442 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



twigs, evergreen, simple, entire or sinuate-dentate, exstipulate ; flowers 

 terminal, or lateral, solitary or more often in simple or branching, 

 sometimes corymbose racemes (Asia, Tropical Africa, Pacific Islands, 

 Australia, New Zealand). See p. 360. 



55. Marian thus Hueg. — Flowers 5-merous ; petals free, erect- 

 connivent at base or more rarely to middle or beyond into a some- 

 times oblique corolla, patent above. Stamens 5 ; filaments filiform 

 or dilated (Calopetalofi) ; anthers erect, usually oblong 2-rimose. 

 Germen sessile or shortly stipitate ; placentas 2, 3, go -ovulate, some- 

 times contiguous inside ; style filiform. Capsule ovoidal or oblong, 

 compressed or subinflated, membranous or thinly coriaceous, loculi- 

 cidal or sometimes septicidal ; seeds subglobose, obovoid or sub- 

 renifonn, short or muricate corrugated (Rhi/tidosporum) ; funicle 

 sometimes thickened. — Undershrubs ; branches flexuous procumbent 

 or voluble ; leaves entire or serrate ; inferior rarely lobate or dissected ; 

 flowers more rarely solitary in compound cymiferous racemes, some- 

 times corymbiform or umbelliform, and terminal (Australia). See 

 p. 362. 



56. Bursaria Cav. — Flowers 4- or more often 5-merous ; sepals 

 very small. Petals narrow spreading almost from base. Stamens 4, 

 5 ; filaments subulate ; anthers erect, ovoid or oblong, 2-rimose. 

 Germen placed on thick short, 5-furrowed stipe ; placentas 2, parie- 

 tal, very prominent ; ovules go ; funicles rather long descending ; 

 style short. Capsule shortly stipitate thin-coriaceous piano-com- 

 pressed, broadly orbiculate-sub-2-lobate, loculicidal at edges ; valves 

 2, hardly freed in middle, impressed outside against dissepiment ; 

 seeds few reniform compressed. — Eigid shrubs ; abortive twigs 

 usually spinescent ; leaves small entire, often fascicled ; flowers in 

 terminal branching compound cymiferous pyramidate racemes (Kiira- 

 tropical Australia). See p. 362. 



57. Sollya Lindl.— Flowers 5-merous ; sepals small. Petals 

 obovate, spreading from base. Stamens 5 ; filaments a little shorter 

 than anther; anthers erect connivent into a cone round gynae- 

 ceum, introrse 2-rimose. Germen sessile ; placentas 2, co -ovulate, 

 finally contiguous inside ; style short. Berry oblong, indehiscent ; 



