Cl. 13.] AURANTIA. 145 



canea Juss. Aubl. t. 371, Sterbeckia Schreb. Gen. 

 360 (Singana Aubl.), Mesua, Rheedia and Calo- 

 phyllum. 



Sect. 3. Genera with alternate Leaves, allied on 

 one hand to this Order, on the other to the following. 

 Vateria, Vatlca, Elteocarpus, and Allophyllus. 



A noble and very natural Order, not detected by 

 Linnaeus, connecting the Hyperica with the Aurantia. 



Ord. 70. AURANTIA. "Calyx of 1 leaf, often 

 deeply divided. Petals definite, broad at the base, 

 inserted around a hypogynous disk. Stamens inserted 

 into the same disk, mostly definite, either distinct, mo- 

 nadelphous, or polyadelphous. Germen and Style 

 simple. Stigma rarely divided. Fruit mostly pulpy, 

 in some instances capsular, of 1 or many cells, with 

 1 or 2 Seeds in each. Albumen none. Embryo 

 straight, upright. Stem arboreous or shrubby. Leaves 

 alternate, simple, or rarely compound." 



Sect. 1. Fruit single-seeded. Leaves without pel- 

 lucid dots. These are spurious Aurantia. Ximenia, 

 Heisteria, and Fissllia Commerson. The last is well 

 referred to Olax by Vahl, Enum. v. 2. 33. 



Sect. 2. Fruit many-seeded, pulpy. Leaves full of 

 resinous pellucid dots. True Aurantia. Berge?*a, 

 Murrcea (which is also Chalcas), Cookia Sonnerat., 

 Citrus, fig. 224, and Limonia; a most natural tribe. 



Sect. 3. Fr. many-seeded,, capsular. Leaves not 

 dotted. Genera akin to Aurantia, and to the follow- 

 ing Order (in our opinion rather nearer to the latter). 



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