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GENUS I. STYLEDIUM. 
Gynandria Diandria. Sez: Syst: 
Deriv. From Stylos, a column. The stamens and style are 
joined. 
Gen. Cuan. Calyx 6-8-toothed:: petals 6-8: ovary 2-celled: 
cells 1-seeded: style short; stigma 4-toothed:: drupe oval, some-. 
what fleshy: seed compressed. : 
(1) S. BEconrrotium. (RK. Br.) 
Faent. Voigt. Hort. Calc. p. 40. 
Syn. S. Chinense, Lowr.—Marlea- begonifolia, Roxb. fl. Ind. 
IT. p. 261— Deo. prod. 1V. p. 267. 
Engrav. Roxb. Cor. IIT. t. 283.—Bot. Reg. XXIV. t. 61. 
Spec. Car. Small tree: leaves alternate, unequally cordate,, 
entire or lobed, acuminated, 5 or more-nerved: petals linear, re- 
curved: filaments hairy: anthers linear, very long: stigma large, 
4-toothed: drupe oval, size of a stall cherry, obtusely pointed > 
nut hard, black, 2-celled, grooved on the sides, transversely 2-. 
toothed at the apex: peduncles axillary, dichotomous: flowers nu~ 
merous, short-pedicelled, white with yellow anthers. 
Silhet and Assam.. Flowering in March and April. 
ORDER LXIV. MYRTACEZA. 
Trees or shrubs: leaves usually opposite, entire, with trans~ 
parent dots, rarely serrated: calyx 4-8-cleft, the limb some- 
times cohering in two portions, sometimes in one, and then fall-' 
ing off like a cap or lid: petals alternating with the sepals, 
rarely wanting: sestivation imbricated: stamens inserted with 
the petals, usually indefinite: filaments distinct or monadel-. 
phous, or polyadelphous, curved inwards in estivation: anthers 
ovate, 2-celled, bursting longitudinally: ovary cohering with the 
calyx-tube, 1-15-celled: style and stigma simple: placentse 
axillary: fruit dry or fleshy, 2-6 or many-celled, or by abortion 
l-celled : seeds usually indefinite; albumen none: embryo 
stwaight or curved. 
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