2«« Natural hihtory of vlanth. 



follows that the Phjjtocreneœ, inseparable on the whole from the 

 Mappiece, ought, by connection, to be put in the same family. 

 This is thon found divided in five series or tribes whose distinctive 

 characters are as follow : 



I. Spoxdie^.^ — Gynseceura, formed of many carpels, independent or 

 united in their ovary. Cells 1-ovulate. Ovules descendent, with supe- 

 rior and interior micropyle. Seeds exalbiiminous. Leaves simple 

 or compound. — 3 genera. 



II. BuESEEZiE." — GynîEceumwith many carpels (2-G) united below 

 in a plurilocular ovary. Cells 2-ovulate. Oviiles descendent, supe- 

 rior and exterior micropyle. Seeds exalbuminous. Leaves com- 

 pound, l-oD -foliolate. — 9 genera. 



III. AxACAEDiEvE.-^ — Gynœceum with one or more carpels, only 

 one of them fertile in the ovary. Siagle cell 1-ovulate. Ovule 

 having very variable direction,'' always having the micropyle directed 

 upwards primatively. Seeds with but little abundant albumen or 

 none. Leaves simple and compound. — 29 genera. 



IV. Mappie.^;.^ — Gyneeceum with one or more'' carpels, only one 

 amongst them (rarely two or three) fertU , in the ovary. Single cell, 

 1- or more often 2-ovulate. Ovules descendent, with interior and 

 superior micropyle. Seeds with entire or lobate albumen, embryo very 

 small or developed, and provided with large and foliaceous cotyledons. 

 Leaves simple. — 1-5 genera. 



V. PHTTOCEENE.aE.^ — Gynseceum constructed like that of Mappieœ. 



' Spondiaceœ K. in Ann. Se. Nat. sér. 1, ii. close up to the Bummit. Accordingly it becomes 



362. — Endl. Gen. 1134. — J. G. Agakdh, T/iar. with age more or less ascendent or descendent, 



fSi/>t. 220. — Sponiliete (^Antuardiaceœ trib. 2) B. a direction which has not, in consequence, much 



H. Gen. 417, 426 (part.). value and which also depends on whether the 



2 Burtei'aeeœ K. in Ann. Se. Nat. loc. cU. 333. support of the ovule may be longer or shorter, 

 — DC. Prodi: ii. 75. — LnfDL. Introd. ed. 2, 110. . and carry back the insertion of the umbilicns 

 — E.N-i)L. Gen. 113-5, Ord. 246.— B. H. Gcii. to a greater or less heigth. 



321, Ord. 42. — J. Gr. Ao. ap. eit. 219. — îIaech. ' H. Bx. in Adansonia, iii. 354 ; x. 261, xi. 



in Adantoiiia, viii. 17. — Bakek, Fl. Maurit. 43. 187. — Icaeineœ Besth. ex LrxDL. Veg. Kingd. 



— Ami/ridetc li.^u. CfMgo, he. cit. — Amr/ridacete 444 (filacacece sect.).— B. H. Gen. 344, 350 



Li>T)L. rif<7. .fftni'rf. (1846), 4-59, Ord. 171. {Olaeinea trib. 3). — Icacinaccie Miees, Con- 



3 CamtvUtB (v. Anacardeœ) E. Be. Congo, he. trib. i. 34, 48. 



cit. — Anaeardiacetg LiNDL. Jntnd. ed. 2, 166 ; ' Generally three. 



Veg. Eir.gd. 465, Ord. 174.— E.nul. Gen. 1127, ' Exdl. Oen. 828.— E. Br. in Jienn. PI. Jav. 



Ord. 245.— B. H. Gen. 415, Ord. .53. — L. Rar. 244.— B. H. Ge„. 354 {OUicin. trib. 4).— 



Mabcu. Ben Téiébinthacie» [Anqfard.) . . .Paris H. Bx. in DC. Prodr. xvii. 7. — Artocarpearum 



(1869). — Baker, Fl. Maurit. 61. — Sumachineœ gen. Bl. Bijdr. 483. — Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 271. 



DC. Prodr. ii. 66. — TufecuL, in Ann. Sc. Nat. fér. 3, viii. 147 



■• It is inserted in the intcmiJ angle of the (nee 148, in not.). — ? Cardioptiridtte R. Br. loc. 



cell, but at a very variable point (and that often cit. 248. — Bl. linmphia, iii. 205. — SoHifizi. 



in the same type) of its length, from the base Iconogr. fasc. 14. — H. Bx. Prodi-, lie. cit. 2.5. 



