THALAMIFLOR^ 201 



Toond) with winged seeds, Indian Satin-wood (Chlor- 

 oxylon Swietcnia) also with winged seeds, and the 

 Mahogany tree (Swietenia Mahagoni) imported from 

 Honduras. 



Nat. Order 32. i'i'//«w//(^i'rf^^.— Trees or shrubs, often 

 spinous. Leaves simple. Stipules small, deciduous, 

 or, if persistent, spinous. Flowers regular, herma- 

 phrodite or polygamous. Disk filling the calyx-tube. 

 Sepals connate as a 5 -fid calyx. Petals 4 to 5, 

 usually clawed and horned. Stamens 4 to 5, oppo- 

 site to petals. Ovary usually 3-celled. Fruit vari- 

 ous, sometimes samaroid. Seeds with or without 

 albumen. 



The Order is abundant in tropical and temperate 

 regions. Common plants are kul (Zizyphus Jujuba) 

 and shia-kul {^Z. CEnoplid). Goiiaiiia leptostachya is 

 a climber with inferior three-winged fruits. Incon- 

 spicuous protandrous flowers with exposed nectar 

 characterize the Order. Dioecism frequent, dimor- 

 phism occasional. 



Nat. Order 2)c>- -^ mpclidece or Vitacece. — Shrubs, 

 usually climbing by leaf-opposed tendrils. Leaves 

 alternate, simple or digitate, rarely pinnate, petioles 

 thickened at the articulated base and often expanded 

 in a membranous stipule. Flowers small, greenish, 

 sometimes unisexual. Disk prominent. Sepals con- 

 nate, 4- to 5-toothed or entire. Petals 4 to 5, some- 

 times connate, caducous. Stamens 4 to 5, opposite 

 the petals. Ovary 2- to 6-locular, partially sunk in 

 the disk; ovules i to 2 in each cell. Fruit baccate; 

 seeds with cartilaginous albumen. 



The Order is mostly tropical and sub-tropical. Com- 

 mon plants are harhjorha {Vitis qiiodranguhvis), with 

 jointed quadrangular herbaceous s}mpodial stem, 

 which climbs by tendrils; goale-lata {Vifis pedata) 



