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PHYTOLACCACEÆX. 
apex capitate stigmatiferous, 1, 2-lobed ; ovule 1, subbasilar ascending 
campylotropous ; micropyle inferior anterior. Fruit baccate, some- 
times finally exsuccous ; seed suberect; testa glabrous or scabrous ; 
embryo annular peripheral, encircling central farinaceous albumen ; 
cotyledons unequal, exterior larger, involving smaller.—Undershrubs; 
stem erect, sometimes climbing; leaves alternate petiolate, simple, 
entire, or crenulate ; stipules 0 or very minute; flowers in terminal 
racemes finally lateral, or sub-leaf-opposed; bracts alternate, 1 -flowered; 
bractlets 2, laterally inserted towards the apex of the pedicel 
(Warm or Temperate America, India ?). See p. 33. 
9. Mohlana Marr.—Flowers hermaphrodite ; calyx irregular 4-fd, 
anterior lobe almost free at the base; the other, on the contrary, as 
if in one, unequal 3-lobed (middle lobe largest) connate, imbricate. 
Stamens 5 (of Zivina), alternating with lobes of the calyx. Germen 
and ovule of Rivina; style sublateral short ; apex truncate, subcapi- 
tate stigmatiferous. Fruit surrounded by erect calyx, either subfleshy 
immarginate (Mohlanella), or subcoriaceous exsuccous longitudinally 
reticulate-nerved at margin (/illeria). Seed of Rivina.—Under- 
shrubs or herbs; leaves alternate petiolate ; stipules minute ; flowers 
in simple terminal or leaf-opposed racemes; pedicels 1-bracteate, at 
the apex 2-bracteolate (Warm America, Tropical Western Africa, Mada- 
gascar). See p. 35. 
10. Ledenbergia K1.—F lowers hermaphrodite regular; sepals 
4, imbricate. Stamens 10-12, of which the 4 exterior alternate with 
sepals; filaments filiform; anthers oblong. Ovary and ovule of 
Rivina; style thick, curved; apex capitellate papillose-penicillate. 
Fruit encircled by the greatly accrescent rotate expanded membrano- 
nerved sepals, subcoriaceous nerved, indehiscent. Seed nearly of 
Rivina.—V olubile undershrubs ; leaves alternate, petiolate ; stipules 
very small; flowers in axillary racemes, solitary or 2-nate pendulous ; 
pedicel 1-bracteate, with 2 bractlets very small inserted at apex (Ce- 
tral America). See p. 35. 
11. Petiveria Pium.—Flowers hermaphrodite, 4-merous ; recep- 
tacle obconical, concave. Sepals 4, of which the 2 anterior rise from 
the edge of receptacle, imbricate, afterwards open, finally erecto-ad- 
pressed to fruit. Stamens either 4, alternisepalous, or 5—8, interior 
