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

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

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

 solitary, ascending. The indéhiscent cocci of the fruit separating 

 from the columella. Seeds albuminous. — Herbs with perennial 

 rhizomes. — 1 genus. 



3. Goupie^i. 1 — 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^:. 2 — Flowers polygamo-diœcious, generally 4-merous, 

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

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

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

 shrubs, with leaves opposite. — 3 genera. 



5. HipfocrateeyE. 3 — Flowers hermaphrodite, with stamens ordi- 

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

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

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

 climbing, generally with opposite leaves. — 3 genera. 



6. Buxe.e. 4 — 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/E. 5 — 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. 



1 Goupiaccœ Miers. Ann. Nat. Hist, sér. 3, ix. Ord. 224. 



289. 4 Bnxeœ Kl. Tricocc. 12 (part.). — Buxincœ 



2 Azimaceœ Wight et Gardn. Cale. Jonm. Ditmort. Anal. Tant. Nat. 45 (part.). — Plke, 

 (1845). — Salvadoraceœ Lindl. Introd. (1836) Typ. de Oh. Fam. i. t. 74. — Buxaceœ Kirschleq. 

 269; Ycg. Kinyd. 652, Ord. 250.— Pl. Ann. Se. FI. d' Alsace, ii. 48.— Ao. Theor. Syst. 292 (part.). 

 Nat. sér. 3, x. 189.— A. DC. Prodr. xvii. 27, —H. Bx. Monogr. Jlii.rac. et Styloe. (1859).— 

 Ord. 127 bis. —Salvadoreœ H. B.v. Adansonia x. M. Arg. Prodr. xvi. sect. i. 7, Ord. ISO. — 

 276. — Monetieœ H. Bn. loc. eit. 289. Ettphorbiaceœ, sect. i. (Gen. 2, 3) A. Juss. Tent. 



3 B. H. Gen. 369, trib. 2.—Hippocraticeœ 3. Euphorb. 13. 



Ann. Mus. xviii. 483. — R. Br. Congo, 187. — 6 Endl. Enchirid. 214. — Gcissolomaeeœ Sond. 



Sippocrateaeea H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Spec. v. Linnœa, xxiii. 105. — A. DC. Prodr. xiv. 191, 



136.— DO Prodr. i. 567, Ord. 37.— Endl. Gen. Ord. 160. 

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



