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183 (a) Stamens as many as petals and opposite 
to them, or fewer. Ovules suspended 
from the top of the cavity or a free 
central placenta. Fruitadrupe. Ovary 
incompletely septate. Ovules 2-5. 
Tropics. Olacinede. 
(0) Stamens as many as petals and alternate 
with them. Ovules parietal or axile. 
Fruit a berry or a capsule. 
Saxifrageae. 
184 (a) Ovary 1-celled. Ovules apical (2.2. sus- 
pended from the top of the cell). Shrubs 
or trees. Calyx valvate. Anthers de- 
hiscing by longitudinal slits. Seeds ex- 
albuminous. ‘Tropics and South Africa. 
Combretaceae. 
(0) Ovary 1-celled, with basal central or 
parietal ovules, or several-celled. 185. 
185 (a) Leaves glandular-dotted. Stamens twice 
as many as petals, rarely isomerous; in 
the latter case leaves opposite. Shrubs. 
Calyx imbricate or open in bud. Ovary 
1-3-celled. Seeds exalbuminous. Aus- 
tralasia, South Asia, South America. 
Myrtaceae. 
(4) Leaves without dots, very rarely glandu- 
lar-dotted, and then alternate and sta- 
mens isomerous. 186. 
