328 BENGAL PLANTS. 
or entire, rarely 0. Sepals united in a small persistent 3 
calyx with imbricate segments. Petals 4-5, rarely 0, i 
, 
3-gonous, rarely 3-partite: ovules 2 in each cell 
erect and 
arillate, sometimes winged ; albumen fleshy or 0; embryo 
large with leafy cotyledons. 
Stamens 4-5, rarely more, attached to margin or below margin of 
filaments usually ineurved ; seed albuminous :— 
ves opposite :— 
Fruit indehiscent ; seeds without arillus..,.......cscsere 
Fruit dehiscent ; seeds arillate ..........c.ecccscssseseeeel 
Leaves alternate: fruits dehiscent :— oa 
Climbers ; flowers in terminal panicles ; fruits subglobose ‘ 
Erect. shrubs or trees :— : : ante 
Shrubs with armed branches ; flowers cymose ; —_ He 
Unarmed trees ; flowers spicate; fruits narrowly oblong 
Stamens usually 3, attached to face of disk, always recurved) 
posite :— . 
bose; seeds not winged co eanenneananananttd 
‘ ,»- Fl PP 
d; seeds winged ....... bey 
177. Eleodendron J acd. 
Trees or shrubs; leaves opposite or subopposite, enti 
crenate ; 
stipules minute, seale-like. Flowers polygamo 
herma ite, in axill 
ary dichotomous cymes. Coleg 
1-2-celled; cells 1-, rarely 2-seeded. Seed with 
testa and no aril; albumen fleshy ; embryo with flat 
