PULASTRAOEJE. 23 



elongate, united in a tube (and having the appearance of a gamope- 

 talous corolla) for a variable portion of their extent, inserted with 

 the unequal stamens outside the margin of a concave disk. Ovules 

 solitary, ascending. The indehiscent cocci of the fruit separating 

 from the columella. Seeds albuminous. — Herbs with perennial 

 rhizomes. — 1 genus. 



3. GoTTPiB^.^ — Flowers hermaphrodite, isostemonous. Petals 

 free, valvate-induplicate. Ovarian cells equal in number to the 

 petals, pluriovulate. Styles not terminal. — Shrubs with alternate 

 leaves, sub-3-plinervate. — 1 genus. 



4.— AziME^.^: — Flowers polygamo-dicecious, generally 4-merous, 

 isostemonous.. Petals hypogynous, free or united (in a false gamo- 

 petalous corolla). Ovary with 1-4 uniovulate cavities. Ovule 

 ascending. Fruit fleshy. Seeds without albumen. — Trees and 

 shrubs, with leaves opposite. — 3- genera. 



5. HiPPOCRATBE^.^ — Flowers hermaphBodite, with stamens ordi- 

 narily less numerous than the petals (generally three), inserted 

 within a highly developed disk. Ovules 2-oo . Fruit often winged, 

 dry, or fleshy. Seeds without albumen. — "Woody plants, often 

 chmbing, generally with opposite leaves. — 3 genera. 



6. BxTXEiB.* — Flowers unisexual, apetalous, with hypogynous 

 stamens, equal in number to or more numerous than the sepals. Disk 0. 

 Ovarian cells with 1, 3 ovules, descending, and mieropyle interior 

 and superior. Fruit dry or fleshy. — Woody or herbaceous plants, 

 with leaves opposite or alternate. — 5 genera. 



7. Geissolome^.^ — Flowers hermaphrodite, apetalous, tetramerous, 

 diplostemonous. Disk 0. Ovarian cells with 2 ovules, descending, 

 and mycropyle interior and superior. Fruit capsular. Seeds albu- 

 minous. — A shrub, with opposite leaves. — 1 genus. 



piaosce Miers. Ann. Naf. Sisl. s§r. 3, ix. Ord. 224. 



289. * Buxem. Kl, Tricocc. 12 (part.). — Buxinees 



^ Azimacea Wight et Q-audn. Calc. Journ. DtiMOUT. Anal. Fam. Nat. 45 (part.). — Plee, 



(1845). — SahadoraceiB Lindl. Introd. (1836) Typ. de Oh. Fam.i.t.l^. — -BMxacetB Kirsohleo. 



269; Yeg. Kingd. 652, Ord. 250.— Pl. Ann. So. Fl.d'Alsace,iL 48.— Ag. Theor. Syst. 292 (part.).' 



Nat. B^r. 3, X. 189.— A. DC. Prodr. xvii. 27, — H. Bn. Monogr. Buxac. et Styloc. (1869).— 



Old. 127 bis, —SalvadorecB H. Bn. Adansonia h. M. Arg. Prodr. xvi. sect. i. 7, Ord. 180. — 



276. — Monetises H. Bs". loo. eit. 289. Fuphorbiacece, sect. i. {Gen. 2, 3) A. Juss. Tent. 



^B. H. Oen. 369, trib. i.—HippoeratieetB J. Fkiphorb. 13. 



Ann. Mtts. xviii. 483. — E. Be. Congo, 187. — ^'EiTSJih. Mohirid. 214. — Geissolomaeea Sond. 



SippocrateacecB H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Spec. v. Ziimtea, xxiii. 105. — A. DC. Prodr. xiv. 191, 



136.— DO. Prodr. i. 667, Ord. 37.t-Endl. Gen. Ord. 166. , 

 1090, Ord. 237. — Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 684, 



