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elongate, united in a tube (and having the appearance of a gamope- 

 talous corolla) for a variable portion of their extent, inserted with 

 the unequal stamens outside the margin of a concave disk. Ovules 

 solitary, ascending. The indehiscent cocci of the fruit separating 

 from the columella. Seeds albuminous. — Herbs with perennial 

 rhizomes. — 1 genus. 



3. GoupiE^.i — Flowers hermaphrodite, isostemonous. Petals 

 free, valvate-induplicate. Ovarian cells equal in number to the 

 petals, pluriovulate. Styles not terminal. — Shrubs with alternate 

 leaves, sub-3-plinervate. — 1 genus. 



4. — AziME^.^ — Flowers polygamo-dicecious, generally 4-merous, 

 isostemonous. Petals hypogynous, free or united (in a false game- 

 petalous corolla). Ovary with 1-4 uniovulate cavities. Ovule 

 ascending. Fruit fleshy. Seeds without albumen. — Trees and 

 shrubs, with leaves opposite. — 3 genera. 



5. HiPPOCEATEE^.^ — Flowers hermaphrodite, with stamens ordi- 

 narily less numerous than the petals (generally three), inserted 

 within a highly developed disk. Ovules 2-oo . Fruit often winged, 

 dry, or fleshy. Seeds without albumen. — "Woody plants, often 

 climbing, generally with opposite leaves. — 3 genera. 



6. BuxE^.* — Flowers unisexual, apetalous, with hypogynous 

 stamens, equal in number to or more numerous than the sepals. Disk 0. 

 Ovarian cells with 1, 2 ovules, descending, and micropyle interior 

 and superior. Fruit dry or fleshy. — Woody or herbaceous plants, 

 with leaves opposite or alternate. — 5 genera. 



7. Geissolome^.^ — Flowers hermaphrodite, apetalous, tetramerous, 

 diplostemonous. Disk 0. Ovarian cells with 2 ovules, descending, 

 and mycropyle interior and superior. Fruit capsular. Seeds albu- 

 minous. — A shrub, with opposite leaves. — 1 genus. 



^ Goupiacece Miers. Ann. Kat. Eisi. ser. 3, ix. Ord. 224. 

 289. ^ Buxece Kl. Tricocc. 12 {^Bxi.).—Buxi)i€(B 



^ Azimacece Wight et Gaudn. Calc. Journ. Dumort. Anal. Fam. Nat. 45 (part.).— Pi-ee, 



{lSi5).—Salvadorace(e Lindl. Introd. (1836) Ti/p. de Ok. Fam. i. t.li.—BuxaceaKmscn-LBO. 



269; Vep. Kimjd. 652, Ord. 250.— Pl. Ann. Sc. FLd'Alsnce,\\. 48.— Ag. TJieor. Syst. 292 (part.). 



Nat. ser. 3, x. 189.— A. DC. Prodr. xvii. 27, — H. \^^. Monogr. Buxac. et Styloc. (1859).— 



Ord. 127 bis. —Salvadorean H. Bn. Adansonia x. M. Arg. Frodr. xvi. sect. i. 7, Ord. 180. — 



Tl^.—Monttie(B H. Bn. he. cit. 289. EapJiorbiacece, sect. i. {Gen. 2, 3) A. Juss. Tent. 



^ B. H. Gen. 369, trib. 2, — HippocraticecB J. Fuphorb. 13. 

 Ann. Mus. xviii. 483.— R. Br. Congo, 187. — ^'El^hIj. Enchirid. 2li.-' Geissolomacece Sond. 



Eippocrateacea H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Spec. v. Linn(Ba, xxiii. 105.— -A. DC. Frodr. xiv. 191, 



136.— DC. Prodr. i. 567, Ord. 37.— Endl. Gen. Ord. 166. 

 1090, Ord. 237. — LmnL, Veg, Kingd. 584, 



