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as long) than the corolla-tube ; stigma not 

 thicker than the style (sometimes thinner), 

 usually entire; stipules and bracts of the 

 inflorescence large and membranous (the 

 latter sheathing) ; leaves membranous ... 40. Pavetta. 

 Corolla-lobes valvate in bud : — 



Stamens 4 or 6, usually inserted on the mouth 

 of the corolla (rarely in the tube) ; ovules usually 

 inserted below (rarely above) the middle of the 

 septum, amphitropous ; fruit a 2- or- 4-celled 

 berry or a drape with 2 or 4 pj'renes j trees or 

 shrubs, ( sometimes scandeTit) : — 



Flowers united by their calyx-tube into more 

 or less fleshy heads : — 



Heads many-flowered, ovoid, solitary or 

 in axillary or terminal umbels or pani- 

 cles; seeds obovoid or reniform ... 41. Morinda, 

 Heads few-flowered, snb-spicate in 

 terminal panicles; seeds thin, orbicu- 

 lar ... ... ... ... 42 Rennbllia. 



Flowers free : — 



Flowers unisexual : — ■ 

 Calyx-limb cupular ; throat of corolla 

 glabrous, stamens included in its tube ; 

 flowers terminal and axillary; berry 1- 



to 2-seeded; seeds sub-globose, peltate 43. Prismatomeris. 

 Calyx-limb annular, truncate, entire or 

 5-toothed ; throat of corolla woolly and 

 bearing the stamens ; flowers in axillary 

 heads ; drupe globose j seeds com- 



..- 4i. Gynocthodes. 



Flowers bisexual : — 



Calyx-limb truncate, entire or obscurely 



lobed ; throat of corolla glabrous or 



hairy ; flowers in umbels ; fruit a berry 



or drupe with 2 to 4 pyrenes; seeds 



obscurely trigonous 



Stamens 4, inserted on the throat of the corolla ; 



style filiform ; stigma capitate or bifid ; ovules 



inserted on the middle of the septum ; fruit a 



crustaceous or coriaceous dehiscent mericarp ; 



seeds oblong or ovoid with ventral groove ; 



herbs ... ... ... ... 



Ovules basilar, erect : — 



Corolla-lobes inflexed- valvate in bud : — 



Stamens 4 or 5, inserted in the corolla-tube ; 

 style-arms 2, twisted ; fruit capsular, com- 

 pressed or globular, containing 2 dorsally com- 

 pressed, — winged or copped pyrenes often 



31. CoELORPKRMrm. 



45. Spermacooe, 



