SUPPLEMENT. 
THE FAMLIES OF FLOWERING PLANTS. 
By CHARLES Louis POLLARD. 
CHAPTER XXIX.—Orders Primulales and Ebenales. 
HE Primulales consist of two families, Primulaceae and Plumba- 
ginaceae. The order differs from the Ericales, described in the last 
chapter, mainly by the position of the stamens, which are borne on 
the corolla opposite the lobes of the latter instead of being alternate 
with them. In both families the calyx is free from the ovary. 
Family Myrsinaceae. Myrsine Family. Trees or shrubs with cori- 
aceous (leathery) leaves and perfect or occasionally unisexual flowers. 
Calyx and corolla 4-5-cleft; stamens equal to the corolla lobes and in- 
serted opposite them ; ovary 1-celled, becoming a 1-many-seeded, dry 
or fleshy fruit. There are about 30 genera and 500 species, natives 
chiefly of tropical regions, and especially abundant, it is said, on islands 
Fic. 182. Flowering branch of /cacorea paniculata, a Floridian shrub be- 
longing to the Myrsinaceae. Original. 
