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Suhseriea II. Fruit fleshy, bursting irregularly or dehiscing sk tKe 

 apex, or a drupe witb 2 or many pyrenes, pyrenes polysperraous. 



Jj'i^e 7. MtrssiEiirDEjs.— Corolla-lobes Talvate. Ovary 2 or many 

 celled, and numerous ovules. Fruit indebis^ent, fleshy, baccate or 

 with 2 or many pyrenes, 2 or many celled, polyspermous. Seeds 

 minute, globose or angular, very rarely compressed, testa often 

 loveolate or reticulate, albumen, carnose ; embryo minute, ovoideus or 

 elavate, cotyledons very rarely broad or flat. Example : Mmswnda. 

 One or more of this genus will be met with in our gardens. The genus 

 will readily be detected by the large white or coloured leaf of the 

 calyx. 



Tribe 8. Hamelieje. — CoroUo-lobes imbricate or closely twisted. 

 Ovary 2 or many celled, with numerous ovules in each cell. Fruit 

 fleshy or coriaceous, indehiscent, baccate or of 2 or many pyrenes, 

 cells or pyrenes polyspermous. Seeds minute, globose or angular, testa 

 often foTeolate or reticulate, albumen carnose. Embryo minute, often 

 elavate. Examples: Samelia, Hqffmannia {Higginsia). Species of 

 these genera are common garden plants. 



Tribe 9. CiTESBiBEiE. — Corolla-lobes valvate. Ovary 1 or 2 

 celled. Fruit fleshy or coriaceous. Seeds often agglutinated into a 

 globose mass, compressed or turgid; testa coriaceous or membranous. 

 Plants cxf the "West Indies and South America. Probably no examples 

 in Queensland. 



Tribe 10. G-AEDENiEiE. — Corolla-lobes contorted or imbricate. 

 Ovary with 1 or many cells, the cells with many or few ovules. 

 Fruit indehiscent, fleshy, baccate, 1 or many celled, cells with 1 or 

 many seeds, endocarp sometimes bony or cretaceous. Seeds large or 

 somewhat large, rarely small and angular, compressed or obtuse- 

 angular ; testa membranous, coriaceous, or flbro-cartilaginous, very 

 rarely bony ; albumen horny or fleshy ; embryo large or somewhat 

 large, cotyledons very often ampli-foliaceous. Examples : Randia, 

 Gardenia. The plants of the genera mentioned are amongst the most 

 favoured of garden shrubs, 



Sebies B. Ovules 2 in each cell. 



Tribe 11. CEtrcKSHANKSiEiE. — Corolla valvate. Ovary 2-Gelled, 

 with 2 ovules in each. Capsule membranous, septicidally 2-valved, 

 valves 2-partite. Chilian plants; probably none in Queensland 

 gardens. 



Tribe 12. EETiNiPKTLLEiB. — Corolla closely contorted. Ovary 

 5 to 7 celled, with 2 ovules in each. Drupe of 5 to 7 1- seeded 

 pyrenes. The only example probably obtainable in Queensland will 

 be ScypJiipJiora hydrophjflacea. This is a small tree of Northern 

 Queensland, and probably the only one that will be met with here of 

 the tribe. 



Seeies C. Ovules always solitary in each cell. 

 Subseries I. Eadicle superior. 



Tribe 13. Guettarde^. — Corolla-lobes imbricate or valvate, 

 never twisted. Stamens inserted in the throat of the corolla. Ovary 

 2 or many celled ; ovules solitary, anatropous (inverted), pendulous 

 from the apex of the cell, funicle incrassated,, raphe dorsal with 

 superior micropyle. Drupe with 2 or many pyrenes, or putamen 2 or 

 many celled, the fruit rarely 2 cocci. Seed terete pendulous from 



