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ANALYSIS OF THE GENERA. ; 83 
Corolla monopetalous. 
Corolla polypetalous. ~ 
nectariferous scales entire ...... ..... SEDUM, Vv 2. p. 661. 
nectariferous scales emarginated or 
TACCKBTE.. ccescerceccecoccseesccveses DEMPERVIVUM, V. 2. P. OSE, 
ORDER XXXVI. GROSSULACEA.—Mirzs. 
Perianth double. Calyx superior, four or five-cleft, regular, 
coloured. Petals four or five, inserted with the stamens at the 
mouth of the tube, and alternating with them. Stamens five. 
Anthers two celled, bursting longitudinally. Ovary one celled, with 
two opposite parietal placenta. Style single, two to four-cleft. Fruit 
a sub-globose one celled many seeded berry, crowned with the per- 
sistent calyx. Seeds numerous, suspended by long filiform cords 
among the pulp, outer integuments gelatinous or membranaceous ; 
inner one a thin membrane, closely adherent to the albumen. 
Albumen horny. Embryo minute, straight, placed in the narrow ex 
tremity of the seed. Radicle obtuse.~Shrubs either unarmed or 
spiny. Leaves alternate, lobed, or cut. Flowers in axillary racemes 
bracteated at their base 
GENERA. 
Calyx five-cleft ....06...sc0008 she sechoetesanesan VIBES ViLine yume. 
Perianth double. Calyx of four or five sepals, more or less united 
at their base, either superior or inferior. Petals four or five, inserted 
into the calyx, and alternating with the lobes, deciduous, or persistent, 
rarely wanting. Stamens inserted on the calyx, either equal in num- 
ber to the petals, and alternating with them, or double their number, 
five being opposite and five alternating with them. Filaments 
subulate. Anthers ovate, two celled. Ovaries composed of two 
carpels (rarely more), more or less united at their faces. Stigma 
sessile on the apex of the carpels. Fruit one or two celled, membra- 
nous, bursting between the styles, or from the base to the apex. 
Seeds small, generally numerous, very minute. Hmbryo taper in the 
axis of fleshy albumen. Radicle inferior. Cotyledons short, ovate.— 
Herbaceous plants or shrubs. Leaves simple, either entire or divided, 
alternate, exstipulate. Flower stem simple, often naked. 
GENERA. 
Gta Gattvcies ce ccsacheoc ane iceseetscctedaceesesess MARERRAGA, (Vii 2. Ds 090. 
BOLOAS! WALTON vesiadnaclassciesavnc ctavainas ax .... CHRYSOSPLENIUM, V. 2. 597 
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