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ascending ; stigma sessile linear extending downwards and inwards 

 from apex of the ovary to insertion of the ovules. Fruit 

 multiple ; carpels stipitate samaroid with membranous wings in- 

 dehiscent 1 — 4 seeded. Seed albuminous, embryo minutely sub- 

 apical.— Trees ; buds scaly : leaves alternate deciduous exstipidate ; 

 flowers fascicled emerging from scaly buds {East Indies, Jcqja/i). 

 See p. 157. 



8. Trochodendron Sieb. & Zucc. — Flowers hermaphrodite or 

 polygamous. Eeceptacle concave, cup-shaped. Perianth 0. Stamens 

 CO perigynous, filaments free filiform, anthers truncate basifixed ; 

 cells subextrorse dehiscing longitudinally. Carpels co (not more 

 than 8), inserted in a nearly simple verticil on lower part of con- 

 cavity of the receptacle, free internally ; ovary 1 -celled ; ovules co 

 anatropous inserted in 2 rows on the ventral angle; styles short 

 grooved internally, stigmatiferous towards the apex, finally recurved. 

 Fruit multiple ; carpels subdrupaceous, finally dry, adnate on the 

 outside to the concave receptacle, dehiscing on the inside (as follicles ?) 

 longitudinally. Seeds pendulous, albuminous ; embryo minute 

 apical. — Trees ; buds scaly, leaves alternate evergreen exstipulate ; 

 flowers in racemes emerging from scaly buds {Japcm). See p. 158. 



V. CANELLEiE. 



9. Canella P. Br.— Flower hermaphrodite, regular. Calyx of 

 3 imbricate leaves. Corolla of 5 free deciduous petals ; aestivation 

 imbricate or contorted. Stamens not more than 20 ; filaments 

 monadelphous cohering into a tube. Anthers 1 -celled linear adnate 

 to the outside of the tube, dehiscing longitudinally, connectives 

 united above the anthers into a short tube crenate at the top. Ovary 

 superior unilocular ; placentas 2 or 3, parietal pauciovulate ; ovules 

 mostly 2 or 3 on each placenta, pendulous, reniform arcuate; micropyle 

 introrse superior. Style short thick ; at the apex shortly 2-3-lobed 

 stigmatose. Fruit baccate, slightly pnlpy within 1-6-seeded. 

 Seeds pendulous albumen copious, fleshy-oleaginous ; embryo 

 eccentric arcuate: radicle short, superior; cotyledons oblong. — Small 

 glabrous trees ; leaves alternate exstipulate, with pellucid dots ; 

 flowers numerous on branched subcorymbose terminal cymes 

 {Tropical America). Seep. 159. 



