184 FAMILIES OF FLOWERING PLANTS 
Family Flacourtiaceae. Flacourtia Family. Contains 70 genera 
and about 300 species, tropical shrubs or trees of wide distribution. 
Theythave alternate leaves, and flowers with 4-7 sepals and petals, or 
the latter sometimes wanting. The stamens are equal to or some mul- 
tiple of the petals. The fruit is either a fleshy berry or a 4-5-valved 
capsule; it is edible in some species. Flacourtia yields a powerful 
Fig. 164. Piriqgueta Cavoliniana, one-half natural size. Original. 
astringent. Casearia is one of the largest genera in the family, being 
particularly abundant: in the West Indies and South America. Many 
of its species possess medicinal properties. 
Family Stachyuraceae. Stachyurus Family. Consists of the sin- 
gle genus Stachyurus, with two east Asiatic species. 
Family Turneraceae. Turnera Family. Contains 6 genera and 
about 90 species, most of which are comprised in Turnera and Piriqueta. 
They are herbs or undershrubs with alternate leaves and yellow, or 
rarely blue flowers; the corolla, which consists of 5 petals, is rather 
fugacious, and disappears early; the calyx is somewhat bell-shaped; 
stamens 5; style forking; fruit capsular. 
