278 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



valvate coriaceous, outer ovate acuminate pubescent on both sides ; 

 inner niucli smaller obovate-acuminate coherent around sexual organs. 

 Stamens co ; connective obtusely acuminate beyond the cells. Torus 

 subjjflobose. Carpels oo ; style long tapering ; stigma terminal 2- 

 lobed ; ovules solitary erect. — A shrub or small tree. Leaves acumi- 

 nate glabrous Flowers solitary axillary or springing from nodes of 

 fallen leaves" (Ea-s-f of Indict). See p. 230. 



2:2. Mitrephora V>\,. — Flowers hermaphrodite or unisexual. Se- 

 pals 3, usually free valvate. Petals 0, outer short ovate, inner 

 unguiculate cohering into an erect mitre. Stamens cc, more rarely 

 definite (of the Uvariea). Carpels oo (more rarely subdefinite), 

 ovules a: . — Trees, leaves coriaceous ; flowers solitary or more fre- 

 quently cymose, lateral or terminal {Tropical Asia, Indian Archi- 

 pelago) See p. 230. 



23. Orophaea Bl.— Flowers hermaphrodite [oi MitrepJiora.) Sta- 

 mens 00, more frequently definite (0-12), short fleshy (of the Mi- 

 Uusecb). Carpels 3 -cc -ovulate usually few ventral 2-seriate. Berries 

 l-oo-seeded; trees or shrubs; leaves small; flowers small cymose 

 axillary or terminal {Trojncal Asia, Indian Archipelago). See p. 231. 



24. Cymbopetalum Beisth. — Flowers hermaphrodite or unisexual. 

 Sepals 3 short valvate. Petals 6, 2-seriate, valvate ; the outer 

 sessile, short ; the inner much larger very thick involute c^anbiform, 

 apex with an inflexed or obsolete point ; base tapering into a short 

 or elongated claw. Stamens (of the MiliusiecB) on a convex recep- 

 tacle. Carpels cc; ovules go ventral. Berries stipitate oblong 

 obliquely constricted between the seeds, often opening under pressure. 

 — Small trees ; leaves membranous, often oblique at base ; flowers 

 on long peduncles, often pendulous lateral or terminal [Trojjical 

 America). See p. 232. 



25. Enantia Oliv.— Sepals 3, valvate. Petals outer 0, inner 3, 

 opposite the sepals and much longer, thick coriaceous flat or with 

 slightly reflexed margins, narrower and concave at base, erect or 

 subpatulous. Stamens cc, linear oblong; connective scarcely 

 dilated above short very obtuse anther-cells. Carpels oc, free,, 

 closely packed on a convex pilose receptacle ; style short hnear- 



