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ANALYSIS OF THE GENERA. oh 
cells. Siyles five, filiform. Stigmas capitate, or somewhat bifid. 
Fruit a five celled membranous capsule, five to ten celled, bursting 
longitudinally. Seeds few, attached to the axis, while young enclosed 
in a fleshy arillus, which curls back wlien the fruit is ripe, and expels 
the seed with an elastic force. Albumen between cartilaginous and 
fleshy. Zmbryo inverted, with along superior radical. Cotyledons 
foliaceous.—Herbaceous plants or undershrubs, with alternate leaves, 
mostly compound. 
GENERA. 
Herbaceous perennial plants .........00006 OXALIs, v. 2. p. 658. 
2. CALYCIFLOR. 
Petals distinct. Stamens perigynous. 
ORDER XXIV. CELASTRINEA.—Bnrown. 
Perianth double. Calya of four or five sepals, cohering at the base 
imbricated in estivation. Petals four or five, inserted into the 
margin of a hypogynous disk. Stamens alternate, with the petals 
inserted into the disk. Ovary free, surrounded by a fleshy disk, two 
to four celled, cells one or many seeded. Style one or wanting. 
Stigmas two to four-cleft. Fruit capsular, baccate, drupaceous, or 
samaroideous, various in form, and often deformed by the abortion of 
the cells Seeds erect, rarely pendulous, often with an arillus. 
Albumen none, or fleshy. mbryo straight in the axis of the seed — 
Shrubs or trees, often with stipulated alternate or opposite leaves. 
GENERA. 
Leaves pinnate .............scscesseereecseeeees STAPHYLEA, V. 1. p. 443 
BRCAMERISUUIS | cccsvewnsvecscesins wesenclere cee Evonymus, v. 1, p 311. 
ORDER XXV. RHAMNEA.—Juss. 
Perianth double. Calyx four or five-cleft, tubular, adherent to the 
ovary, valvate in estivation. Petals as many as and alternate with 
the lobes of the calyx, often scale-like, inserted into the mouth of the 
calyx. Stamens as many asthe petals, and opposite tothem. Anthers 
two celled. Ovary either entirely or partially united to the calyx, two 
two to four celled, surrounded by a glandular disk. Style one. 
Stigmas two to four. Fruit fleshy, indehiscent, or dry, rarely cap- 
sular. Seeds erect, solitary. Albumen fleshy, seldom wanting. 
Embryo straight in the axis of the seed. Radicle short, inferior. 
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