CXXIV. GOODENIACE^E. 



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Stylidtum. 

 Corolla laid open (mag.). 



Stylidium adnatun 



Slylidium. 

 Fruit (mag.). 



Stylidium. 



Seed cut 



vertically (mag.). 



two capillary branches terminated 

 by a glandular head ; ovules as- 

 cending, anatropous, on placentas 

 fixed in the middle of the septum. 

 CAPSULE 2-celled, or almost 1-celled 

 by suppression of the septum, some- 

 times septifragally 2-valved, or with 

 the anterior cell suppressed, the 

 posticous fertile and loculicidal, 

 sometimes indehiscent. SEEDS 

 minute, sub-globose. 



numerous, 



EMBRYO minute, at the base of a fleshy oily albumen. 



Forstera. 



GENERA. 

 * Stylidium. 



Levenhookia. 



Stylidiece approach Campanulacece in the epigynous corolla and stamens, introrse anthers, anatropous 

 ovules, capsular fruit and fleshy albumen. But Campanulacea have an isostemonous corolla, free fila- 

 ments, horizontal ovules, the style furnished with a series of collecting hairs, and a loculicidal capsule. 

 Sfylidiece also resemble Goodeniacece in their irregular flower, epigynous corolla and stamens, 1-2-celled 

 ovary, placentation, ascending and anatropous ovules, and fleshy albumen. But Goodeniacece differ in the 

 induplicative aestivation, isostemonous corolla, indusiate stigma and axile embryo. 



Stylidiece belong to the southern hemisphere ; most of its species inhabit extra-tropical Australia. 

 [A few advance into Eastern India and South China. The species of Forstera inhabit the Alps of Australia, 

 New Zealand and Fuegia. FD.] 



CXXIV. GOODENIACECE. 



, R. Br. GOODENOVIEJS, Bartling. SC^EVOLACE^E, Lindl) 



COROLLA epigynous or perigynous, monopetalous, isostemonous, cestivation indupli- 

 cate. STAMENS epigynous. STIGMA indusiate. OVULES erect, anatropous. EMBRYO 

 albuminous. 



Usually herbaceous, sometimes woody below, erect or climbing. LEAVES scat- 

 tered, sometimes all radical, simple, exstipulate. FLOWERS $ , irregular, axillary or 

 terminal. CALYX sometimes superior, absent or distinctly 5-fid ; sometimes of 3-5 

 inferior sepals, coherent at the base. COROLLA inserted at the base or top of the 



