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3. Anonacece, p. 4. Leaves alternate, entire, without stipules. Sepals and 

 petals in tlirees or multiples of three. Stamens indefinite. Carpels distinct in 

 truit (united in Anona). Embryo minute in a ruminated albumen. 



4. MenispermacecB, p. 7. Climbers with broad medullary rays and other- 

 wise anomalous wood structure. Leaves alternate, simple, mostly palminerved, 

 without stipules. Flowers unisexual, usually trimerous, sepals free. Stamens 

 definite, often monadelphous. Fruit iisually of several distinct one-seeded car- 

 pels. Embryo curved with or without albumen. 



5. Berberidece, p. 11. Leaves alternate. Sepals and petals usually trimer- 

 ous, conform, caducous. Stamens mostly 6, free, opposite to petals ; anthers 

 opening by va,lves. Carpels one or several, distinct. Seeds albuminous. 



6. Gapparidece, p. 13. Leaves alternate. Sepals 4. Petals 4. Stamens 

 often indefinite. Ovary stipitate, syncarpous. Seeds numerous, attached to 

 parietal placentas, generally without albumen. 



7. Bixinece, p. 16. Leaves alternate, simple. Sepals 4 or 5. Stamens inde- 

 finite ; anthers bursting longitudinally by slits or pores at the apex. Ovary 

 syncarpous, one-celled. Seeds generally few, on parietal placentas. Embryo 

 with foliaceous cotyledons in a fleshy albumen. 



8. PittosporeoB, p. 19. Leaves alternate, simple, exstipulate. Flowers bisex- 

 ual, regular, pentandrous and pentamerous. Sepals free. Ovary syncarpous. 

 Embryo minute in a copious albumen. 



9. Tamarisdneoe, p. 20. Leaves alternate, small, generally scale -Kke. 

 Flowers usually bisexual, regular, pentamerous, rarely tetramerous ; stamens 

 as many as petals, or twice that number. Ovary one-celled, syncarpous. Seeds 

 numerous, tufted or winged. 



[Guttiferce. Eesinous, often coloured juice. Leaves coriaceous, glabrous, 

 opposite, undivided, penniveined. Flowers regular, generally unisexual. Sepals 

 free. Stamens numerous. Ovary syncarpous. Seeds few, without albumen. 

 Embryo fleshy, oily. — Gardnia pictoria, Eoxb. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 87. J[an- 

 thochym/us pictorius, Eoxb. ; ib. t. 88. Galophyllum datum, Bedd. ; ib. t. 2. 

 (Poon) ; Mesua Roxhurghii, Wight {M. ferrea, Eoxb.)] 



10. Ternstrceiniaceae, p. 24. Leaves alternate, coriaceous, simple, penni- 

 veined. Flowers regular, usually pentamerous and bisexual. Sepals 5. Sta- 

 mens numerous. Ovary syncarpous, 3-5-celled. Seeds generally few and exal- 

 buminous. Embryo fleshy, oily. 



11. Dipterocarpeae, p. 26. Eesinous. Leaves alternate, generally entire, 

 penniveined. Flowers bisexual, pentamerous, regular. Calyx often adnate 

 to ovary, and its segments enlarged in fruit. Stamens 5, 10, 15, or indefinite. 

 Ovary syncarpous. Seeds one, rarely two. Embryo with thick fleshy coty- 

 ledons, albumen none. 



12. Malvaceae, p. 28. Wood soft and light. Leaves alternate, stipulate, 

 simple, often palminerved, with stellate hairs. Calyx-lobes valvate. Stamens 

 numerous, monadelphous ; anthers 1-celled. Fruit a dehiscent capsule, or often 

 separating ultimately into distinct carpels, rarely indehiscent. 



13. Sterculiacem, p. 32. Wood soft. Leaves simple or digitate, usually alter- 

 nate and stipulate. Calyx-lobes valvate. Stamens monadelphous or free ; an- 

 thers 2-celled. Fruit a dehiscent capsule, or a whorl of distinct' carpels. 



14. Tiliacece, p. 36. Leaves alternate, simple, with deciduous stipules. Calyx- 

 lobes valvate. Stamens indefinite, usually free ; anthers 2-ceUed. Ovary syn- 

 carpous, 2-10-celled. 



^LiTveoe. Leaves alternate, entire, stipulate. Flowers bisexual, regular, 5- 

 rarely 4-merous. Stamens as many as petals or double their number, connate 

 at, the base into a tube or ring. Disc of 5 or 10 glands, often inconspicuous. 

 Seeds few. — Erythroxylon indicum, DC ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 81.] 



15. MalpighiacecB, p. 44. Climbers with opposite entire leaves. Flowers 



