CLASSIFICATION OF ANGIOSPERMS. 



325 



ularly dentate, and with short stalks ; the flowers are yellow and 

 in axillary panicles; the fruit is a 3-locular, 3-seeded sub-drupose 

 capsule (Fig. 165). 



Fig. 165. Flowering and fruiting branch of Brazilian cocoa (Paullinia Cupana).- 



After Radlkofer. 



i. BALSAMINACE^ OR JEWEL-WEED FAMILY.— 

 The plants are succulent herbs with alternate, petiolate leaves and 

 conspicuous axillary flowers ; the fruit is a capsule which at 

 maturity breaks into five valves, discharging the seeds with con- 

 siderable force. 



