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Tribe 19. Moeinde^. — Corolla-lobes vallate. Stamens inserted at 

 the moutli or throat of the corolla. Ovary 2 (rarely perfect or 

 imperfect 4) celled ; ovules in cells solitary or iij ovaries imperfectly 

 * ^fj *^ ill pairs, anatropous or amphitropous, attached below the 

 middle of the cell ; raphe dorsal, micropyle inferior. Fruit baccate 

 or drupaceous, 2 or 4 celled or with 2 or 4 pyrenes. Seeds various, 

 umbilicus ventral or subbasal, albumen hoTny ; embryo straight or 

 curved, cotyledons somewhat linear ; radicle terete, inferior. Trees 

 and shrubs erect or scandent ; stipules solitary on both sides, entire, 

 rarely cut. Example : Morinda ; known at once by their mulberry- 

 like fruit, whence the name. 



Tribe 20. Coussaeee^. — Corolla-lobes valvate. Stamens inserted 

 in the tube or throat of corolla. Ovary 1-celied (or 2-celled, the 

 septa very thin and evanescent) ; ovules in pairs, ba^sal and erect or 

 peltately affixed at the base of the thiu septa, amphitropous. Fruit 

 coriaceous, 1-seeded. Embryo minute, radicle inferior. Shrubs ; 

 stipules entire, solitary on both sides ; flowers terminal. Plants of 

 Brazil and Tropical America ; probably no examples in Queensland. 



Tribe 21. Pstchoteib^.— Corolla-lobes valvate. Stamens ,in- 

 serted at the throat of the corolla. Ovary 2 (rarely 4 or 8) celled ; 

 ovules solitary in the cells, wholly basal, anatropous, very often 

 cuneate, compressed. Fruit very often of 2 pyrenes ; pyrenes plano- 

 convex, the ventral face plane, sulcate, or concave. Albumen often 

 horny, embryo often curved, cotyledons plane or semi-terete, radicle 

 straight or curved, inferior. Trees or shrubs, rarely herbs. 

 Examples : Fsychotria, Oeophila, Myrmecodia, and Sydnophytum. 

 The first are usually shrubs ; the second is a creeping plant bearing 

 fruit resembling the Kentish cherry in shape and colour ; the two 

 latter genera are gouty-stemmed epiphytes. 



Tribe 22. P^debie^. — ^Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamo- 

 dioBcious. Corolla-lobes valvate. Stamens inserted in the throat or 

 tube of the corolla (or sometimes at the base). Ovary 2 to 5-celled ; 

 style branches (or stigmas) 2 or 5, filiform, papillous all round, rarely 

 short and obtuse; ovules solitary in each cell, erect from the base ; 

 anatropous. Fruit globose, compressed or angular ; or of 2 cocci, 

 epicarp loose, fragile, membranous. Seeds with little or much albu- 

 men, of a fleshy character ; cotyledons broad, foliaceous ; radicle 

 inferior. Climbing or erect shrubs very frequently fetid when bruised. 

 Stipules entire, solitary on both sides. Example: Fesderia. Eathor 

 pretty climbing plants but the foliage when rubbed emits a most 

 disagreeable odour. 



Tribe 23. ANTHOSPEEME.ai. — Flowers often polygamo-dioecious or 

 unisexual. Corolla valvate. Stamens inserted in the throat, tube, or 

 often at the base of the corolla ; filaments exserted ; anthers elongate, 

 versatile. Ovary l-4-cell8 ; style entire or style-branches often fili- 

 form, much elongated and papillous or hirsute, rarely Isevis ; ovules 

 solitary in each cell, erect from the base, anatropous. Fruit of 

 2 pyrenes, 2 cocci, or capsular. Seeds erect, albumen copious, cotyle- 

 dons very often plane, radicle inferior. Shrubs and undershrubs, 

 rarely herbs ; when bruised often fetid. Examples : Serissa, Ooprosma. 

 Examples of each are commonly to be met with in cultivation] as 

 ornamental plants— of ten for the variegation of their foliage. 



