136 ANQIOSPBRMJE. 



Af. , 9. Kitaibelia viiifblin, monotypic; %, 5° high; fls. white. 

 Hungary. 



Mingosteen Alliance.— Fls. § . Sep. and pet. each usually 4-5. 

 Sta. usually oo. Ova. 3- oo -celled, rarely 2-celled or of 1 carpel. 

 Placentas on inner angles of cells. 128. Chlenacese. 129. Diptero- 

 carpese. 130. Camelliaces. 131. Guttiferse. 132. Hypericaceae. 

 133. Elatinacese. 134. Podostetnacese. 



Ord. 128. Chlenaceae. Cloak -Flowers, g. Sep. 3. Pet. 

 5-6. Sta. 10- 00, inserted within a cup. Ova. 8-eelled, cells 2- oo - 

 ovuled. Boll 3-valved, or by arrest 1-celled, 1-seeded. Pis. with 

 large calyoulus or involucel ; cymose or panicled, showy ; Ivs. simple, 

 alt. ; stip. or caducous. Elegant ev. Trees, Shrubs, Madagascar. 4 

 gen., 8 spec. 1. Rhodolaena altivola, monotypic; high-climbing; 

 pet. 6 ; fls. large, purple. 2. Schizolaena. Pet. 5 ; fls. often adven- 

 titious. Small trees, 3 species. 3. Leptolaena multiflbra, monotypic. 

 Pet. 5 ; calyculus fleshy. Small tree. 4. Sarcolaena. Pet. 5 ; calyc- 

 ulus fleshy. Shrubs, 3 spec. 



Ord. 129. Dipterocarpese. — Fls. § , reg., panicled, often fragrant. 

 Calyx accrescent. Pet. 5, distinct or connate at base. Sta. 10- oo. 

 Ova. 3- rarely 2-1-celled. Fr. free or rarely adnate partly to calyx ; 

 1- rarely 2-seeded, indehisc, or 3-valved. Lvs. simple, alt., penni- 

 nerved. G-igantic, resinous, fragrant, ev. Trees or Shrubs, rarely 

 climbing. Damp, hot woods, Ind., Malaysia, Af 12 gen., 112 spec. 



1. Shorea, timber trees ; fls. yellow, fragrant. 25 spec. S. robusta, 

 Sal, Saul T. 120° high. Ind. 2. VStica. Trees yielding Indian 

 Copal; timber also valuable. 75 spec. Ind. 3. Dipterocarpus. 2 

 of the 5 sepals long and wing-like in fr. Fls. large, white or pink, 

 fragrant. Lofty trees; resin and wood valuable. 25 spec. E. Ind., 

 Malaysia. 4. DryobManops Camphor a, monotypK ; tree 130° high, 

 trunk with gigantic buttresses ; yields Borneo Camphor, the finest 

 known. Lesson XXXII., 401. Fls. very fragrant; wood valuable. 

 Sumatra, Borneo, Java. S. Ancistrocladus. Climbing shrubs. 6 

 spec, trop. Asia, Af. 



Ord. 130. Camelliaceae. — Fls. g , rarely diclinous ; reg. ; peduncle 

 jointed at base, brai'teate or not; fls. usually large, handsome; sol., 

 fascicled, racemed, panicled. Pet. 5, rarely 2-4-6-9-ao ; distinct or 

 connate at base ; contorted in Tribe 1 ; imb. in the other Tribes. Sta. 

 usually CD, distinct or variously coherent, sometimes epipetalous. Ova. 

 2-3-4-5-celled. Fr. various. Perisperm present or 0. Sds. some- 

 times winged. Trees, Shrubs, chiefly tropical ; juice watery ; resinous ; 

 mucilaginous. Both worlds. 33 gen., 260 spec. 6 Tribes. Lvs. 

 simple, except in Tribe,6_. 



Tribe 1. Pet. contorted. Boll dehisc. Erect ev. trees, rarely 

 shrubs. Fls. in term, panicles or axil, racemes. 7 gen., 41 spec, 

 chiefly Am. 1. Kielmeyera. Pet. 5-6. Small ev. trees, 15 spec. ; 

 fls. white or pink. Brazil. 2. Caraipa. Pet. 5. Fls. white, fra- 

 grant. 8 spec, trees balsamiferous ; trop. Am. 3. Bonnetia. Pet. 

 5. Fls. white, fragrant. 5 spec, small trees. Brazil, Peru. Tribe 



2. Boll, dehisc. Trees or shrubs, erect, usually ev. 10 gen., 53 spec, 

 both worlds. 1. Thea (Camellia, Bentham and Hooker). Pet. 5-7- 

 8. Fls, white or pink, fragrant. Boll 3-celled. Ev. shi-ubs or small 

 trees; 5 spec, Ind., China, Japan. T. sinensis, lvs. are the Tea of 

 commerce. Fig. 78. All the varieties of Tea are differently prepared 



