156 CISTI. [Cl. 13. 



arboreous or shrubby, seldom herbaceous. Leaves al- 

 ternate, simple, with Stipulas." 



Sect. 1. Stamens definite, more or less monadel- 

 phous. Doubtful Tiliacea. JVahheria, Hermannia, 

 and Mahernia. These would surely be better placed 

 with the Malvacece. The Cotyledons of the two lat- 

 ter agree full as well with them as with Tilia. 



Sect. 2. Stam. distinct, mostly indefinite. Fruit of 

 several cells. True Tiliacene. Antichorus, Corchorus, 

 Heliocarpus, Triumfetta, Sparmannia, Sloanea, Au- 

 Iktia Schreb. 353 (Apeiba Aubl.), Muntingia, Fla- 

 courtia Commers., Oncoba Forsk. Lam. Ill us tr, t.471., 

 Grewia and Tilia, fig. 235. Stuartia is to be excluded; 

 see Ord. 74. 



Sect. 3. Akin to Tiliacete. Fruit of 1 cell. Bixa, 

 Laetia and Aublet's and Schreber's Banara. The 

 first seems a genuine Tiliacea. 



Ord. 80. CISTI. " Calyx in 5 deep segments. Pe- 

 tals 5. Stamens numerous. Germen simple. Style 1. 

 Stigma 1. Capsule either of 1 cell, with 3 valves, or 

 of many cells with many valves, the numerous small 

 Seeds attached to the centre of each, which either 

 projects so as to form a partition, or is merely a lon- 

 gitudinal line. Embryo inclosed in a thin Albumen, 

 it's Radicle incurved upon the Cotyledons. Stem 

 woody or herbaceous. Leaves mostly opposite, with 

 or without Stipulas. Flowers either spiked, or soli- 

 tary, or corymbose, somewhat umbellate." 



Cistus and Helianthemum, fig. 236, constitute the 



