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3 th BENGAL PLANTS. 
33 pea 4, connate in an inferior calyx, imbricate, often glandular 
4, 
‘ the base within. Petals 5, rarely connate in a rotate or — 
hs OO sccateutttete corolla; lobes spreading, contorted, and often 
swisted in bud, rarely valvate. Stamens 5, rarely 4, on the tube, 
th a or mouth of the corolla; filaments usually short ; anthers 
“ong, linear or sagittate, conniving; connective sometim 
Sbate to stigma; cells 2, sometimes produced {a as 
supty spurs; dehiscence longitudinal; poll anular. Dis 
ul: d 
pouen 
“oaular, cupular or glandular, sometimes occluding the ovary, . 
easionally absent. Carpels 2, connate in a 1-celled ovary with — 
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s —_— or a 2-celled ovary with 2 axial a a i or only par- 
s 
Uy connate or free; style simple, or styles 2, the base | 
bu? F united ote dhirave thickened at the top; Nain <r acute 
obtuse; ovules in each carpel 2 or few or many, and aa 
“cnany-seriate, very rarely solitary. Fruit of a single dry or 
“eoay drupe, berry or samara; or of 2 drupes, berries or follicles, 
See 4 polymorphous, often winged or tipped by a tuft of long, —— 
'¥3 (coma) ; umen hard, fleshy, or scanty or 0; embry 
ght cotyledons flat, concave, convolute, or sii: ails 
aaa ally superior. 
ee oO £. ak re 1 4 1 be Pe | £43. t 
"with rounded bases :—[p. 665] 
ary of two wholly united carpels; fruit large, either indehiscent 
vd sede or (rarely) a capsule ; ei without wings or a 
«°*olla-lobes always overlapping to wa 
Jorolla nese shaped; ovary 1- oes fruit dehiscent, a 2-valved 
-apsule ; seeds with fleshy albumen ; flowers large, show 
Allamanda. 
orolla salver-shaped ; fruit indehiscent, fleshy or pulpy within :— 
Ovary 1-celled, with parietal ovules; seeds without albumen 
Wi — hbeia.. 
Ovary 2-celled, with axial ovules ; seeds with fleshy albumen :— 
Unarmed shrubs, usually climbing; mouth vet cen faith a 
ring of lobed scales ; ovules many in each cell o 
Melodinus. 
Armed shrubs, usually erect; mouth of corolla naked ; ovules 
1-4 in each cell of ovary 
ii gd of two carpels, usually united only by the style, but occasionally 
ited at their base (Rauwolfia) or throughout (Thevetia); if 
al hte the fruit indehiscent but not pulpy within :— 
Carissa 
corolla, the anther- ~ 
