2-celled, ovoid, dorsifixed, dehiscence 



1 See end of 'Lythrariev, p. 433. ED. 

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