584 PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS: BOTANY. 



rugose underneath, or with linear yellow-glandular capsules underneath. 

 Peduncles shorter than the leaf. Stigma oblique, rostriform, membrana- 

 ceous behind. 



(Chili) ; N. Patagon., rocky hills about Lago Nahuel-huapi. 



Family 7 i . FLACOURTIACE.E. 



Evergreen trees or shrubs, with leaves mostly 2-ranked, alternate, pin- 

 nately veined, coriaceous. Stipules few, deciduous. Regular, perfect or 

 unisexual flowers, 45 merous, with petals distinct or absent. Stamens 

 numerous on a disk; anthers often appendaged opening by lateral slits. 

 Ovary mostly free, i -celled with 3-5 parietal placenta, and many seeds. 

 Styles or style-lobes as many as the placentae. Fruit a berry, or capsule, 

 or a drupe. Seeds with endosperm. 



Species 500, tropical. 



AZARA Ruiz. & Pav. 



Leaves entire or dentate, bitter. Flowers in fascicles or corymbs, regular ; 

 sepals 4 (5-6) ; petals none. Style 3-4-lobed. Berry subglobose. 

 (Fig. in Eng. & Prantl, iii, 6a, p. 40, B, C, D.) 

 Species 22, chiefly Andine ; i in Fernandez and i in Mexico. 



A. LANCEOLATA Hook. f. 



Stem and branches slender, brown-hairy. Leaves small, lanceolate, 

 some ovate, remotely serrate, short-petioled. Sepals ovate, reflexed. 

 W. Patagon., Valdivia; Cape Tres Montes. 



Family 72. PASSIFLORACE.E. Passion-flower Family. 



Woody tendril-climbers or erect herbs, with petioled, often palmately 

 lobed leaves, and regular, perfect, 4-5-merous flowers. Throat of the 

 calyx-tube bearing the petals, stamens, and double or triple fringe-like 

 crown. Ovary free, i -celled, with 3-5 parietal placenta. Styles 1-5. 

 Fruit a capsule or berry, usually many-seeded. 



Species 325, in warm climates, most in S. Amer. 



