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Plate 182. 



DODONiEA, L. 



Calyx 3 - 5-partitus. Petala nulla. Discus obsoletus. 

 Stamina 5-8, v. plura. Ovarium 3 - 4-loculare ; loculis 

 2-ovulatis ; ovulo superiori adscendente, inferiori pendulo. 

 Capsula membranacea, 2-4-alata, septicida. — Arbusculse 

 viscosEB. 



DoDONiEA, Linn. Gen. 855. Lain. 111. t. 304. Cav. Ic. t. 327. Rudge 

 in Linn. Trans. 11. t. 19, 20. DC. Prodr. 1. p. 616. Torr, & 

 Gray, Fl. N. Am. 1. p. 255. Wight, 111. Ind. Bot. t. 52. End). 

 Gen. 5626. 



Calyx of from three to five herbaceous or somewhat col- 

 ored SEPALS, united at the base, imbricated in asstivatiou, 

 nearly equal, deciduous. Corolla wanting. Disk obsolete. 

 Stamens 5 to 8, or rarely more numerous, hypogynous : fil- 

 aments very short, distinct : anthers fixed by their base, 

 thick, quadrangular, two-celled, introrse, the cells opening 

 longitudinally. Ovary central, sessile or slightly stipitate, 

 acutely three -four-angled, three -four-celled: styles united 

 into one to the summit or nearly, the short lobes stigmatose 

 on the inner face. Ovules two in each cell, borne on a 

 thick pla^centa which projects from the middle of its inner 

 angle, half anatropous, the upper ascending, the lower pen- 

 dulous ; the short raphe in both ventral. 



Capsule membranaceous, reticulated, two-four-lobed, the 

 lobes winged on the back, two - four-celled, septicidal, the 

 carinate-winged valves at length falling away from the per- 

 sistent two - four-winged attenuated axis. Seeds one or 

 sometimes two in each cell, tumid-lenticular, not aril late ; 

 the testa crustaceous. Albumen none. Embryo spirally con- 

 volute, homotropous : cotyledons fleshy, linear, incumbent : 

 radicle linear or oblong, next the hilum. 



Shrubs or small trees, often viscous with a resinous exu- 

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