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or connate. Pet. 4^5, 2-6, or oa, or 0. Anth. dehise. by slits, rarely- 

 apical pores. Ova. usually l-celled, with 2-00 placentae; sometimes 

 sey.-celled. Styles = placentaa, connate or free. Dislc often con- 

 spicuous, various. Drupe or boll. Lvs. alt., simple, rarely com- 

 pound, sometimes palmilobed. Stip. minute or 0. Ev. Trees or 

 Shnibs ; 29 gen., 160 spec. Tropics, both worlds. 4 Tribes : 



Tribe 1. 7 gen., 14 spec. ; trop. Asia, Af. Fls. J" ?. Pet. with 

 scale at base. Pew gen. 1. Gynocardia odordta, monotypic. Pet. 

 4^5. (^ with more than 100 sta. Fls. adventitious, large, yellow, 

 fragrant. Berry ash-colored, as large as a shaddock. Pine plane-like 

 tree, lvs. entire. E. Ind. 2. Pingium edule, monotypic ; (^ racemed ; 

 9 sol. Lvs. ent. or 3-lobed. Tree ; timber called Pangi wood. Lvs. 

 and sds. poisonous. Java. Tribe 2. Fls. g or (^ $ . Pet. or ^ 

 sep. 15 gen., 106 spec, both worlds. 1. Flacotirtia. Pet. 0. i^ 

 with sta. OD. Shrubs, small trees, usually thorny ; fls. white ; berry 

 plum-like, edible. 12 spec, trop. Asia, Af., Madagascar. 2. Laetia. 

 Pet. 5 or 0. Sta. oo. Fls. § or J" § $, racemed, yellow or white. 

 Berry ovate or 3-igonous. Lvs. usually ent. Small trees ; 10 spec, 

 trop. Am. L. Thdmnia, fls. white, W. Ind. L. apHala, wood resin- 

 ous; New Granada. Tribe 3. Fls. g or fj* ij 9! petalous. 4 gen., 

 22 spec, trop. Af., Am. 1. Oncoba. Fls. (j^ i^ ?; large, term., 

 stig. radiate, fr. smooth; or small, axil., stig. minute, fr. echinate, 

 resembling a horse-chestnut. Lvs. oblong ; fls. racemed. Trees, 6 

 spec, trop. and subtrop. Af. 2, Mayna. Similar; 7 spec, trop. 

 Am. Tribe 4. Fls. §, rarely J" g $. Pet. large. Anth. with 

 pores. Boll dehise ; endocarp membranous. 3 gen., 15 spec, both 

 worlds. 1. Bixa. Fls. corymbose or racemose ; usually pink. Boll 

 2-valved, prickly. 1 (2?) spec, trees, trop. Am. B. Orelldna, 20°- 

 30° high ; fls. pink. Boll 1 J' long ; sds. with red waxy pulp, the 

 Arnbtta of commerce ; used as paint by Caribs. Ets. violet-scented. 

 Fig. 199. 2. Amoureiixia, ev. shrubs with showy fls. 3 spec, Mex., 

 trop. Am. 3. Cochlosperraum. Fls. large, j'ellow. Boll pear- 

 shaped, 3-5-valved; sds. cottony. Lvs. palmilobed. Shrubs, trees, 

 usually ev. ; 11 spec, both worlds. C. Goss-gpium, ev. tree. Ind. 

 C. insigne, rt. medicinal, Brazil. 



Ord. 144. Canellaceae. — Fls. §, reg., cymose. Floral bracts 3; 

 Sep. 4 or 5, fleshy. Pet. scale-like or 0. Sta. monadelphous into a tube ; 

 anth. 20 or fewer, adnate to its outer surface. Disk 0. Berry oo- 

 seeded. Close to Bixaceaj. Lvs. alt., entire, exstip. Glabrous, ev., 

 aromatic 2Vees, trop. Am. 2 gen., 4 spec, Am. 1. Cinnamodendron. 

 2 spec, W. Ind., Brazil. 2. Canella. Fls. white or violet; bark pale 

 yellow, spicy, medicinal. Fine trees, 2 spec. C. alba, fls. violet. S. 

 Fla., W. Ind. C. laurifolia, S. Am. 



Ord. 145. Violaceas.— Fls. ^ , rarely J' ? ; more or less irreg. 

 5- rarely 4-merous ; often cleistdgamous, and then apet. Pila. some- 

 times connate ; sty. simple, rarely 3-5-fld. Ova. l-celled, placentae 3, 

 rarely 2-4-5. Boll or berry. Herbs, Shrubs, Trees ; l-vs. simiple, a\t., 

 rarely opp. ; stip. 21 gen.. 336 spec, cosmopolitan. 4 Tribes : Tribe 

 1.- Fls. reg. Pet. 5. Only tribe with 5-<» staminodes, free or con- 

 nate outside the sta. , and valves of boll seminiferous on their edges. 

 4 gen 21 spec, tropics. 1. Sauvagesia. Fls. pink, white, red, 

 racemed Q,®, small, showy; in grassy trop. meadows ; mucilagi- 

 nous- used as pot-herbs. 10 spec. Am. S. erecta, St. Martin's 



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