THALAMIFLOR.E 



iSg 



usually 5-merous, stamens indefinite, 3- to 5-delphous, 

 rarely free. Ovary of 3 to 5 carpels, syncarpous, pla- 



Fig. 160. — Hypericum Hookevianum, Flower isomerous, stamens OC, s-delphous 



centation usually parietal ; styles as many as the car- 

 pels, usually free. It is 

 an Order of temperate 

 regions and the mountains 

 of warm regions. Hyperi- 

 cum Hookerianum (fig. 

 160) and H. japonicuvi 

 (fig. 16 1 ) are common 

 wild shrubs and herbs 

 respectively of the Khasi 

 Hills. 



Nat. Order 21. Gitttt- 

 fercE. — Trees or shrubs, 

 with resinous juice, leaves 

 opposite, coriaceous, sim- 

 ple. Flowers unisexual or 

 polygamous, sepals in 2 

 or more decussating pairs, 

 stamens indefinite, seeds 

 exalbuminous. 



It is a large tropical Order, represented in northern 

 India by the following species of trees, namely. 



Fig. 161.- 



-Hypericitm japonictitit (with 

 dotted leaves) 



