MONIMIACEJE. 333 



2-celled ; cells deliiscing by valves from below upwards; valves 2, 

 finally confluent into 1. Stamiuodes go exterior or 0. Carpels cr, 

 more rarely few (1-5), each concealed in a separate cell in the re- 

 ceptacle ; ovary free, inserted by more or less oblique and broad base 

 on the receptacle, 1 -celled, at apex sensibly tapering into a style 

 exserted through canal in velum, tip stigmatiferous ; ovule 1, 

 subbasilar ascending ; micropyle extrorse inferior ; raphe ventral. 

 Berries smooth or hairy, more rarely echinate, included in septate, 

 finally nearly dry or baccate receptacle; mesocarp usually incom- 

 plete, at apex thick fleshy, at base thin membranous ; putamen 

 bony, smooth rugose or echinate. Seed erect, albumen copious ; 

 embryo straight, radicle inferior. — Aromatic trees or shrubs ; leaves 

 opposite, or more rarely verticillate, glandular, covered with a simple 

 or stellate, more rarely scaly pubescence ; flowers cymose ; cymes 

 solitary or geminate, usually axillary, either 2-pluriparous, or 

 by abortion, 1-parous unsymmetrical, sometimes 1 -sexual, more 

 rarely 2-sexual, terminal flowers male [Tropical and subtropical 

 America). See p. 305. 



IV. ATHEROSPERME.^. 



11 ?. Doryphora Endl. — Flowers polygamo-dioscious, receptacle 

 infundibuliform ; perianth-leaves 6-8, sub-2-seriate, imbricate; in- 

 nermost petaloid. Stamens cr., perigynous inserted within and below 

 perianth; interior oo, sterile; exterior few (4-10) fertile; filaments 

 free, short, with 2 external glands at base ; anthers basifixed 2-celled 

 extrorse ; cells dehiscing by uplifted valves ; connective slightly 

 prominent on each side above the cells, produced at apex into a very 

 long subulate tail. Staminodes interior antherless. Carpels o^, 

 free inserted in bottom of receptacle, in male flowers sterile, in 

 female fertile, ovary stipitate, 1- celled; style inserted at variable 

 height on dorsal angle, stigmatiferous at tip ; ovule 1 subbasilar 

 erect, micropyle superior extrorse. Fruits cc, dry (caryopsids) 

 anatropous (or campylotropous) included in thickened woody recep- 

 tacle, finally splitting irregularly longitudinally. Style more or less 

 persistent basilar; pericarp thin, covered with elongated hairs, 

 albumen copious fleshy ; embryo straight or incurved, radicle in- 

 ferior. — Aromatic trees ; leaves opposite serrate or crenate ; cymes 

 axillary or terminal {/li/stralia). See p. 309. 



