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X Capsule berry-like, dehiscing from the base. Trees. 

 Sarcocephalus. Capsule 2-celled, or the 2 cells augmented by 2 superposed emp- 

 ty cells, more or less united in a fleshy syncarp. 



X X Capsule dry, dehiscing loculicidally or septicidally into two many- 

 seeded cocci. Trees or erect shrubs. 

 N AUCLEA. Flowers without bractlets. Capsule 2-celled. Trees or erect shrubs. 

 Stephegtne. Flowers surrounded by angular-club-shaped bractlets. Capsule 3- 

 celled. Trees. 



Uncaria. Flowers sessile or pedicelled, destitute of bractlets. Capsule dehiscing 

 in longitudinal slits. Scandent hook-bearing shrubs. 



Trih. 2. EU-CINGHONEM. Flowers panicled or corymbose, never in heads. 

 Capsule 2-celled, dehiscing septicidally into 2 valves or into 4 apical valves. 

 X Capsule septicidally dehiscing into 2 woody valves. . 

 + Corolla imbricate. 

 LuctrLiA. Calyx-limb deciduous. Stamens included. Corymbs terminal, without 

 floral leaves. Trees. 



+ + Corolla valvate, 

 Hymenodictyon. Inflorescence furnished with conspicuous discoloured floral 

 leaves. Trees. 



X X Capsule dehiscing at the apex into 4 valves. Corolla valvate. 

 Hymenopogon. Inflorescence furnished with conspicuous discoloured floral leaves. 

 Epiphytical shrubs. 



Trih. 3. HEDYOTIDE^. Ovary 2— 4-celled, the cells many- or few-ovuled, the 

 ovules laterally attached. Capsule dehiscing in various ways or separating into 2 — 4 

 cocci, rarely indehiscent. 



X Stipules connate or free, neither sheathing nor setaceously fringed 

 (Hondeletiece) . 



+ Stigma 2-lobed or 2-cleft. Corolla imbricate or twisted. Anther- 

 cells blunt. 

 Wendlandia. Corolla tubular, twisted. Capsule opening into two apical valves. 

 Trees or shrubs. 



Spiradiclis. Corolla-tube short. Capsule dehiscing into two valves which again 

 separate into 2 valves inflected with their margins. Erect herbs. 



Ophiorrhiza. Corolla funnel-shaped or tubular. Placenta free, erect. Capsule 

 compressed, divaricately 2-lobed, opening loculicidally by an apical slit. Herbs. 



+ + Stigma capitate. Corolla valvate. Anther-cells prolonged 

 into a setaceous sterile appendage. 

 Argostema. Corolla almost rotate, the limb 3 — 5 -cleft. Anthers dehiscing longi- 

 tudinally or by 1 or 2 apical pores. Capsule dehiscing by 4 apical valves. Herbs of the 

 habit of Sonerila. 



X X Stipules adnate to the petiole and sheathing at the base, setaceous- 

 ly fringed. {Eii-Hedi/otidecB.) 

 Dentella. Flowers 5-merous, the petals 2- or 3-toothed. Capsule indehiscent. 

 Hedyotis. Flowers 4 — 5-merous, the petals entire. Capsule dehiscing loculici- 

 dally or septicidally, rai*ly almost indehiscent. 



ScLEROMiTRiON. As preceding, but capsule separating into 2 or 4 several-seeded 

 cocci. 



* * Ovules and seeds solitary in each cell. 

 Trib, 4. SFERMACOCE^. Capsules distinct, dehiscing, or separating into cocci, 



