RHAMNACESR:~ 261 
RHAMNACEZ. 
of the fruit, the endocarp separatin y i as cells, 
or forming a woody or bony 2-4-celled stone. Seeds solitary, erect, 
n Albumen fleshy or almost horny, rarely wanting.— 
minal compound cymes, racemes, or panicles. 
A well-marked family, easily recognised from the allies by the 
stamens opposite the petals, from Ampelidee by the drupaceons 
or capsular (never berried) fruit, the seed, and generally by the 
habit. The fruits of some Rhamni are violently purgative, while 
others yield good dyes, and those of some species of Zizyphus are 
ee — Only few of the species yield timber, which is only 
sm: 
Drupe containing a solid 1-3-celled putamen. Ovary supe- 
rior or half superior. . 
Drupe 1-celled and 1-seeded ; leaves penninerved. 
© Nut produced in a long terminal wing, indehis- 
6 cent : : - Fentilago, 
i : é : = &) N ut wi less. 
Nut indehiscent, nearly entirely enclosed in the enlarged adnate 
os calyx-tube , F ¢ é . . é . é . Apteron. 
‘Capsule lanceolate or urn-shaped, 2-valved ¢ . Smythea. 
Ss X X Drupes with a 1-3-celled putamen. 
Sees Palmately 3-5-nerved . 8. + phus. 
“eaves penninery Berchemia. 
* %& Fruit dry or drupaceous, cont. inkag 3. (rarely 2-4) Fm 
hiscent or 2-valved cocci 
O Fruit not winged, terete or nearly so. 
so. 
a é . . Sagereiia. 
x lt ; 'y confluent with the disk Colubrina. 
O O Fruit usually 3-winged or 3-cornered; flowers 
: spicate-racemose; leaves alternate . . Gouania. 
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