226 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 
II. ANCISTROCLADE. 
11. Ancistrocladus Warz.—Flowers hermaphrodite; receptacle 
concave. Sepals 5, subequal or unequal, imbricated. Petals 5, 
inserted with perigynous sepals, contorted. Stamens 5, or more, 
usually 10, of which 5 shorter are oppositipetalous ; 5 others alter- 
nate perigynous ; anthers introrse, often finally versatile, muticous 
or shortly apiculate ; cells sometimes unequal, longitudinally rimose. 
Germen adnate at base to interior of receptacle (thence partly 
inferior), otherwise free, 1-locular, apex conical or subhemispherical, 
not hollow fleshy; styles 3, tapering at base, apex thickened stigma- 
tiferous ; ovule solitary, lateral or subbasilar, ascending, anatropous, 
micropyle inferior. Fruit coriaceous, indehiscent, partly inferior and 
adnate to receptacle, surrounded by much accrescent wing-shaped, 
often subequal perigynous sepals. Seed ascending subglobose ; testa 
intruded between folds of albumen; albumen copious farinaceous 
much ruminated ; embryo axile straight, radicle cylindrical inferior, 
apex thickened and straight truncate; cotyledons much wider than 
long, divaricate truncate at apex.—Scandent glabrous shrubs ; twigs 
often unciferous ; leaves alternate entire coriaceous, sometimes 
sagittate, sessile or petiolate ; stipules small caducous, or 0; flowers 
in ramified cymiferous racemes or close to uncinate secund twigs, 
caducous (Zrop. Asia, Oceania and Africa). See p. 214. 
IIT. LOPHIREA. 
12. Lophira Banxs.—Flowers regular; receptacle subplane. 
Sepals 5, afterwards unequal, imbricate. Petals 5, alternating with 
subhypogynous sepals and inserted with them, equal, contorted or 
more rarely imbricated. Stamens o, inserted with perianth, 
æ -seriate ; filaments erect, connate at base ; anthers linear muticous, 
2-locular, introrse ; cells equal valved, longitudinally rimose. Germen 
free long conical, 1-locular ; apex shortly 2-fid; lobes acute, apex 
stigmatiferous subulate, reflexed, finally obliterate. Ovules œ 
(oftener 8-16), sub-4-seriate inserted on central free placenta, 
ascending, imbricate, antropous ; micropyle extrorse inferior. Nut 
oblong, furnished with base of accrescent calyx; sepals persistent 
