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Family 226. Datiscaceae. Herbs or trees, with alternate leaves ; 

 flowers mostly diclinous ; stamens 4 to many ; ovary inferior, usu- 

 ally gaping at the top; endosperm scanty. Daiisca. (Pf. Ill, 6a, 

 150.) 



Family 227. Ancistrocladaceae. Climbing plants of tropical 

 Asia, with 5 petals, 5-10 stamens and a i -celled, many-seeded 

 inferior ovary. Ancistrocladus. (Pf. Ill, 6, 274.) 



Order Celastrales. Receptacle developing a glandular, an- 

 nular or turgid disk, which is sometimes adnate to the calyx-tube 

 or the pistil (sometimes the disk is rudimentary or wanting) ; 

 pistil I- to many-celled (rarely apocarpous) ; ovules i to 3, pen- 

 dulous or erect ; endosperm present or o. 



Family 228. Rhamnaceae. Trees and shrubs, with usually al- 

 ternate, simple leaves; disk adnate to the calyx; petals present; 

 pistil 2- to 4-celled ; ovules i or 2, erect ; endosperm fleshy. Zizy- 

 pJms, Rhamnus, CcaiiotJiiis, Fhyiica, CoUctia. (Pf. Ill, 5, 393.) 



Family 229. Vitaceae. Climbing shrubs, and trees, with alter- 

 nate, simple or compound leaves ; disk adnate to the calyx ; petals 

 coherent, valvate ; pistil 2-celled, 2-ovuled (or 3-6-celled, i- 

 ovuled) ; endosperm often ruminate. Vitis, Parthenocissus, Cis- 

 sus. (Pf. Ill, 5, 427.) 



Family 230. Celastraceae. Shrubs and trees, with usually al- 

 ternate, simple leaves ; disk fleshy ; petals present ; pistil 2- to 5- 

 celled ; ovules usually 2, erect or pendulous ; endosperm fleshy. 

 Euonymus, Celastnis, Cassine. (Pf. Ill, 5, 189.) 



Family 231. Buxaceae. Evergreen shrubs and trees, with al- 

 ternate or opposite leaves, and usually monoecious, small, apetal- 

 ous flowers; stamens 4; pistfl tricarpellarv. Pachysandra, Buxus. 

 (Pf. Ill, 5, 130.) 



Family 232. Aquifoliaceae. Trees and shrubs, with alternate 

 or opposite, simple leaves ; disk obsolete ; pistil 3- to many-celled ; 

 ovule I, pendulous; endosperm fleshy. Ilex, Nemopanthes. (Pf. 



HI, 5, 183.) 



Family 233. Cyrillaceae. Evergreen shrubs or small trees, with 

 alternate leaves ; sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; stamens 10 ; carpels 2-5, 

 united superior. Cyrilla. (Pf. Ill, 5, 179.) 



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