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entire, with interpetiolar stipules, which are eithpr small and sometimes inside 

 the leaves, or resemble the leaves and form with them a regular whorl. In- 

 florescence various. 



A very large Order, dispersed over every part of the globe; the anchonets and Coffeete 

 almost entirely tropical or subtropical ; the.Siellata chiefly iniabiting the more temperate 

 or cold regions. .0 r 



Teibe 1. Cinchonece. — Zeaves opposite or rarely whorled, with small sHpnles between 

 or iMside of them. Omles several (rarely 2 only) in each cell of the ovary. 

 Corolla valvate in the bud. 



Flowers very numerous, closely packed in globular heads on a 



smdl receptacle. Fruit capsular. Seeds winged ... 1. Adina. 

 Flowers in cymes, panlciles, or axillary clusters. Fruit capsular. 

 Seed not winged. 

 Capsule broader than long. Herbs in terminal or rarely axil- 

 lary cymes 3. Ophiobhiza. 



Capsule globular or ovoid. Flowers in axillary clusters or in 

 loose panicles. 



Capsule septicidal or indehiscent 4. Hedtotis. 



Capsule loculicidal 5. Oldeniandia. 



Flowers in terminal corymbs or cymes, 2 puter calyx-lobes very 



large and coloured. Fruit a berry 6. Muss^nda. 



Corolla imbricate or contorted in the bud. 



Frnit capsular. Seeds winged. Prostrate shrubs 2. ThysaNospebmum. 



Fruit a berry. Seeds not winged. Erect shrubs. 



Lobes of the corolla and calyx 6 or more. Ovary 1-celled, 



with parietal placentas. Flowers solitary, terminal . . 7. Gakdenia. 

 Lobes of the corolla and calyx 5. Ovary 2-celled, with axUe 



Seeds immersed in a fleshy placenta or thick pulp. Flowers 



axillary, or 1 to 3 at the ends of short branches ... 8. Bandia. 

 Seeds numerous, angular, with little or no pulp. Flowers 



numerous, in terminal corymbs . 9. STyLOCOBTNE. 



Lobes of the corolla and calyx 4. Ovary 2-ceUed, with 2, or 



rardy 3 or 4 ovules in each 10. DiPtospoBA. 



Teibe 2. GofFeeee. — Leaves opposite or rarely whorled, with small stipules. Ovules 1 

 only in each celt of the ovary. 

 Stipules entire. Fruit a drupe or berry. 



Ovules peltately attached to the mid^e of the cell. Corolla imbricate. 



Style bifid at the top, with recurved lobes 12. Ixoba. 



Style entire, or the lobes erect and conmvent 11. Pavetta. 



Ovules suspended from near the top of the cells. 



Corolla imbricate. Ovary-cells 4 or 5 13. Guettabdella. 



Corolla valvate. Ovary-cells 3 14. Canthium. 



Ovules erect from near the base of the celK, Corolla valvate. 

 Ovary-cells usually 4 or more. 

 Flowers united several together in pedunculatvheads . . 15. Mobinda. 

 Flowers distinct, clustered in the axils of the leaV«ft^^ . . 16. Lasianthus. 

 Ovary-cells 2. 

 Fruit a drupe, wjth a hard nucleus. Corolla-tube short . 17. Psychoteia. 

 Fruit a berry. Corolla-tube much longer than the lobes . 18. P^debia. 

 Stipules fringed with bristles. Fruit dry, small, separating into 2 



Ovules laterally attached or ascending. Flowers axillary . . .19. Speemaooce. 



Ovules pendulous. Carpels opening or separating at the base . 20. Knoxia. 



Teibe 3. Stellatse. — Stipules similar to the leaves, and with them forming whorls of 



4 or more. Ovules 1 in each cell 21. Galium. 



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