8AXIFBAGACE2E. 



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teeth. The ovary has either three cells, or as many as there are petals 

 superposed to them. The capsular fruit (fig. 401) is loculiciclal, with 

 its valves entire or bifid at the apex ; the seeds (figs. 402, 403), re- 



Philadelplius coronarius. 



Fig. 397. 

 Flowering branch. 



Fio. 398. 

 Flower. 



Fig. 400. 

 Long. sect, of fruit (-|). 



Fig. 399. 

 Diagram. 



sembling those of Deutzia, are prolonged into a narrow wing at 

 either end. This genus comprises shrubs from the temperate 

 regions of Europe, middle Asia, and North America, possessing the 

 vegetative organs and inflorescence of Beutzia. Some ten or twelve 



