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sagittate. Ov. 1 -celled; ovules many on free central placent. Caps. 

 5-valved. — Herbs; 1. opp. or alt.; stip. o. iii. 65. 



LXXVIII. Myrsine^e. — Fl. often unisex. Cal. inf. or |-inf., persist., 

 4-5-partite. Cor. 4-5 -cleft or -partite; segm. imbric. or contort. Stain. 5, 

 on and opp. the cor.-segm. Ov. i-celled; ovules 1 or more on a 

 free central placent.; style simple. Fr. a berry or follicle, 1- or more- 

 seeded. — Trees or shrubs ; 1. alt., simple ; stip. o. iii. 67. 



LXXIX. Sapotace^E. — Cal. inf., persist., 4-8-partite, imbric, or segm. 

 biseriate, outer series valvate. Cor. -lobes 4-6, or 12, imbric. or twisted, 

 or 18-24 in 2 or 3 series. Stam. 5, 6, 8, 12, on the cor.-tube and opp. its 

 lobes, or twice as many ; staminodes, if present, alt. with the stam. Ov. 

 4-8-celled; cells i-ovuled; style simple. Berry 1-8-seeded. Testa of 

 seed shining, hilum very large. — Trees or shrubs; 1. alt., entire; stip. o. 

 iii. 75. 



LXXX. Ebenace^e. — Fl. unisex. Cal. inf., 3-5-lobed, imbric. or 

 contort., accrescent. Cor. tubular or campanulate; lobes 3-5, contort. ; 

 male fl. ■ — stam. 4-64, on base of cor., fil. distinct or connate in pairs ; 

 fem. fl. : — staminodes 4-16 or o; ov. 3-16-celled; cells 1-2-ovuled. Fr. 

 indehisc. ; seeds 2-10, large ; cotyled. foliaceous ; endosp. copious. — 

 Trees ; 1. alt., or opp., entire ; stip. o. iii. 87. 



LXXXI. STYRACEiE. — Cal. sup., limb small, 5-lobed, imbric. Cor. 

 5-partite, rarely tubular below, segm. imbric. Stam. many, in severa 

 series on the base of cor. ; fil. unequal. Ov. 2-3-celled ; ovules 2, pen- 

 dulous in each cell ; style simple. Drupe 1-3-seeded. Endosp. copious. 

 — Trees or shrubs ; 1. opp. ; stip. o. iii. 103. 



§ 3. Ov. sup., rarely inf. Stam. as many as, and alt. with cor. -lobes, 

 or fewer. Carp. 2, rarely 1 or 3 (see also CI. Plantaginece). 



* Fl. regular, I. usually opp. 



LXXXII. Oleace^e. — Fl. rarely unisex. Cal. inf., 4-5-partite. Cor.- 

 tube long or short, limb 4-1 i-lobed or-partite, imbric. or valvate. Stam. 2, ■■ 

 on base of cor. Ov. 2-celled; cells 1-2-ovuled; styles 1 or 2. Fr. of 2 

 soft carpels or a drupe, 1-2-seeded. — Trees or shrubs; 1. opp., simple or 

 pinnate; stip. o. iii. 112. 



LXXXI 1 1. Salvadorace^e. — Fl. regular or subregular, bi- or uni-sex. 

 Cal. inf., 4-partite. Cor. 4-partite or of 4 pet., imbric. Stam. 4, epipet. 

 or hypog. Ov. 1-2-celled; ovules 1-2, erect in each cell. Drupe 1-2- 

 seeded, endosp. o. — Trees or shrubs; 1. opp., entire; stip. o. iii. 120. 



LXXXIV. Apocynace^e. — Cal. inf., 5-partite, often with scales or 

 glands within. Cor. rotate, infundib. or salver-shaped; lobes 5-6, con- 

 tort. Stam. 5, on tube or throat of cor., free or adnate to stigma, pollen 

 granular. Disk annular or o. Carp. 2, distinct, 1- or 2-celled, few- or 

 many-ovuled; style 1, stigma 2-fid. Fr. of 2 dehisc. or indehisc. follicles. 

 Seeds with often a long pencil of hairs at one or both ends. — Trees, 

 shrubs, or herbs; 1. opp. or whorled, very rarely alt., entire; stip. o. 

 iii. 122. 



LXXXV. Asclepiade^e. — Cal. inf., 5, imbric. Cor.-tube, with often 

 a ring of scales in the throat ; lobes 5, valvate or contort. Stam. 5, on 

 base of cor. ; fil. usually connate in a fleshy tube ; anth. adnate by a broad 

 connective to the stigma, 2-celled; pollen in 1 or 2 erect or pendulous 

 granular masses in each cell, the masses of contiguous cells of different 

 anth. attached to glands at the angles of the stigma. Carp. 2, distinct,. 



