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bristly or liil)LTciil;itc. Carjjcl witli sonicwliat pioininent or obso- 

 lete ribs, thickijh pericarp, and prominent groups of strengthening 

 cells. St\lopoclinm somewhat piominent. Oil-tubes 2 on the 

 conimissiii-al side. 



")4. Discopleura. Calyx-teeth siUcdl or ol-isolete. Fruit 

 o\ate, glabrous. Carpel with tlorsal and intermediate ribs filiform 

 to l)road and obtuse; the laterals very thick and cork), closely con- 

 tigiions to those of the other carpel, forming a dilated obtuse oi' 

 acute corky band ; all subtended by strengthening cells. Oil-tubes 

 2 on the commissuial side. Seed iiearlv terete (somewhat sulcate 

 beneath the oil-tubes) or with a Hattish face. 



((ii. t'luit with piano sfed-faoe. conical stvlopodiuni. and nuniorous 

 oil-tubes. 



55. Berula. Calvx-teeth. minute. Fruit nearly round, 

 emarginate at base, glal^rous. Carpel nearly globose, with ver)- 

 slender inconspicuous ribs, thick corky pericarp, and no strengthen- 

 ing cells. Oil-tubes numerous and contiguous, closely surround- 

 ing the seed cavity. Seed terete. 



5(i. ^gopodium. Calvx-teeth obsolete. Fiuit o\ate, gla- 

 brous. Carpel with equal filiform ribs (with broad and equal in- 

 tervals), each containing strong groups of strengthening cells; peri- 

 carp with no oil-tubes, but with a layer of large parenchyma cells 

 surrounding th.e seed-cavity (as in Ciyptotctnia). .St\lopodium 

 prominent. Carpel and seed-section nearly round. 



(7). Fruit with piano seed-face, depressed styiopodium, no oil-tubes, 

 and continuous band of stiengthonuig colls about the seed-cavity. 



57. Bowlesia. Cahx-teeth rather prominent. Fruit broadly 

 ovate, with narrow c(Mnn-.issure (carpels appearing nearly dis- 

 tinct), and stellate pubescence. Carpel turgid, becoming depressed 

 on the back, with neither rii)s nor oil-tubes; the wdiole dorsal 

 region inflated, the s(>ed-ca\ity being on the cominissural side of 

 the carpel-section. Seed flattened dorsallv; the face and back 

 plane or con\e:^. 



t + + Carpels las well as fruit) strongly ilattenod laterally: styiopo- 

 dium depressed. 



58. HydroCOtyle. Calyx-teeth minute or obsolete. Fruit 

 moie oi- less orbicular. Carpel with 5 primai}- ribs (additional 



