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CXVI. GARRYACE.&2. 



Garrya. 

 flower closed (mag.). 



Garrya. 

 flower open (mag.). 



Garrya. Garrya. 



Vertical section of fruit (mug.). Vertical section of ovary (uiiig.). 



(iarryu. 



Anther, 



inncT face 



(mug.). 



llarrya. Garrya. 



Antlicr, Transverse section of seal, 



dorsal face showing the central embryo 



(mat?.). (mag.)- 



Garrya. 



Transverse section of ovary, Garrya. 



showing the arrangement of the Embryo 



ovules and embryo (mag.)' (mug.). 



9 flower (mag.). 



<J (lower (mag.). 



Simmondtia. 



Tiansverse section of ovary (mag.). 



STEM woody, branches 4-sided. LEAVES opposite, shortly petioled, entiiv, 

 penninerved, evergreen ; petioles united at the base ; stipules 0. FLOWERS dioecious, 

 arranged in little groups (Simmondsia '), or in long- axillary catkins, ternate in the 

 axils of decussate and coherent bracts (Garrya). $ : PERIANTH calycinal, of 4 linear 

 sub- membra nous spreading (Garrya) or 5 (Simmondsia) sepals. STAMENS 4, alter- 

 nate with the sepals (Garrya), or 10-12 (Simmondsia); filaments free, equal; anthers 

 introrse, basifixed, of 2 opposite cells opening longitudinally. ? : PERIANTH supe- 

 rior, of 2 setiform lobes, or without apparent lobes (Garrya), or replaced by 

 in volucrate bracts (Simmondsia). OVARY inferior, 1-3-celled ; styles 2 3, alternate 

 with the perianth -lobes, covered with stigmatic papilla); ovules solitary or gemi- 

 nate, suspended by funicles froih the top of the cell, anatropous. FRUIT a 

 berry (Garrya) or capsule (Simmondsia), crowned by the persistent styles. SEEDS 2, 



1 StmmtmtMa is now placed in 



. ED. 



