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II. Symphonies).! — Flowers generally hermaphrodite. Calyx im- 

 bricate. Stamens united in five oppositipetalous bundles. Ovary 

 cells equal in number to that of the petals. Style elongate with 

 five stigmatiferous branches. Ovules 2-oo , ascending or horizontal. 

 Fruit fleshy, indehiscent. Embryo fleshy undivided, without 

 cotyledons. — 6 genera. 



III. GARCiNiEiE. — Flowers polygamo-dioeoious. Calyx imbricate 

 or valvate and gamosepalous. Stamens oo , free, 1-adelphous or in 

 fascicles. Ovary cells uniovulate. Ovule ascending, with micropyle 

 inferior or exterior. Fruit fleshy, indehiscent. Embryo macropod, 

 with very large radicle and cotyledons very small or nil. — 3 genera. 



lY. MAMMBiSiB.^ — Flowers polygamo-dioecious or hermaphrodite. 

 Calyx imbricate or valvate and gamosepalous. Stamens oo , free or 

 monadelphous at base. Ovary cells 1-4, uniovulate. Style elongate, 

 peltate, capitate or ramified at summit. Ovule ascending with 

 micropyle inferior and exterior. Fruit fleshy seldom dehiscent. 

 Embryo fl'eshy, with strict voluminous plano-convex cotyledons, free 

 or conferruminate, and short inferior radicle. — 5 genera. 



V. QuiiNEj!. — Flowers polygamo-dioecious. Calyx imbricate. 

 Corolla polypetalous or gamopetalous. Stamens oo , free or nearly 

 so. Ovary cells 2, 3, 3-ovulate, Styles slender and free. Ovules 

 ascending, with micropyle inferior and exterior. Fruit fleshy, inde- 

 hiscent. Embryo with developed free cotyledons and short inferior 

 radicle. — 1 genus. 



Affinities.— "We have thought it possible to establish that the 

 EypericacecB present the same type as the Myrtacece, with the ovary 

 constantly superior and the stamens hypogynous.' ]By that we have 

 determined the place of the Olusiacece, which differ from the Hype- 

 ricacece in a manner quite artificial, viz., by their mostly herbaceous 

 habit, less thick and less coriaceous leaves, hermaphrodite flowers, 

 and filiform stylary divisions. The Eypericacece having, at once, 

 the coloured latex of the Olusiacece and the essence reservoirs of the 

 Myrtacece, are intermediate between them. Moreover, the fleshy and 



1 Moronobea Ohois.— Endl. -Pl. et Tki.— B. 2 Calophylleai Chois. DC. JProdr. i. 561. 



H. Oeii. 168. ' 3 £uU. Soc. Linn. Far. 78. 



