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6-10, inserted peripherally around germen (Holopetahm) ; filaments 

 free or connate at base. Germen free, gaping at apex, formed of 4 

 (more rarely 5) connate carpels ; 2 lateral ; placentas 4, 5, parietal 

 oo-ovulate. Capsule 4-5-angular, gaping above ; seeds oo smooth 

 (of Reseda). — Herbs, annual or woody at base; leaves alternate or 

 fascicled ; flowers in lax spikes, 1-ebracteate {South and North Africa, 

 Canary Islands, South-west Asia, California). See p. 209. 



4. Caylusea A. S. H. — Flowers 5-nierous irregular (nearly of 

 Reseda); stamens 10-15, inserted on receptacle produced above 

 perianth. Carpels 6, connate at base, open ; ovules oo, inserted on 

 short erect subcentral placenta a little above base of carpel. Fruit 

 dry, formed of stellately opening carpels ; seeds few (of Reseda). — 

 Annual herbs ; habit and entire leaves of Reseda ; flowers densely 

 racemose {Subtropical North Africa, West Asia, North-ivest India). 

 See p. 299. 



5. Ochradenus Del. — Flowers 5, 0-merous, apetalous. Disk 

 greatly developed, peripheral or excentric-posterior, thick {Euochra- 

 denus) or more frequently thin {Jlomalodiscus). Stamens 10-30, 

 peripheral (of Reseda). Germen 3-merous (of Reseda), gaping at apex, 

 3-dentate ; ovules oo, descending from 3 parietal placentas. 

 Capsule finally succulent {Euocliradenus) or dry {Horn alo discus), oo- 

 seeded.— Glabrous branching shrubs or undershrubs ; branches vir- 

 gate, finally leafless spinescent ; leaves (on younger ones) small linear 

 entire ; flowers (sometimes pol}'gamous) spicate or subracemose, 1- 

 bracteate {Mediterranean and Red Sea, South-ivest Asia). See p. 299. 



6. Randonia Coss. — Flowers a:-merous; sepals connate at base, 

 and inserted with as many alternating petals on margin of slightly 

 concave receptacle. Stamens not more than 1 6, inserted perigynously 

 with perianth ; posterior possessing a membranous coronula at base. 

 Germen inserted in bottom of receptacle, surrounded by a disk more 

 developed behind ; carpels 2, more rarely 3, connate into a germen 

 gaping at apex ; placentas as many, alternating parietal co-ovulate. 

 Capsule gaping at apex ; seeds 2- oo (of Reseda). — A small branching 

 subaphyllous shrub ; leaves minute deciduous ; branches virgate ; 

 flowers remote, 1-bracteate, in elongated subspicate terminal racemes 

 {Algeria). See p. 299. 



