ANALYSIS OF THE GENERé. o7 
ORDER LXXIII. THYMELEA.—Juss, 
Perianth single, inferior, tubular, coloured, limb four, rarely five- 
cleft, imbricated in estivation. Stamens definite, inserted in the 
mouth of the tube, usually double the number of the segments of 
the perianth. Authers two celled, bursting lengthwise in the middle. 
Ovary solitary, with a single pendulous ovule. Style single, often 
lateral. Stigma undivided. Fruit hard, dry, nut-like, or drupaceous. 
Albumen none, or thin, fleshy. Zmbryo straight. Cotyledons plano- 
convex. Radicle short, superior.—Shrubs with simple entire eastipu- 
late leaves. 
GENERA. 
Perianth four lobed. Stamens eight...... DapHns, v. 2. p. 565. 
ORDER LXXIV. SANTALACEA.—Brown. 
Perianth single, superior, four or five cleft, somewhat coloured, 
valvate in estivation. Stamens four or five, opposite the segments of 
the perianth, and inserted into their base, Ovary one celled, con- 
taining two to four ovules, pendulous, attached to the top of the 
central placenta. Style one. Stigma often lobed. Fruit one 
seeded, hard and dry, or drupaceous. -Albwmen fleshy. Hmbryo in 
the axis inverted, taper.—Tees, shrubs, or herbaceous plants, with 
alternate or nearly opposite leaves, undivided, exstipulate. Flowers 
small. 
GENERA. 
Capsule one seeded, indehiscent, crowned 
with the persistent perianth ......... THEsiuw, v. 1. p. 334. 
ORDER LXXV. ARISTOLOCHIEA.—Juss. 
Flowers perfect. Perianth single, tubular, the limb either three 
lobed, or tubular, and irregularly dilated at the upper part, valvate in 
estivation. Stamens definite, free and distinct, or adhering to the 
style and stigma. Ovary inferior, three to six celled Ovules nume- 
rous. Style simple. Stigma divided ito as many rays as there are 
ceils in the ovary. Fruit dry or succulent, three or six celled, many 
seeded. Seeds horizontally attached to the lateral placentas. Hm- 
bryo very small, placed in the base of fleshy albumen.—Herbaceous 
plants or shrubs, often climbing, with alternate simple petiolate leaves. 
GENERA. 
Perianth tubular, the limb dilated into a 
ligula. Stamens inserted upon the 
Style, gyNANAYOUS ......e0eeeeeeeeeeereere ARISTOLOCHIA, V. 3. p. 1131. 
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