TILIACE^. 



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imbricated in two series, with a muricate capsular fruit j Antholoma 

 (figs. 202-207), having a gamopetalous corolla in the form of a 

 truncate cone, or of a slightly quadrangular pyramid, with an upper 

 dentate orifice, and a smooth, capsular fruit, irregularly dehiscing at 

 maturity. 



Aristotelia (figs. 208-210) forms a third subseries, characterized 



Aristotelia Maqui. 



Fig. 209. 

 Flower (|). 



Fig. 208. 

 Floriferous branch. 



Fig. 210. 



Long, section of flower. 



by the form of the receptacle representing a porringer, lined by a 

 glandular disk, at the bottom of which the gynaeceum is inserted, 

 while the perianth and androceum are perigynous (fig. 210). The 

 number of ovules is certain, and the fruit is a berry. It consists 

 of shrubs, the leaves being generally opposite. 



B. de Jussieu had, in 1759, ' distinguished an order Tilice ; but 

 this was a heterogeneous assembly, which besides the Limes, only 



1 In A. L. Juss. Gen., lxviii. 



