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CXLIX. HYDKOLEACE^]. 



Hydrolta. 

 Corolla and ondrcecium laid open (mag.). 



Jtudrolea. 

 Diagram, 



Hydroltcr. 



Stamen with 



Introrse dorei fixed 



Hydrolea, versatile anther 



Pistil and calyx (mag,). (mag.). 



llydrolea. 



Transverse section of 



the bilocular ovary, with 



two-lobed placentas 



(mag.). 



llydrolea. 



Ripe capsule dehiscing 

 loculicidally (mag,), 



Wiyandia caracasana. 



llydrolea. Seed entire and out longitudinally (mag.). 



often glandular-pubescent or clothed with stinging hairs, or sometimes with axillary 

 spines. LEAVES alternate, exstipulate. FLOWERS $ , regular, solitary or in corymbs 

 or scorpioid spikes. CALYX herbaceous, 5-fid or -partite. COROLLA monopetalous, 

 hypogynous, infundibuliform or sub-campanulate or sub -rotate, limb 5-fid, aestivation 

 imbricate. STAMENS 5, inserted on the corolla-tube, alternate with its divisions ; 

 filaments filiform-subulate, sometimes dilated and arched at the base ; anthers 



