142 MALPIGHLE. [Cl. 13. 



often abortive. Albumen none. Radicle lying on 

 the Cotyledons. Stem arboreous or shrubby. Leaves 

 opposite, without Stipulas. Flowers racemose or co- 

 rymbose, their Stamens or Pistils often partially im- 

 perfect." 



Aesculus, fig. 12, and Acer, fig. 221, are the only 

 genera ; with Hippocratea, and the obscure Thryallis 

 of Linnaeus, judged intermediate between this Order 

 and the next. t Aesculus is, as Jussieu indeed hints, 

 full as much intermediate between the present and 

 the last. 



Ord. 67. MALPIGHIJE. " Calyx in 5 deep seg- 

 ments, permanent. Petals 5, alternate with the Calyx, 

 inserted into a hypogynous disk, by their claws. Sta- 

 mens 10, inserted into the same part, 5 of them op- 

 posite to the Petals, 5 intermediate ones to the Calyx, 

 their Filaments sometimes connected at the base. 

 Anthers roundish. Germen either simple, or 3-lobed. 

 Styles 3. Stigmas 3 or 6. Fruit either of 3 Capsules, 

 or simple with 3 cells. Seeds solitary in each Cap- 

 sule or cell. Albumen none. Embryo with a straight 

 radicle, the Cotyledons reflexed at their base. Stem 

 shrubby. Leaves opposite, simple, with some traces 

 of Stipulas. Flowerstalks terminal, or more generally 

 axillary, either aggregate and single-flowered, or soli- 

 tary and many-flowered, either umbellate, spiked, or 

 panicled, each Stalk usually with a joint and 2 small 

 scales about the middle." 



Bannisteria and Trioptcris have a tricapsular winged 



