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GENERA. 



I. LARDIZABALE.E. 



1. Lardizabala B,. & Pav. — Flowers dioecious. Sepals 6, 2-seriate, 

 petaloid. Petals 6, 2-seriate, much smaller. Stamens 6, 1 -adelphous 

 free (sterile in female flower) ; anthers extrorse, 2-rimose, apiculate 

 or muticous. Carpels 3, free, rudimentary in male flower. Stigma 

 sessile, conical. Ovules go , anatropous, inserted on wall in 5-8 series, 

 more rarely in 2 lateral series (Boquila), scarcely sunk in the cellular 

 endocarp. Berries 1-3, indehiscent. Seeds go , subreniform ; albu- 

 men abundant, subcorneous, embryo minute excentric. — Climbing 

 shrubs, leaves alternate, usually 2-stipulate, 3-foliolate {Boquila), or 

 2, 3-ternate ; leaves penni- or sub-tripli-nerved ; flowers axillary ; 

 male flowers in racemes or 1-3 ; female flowers usually solitary 

 {Chili, Peru). See p. 43. 



2. Parvatia Dcne. — Flowers monoecious, almost of Lardizabala. 

 Ovules co , few scattered on sides of both walls, at length sunk in 

 pulpy hairs. Berries ovate ; seeds go , sunk in pulp. — A climbing 

 shrub ; leaves alternate, exstipulate, pinnately 3-foliolate ; flowers in 

 axillary racemes {India). See p. 44. 



3. Decaisnea Hook. f. & Thoms. — Flowers polygamous. Sepals 6, 

 petaloid, narrow. Petals 0. Stamens G (of Lardizabala). Carpels 3 

 (rudimentary in male flower) ; stigma obovate-oblong. Ovules go, 

 ventral, in 2 series. Berries finally gaping. Seeds co, embedded 

 in pulp. — An erect shrub ; leaves alternate, pinnate ; flowers in 

 terminal racemes {Himalaya). See p. 44. 



4. Stauntonia DC. — Flosvers monoecious. Sepals 6, 2-seriate 

 outer 3 broader. Petals 0. Stamens 6 (of Lardizabala) ; filaments 

 1 -adelphous ; anthers apiculate (barren in female flower). Carpels 3 

 (rudimentary in male flower) ; stigma subcapitate ; ovules co at- 

 tached to hairy or cellular wall, co -seriate. Berries subglobular, 

 finally gaping ; seeds co , immersed in pulp. — Climbing shrubs ; 



