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tubular-fnnnelform, with 4 short lobes imbricated in the bud, one lobe outside. Stamens 

 included : filaments sliort, inserted in the throat : anthers 2-mncronate at base. Style long- 

 exserteil : stigma clavate-capitate. < ivary i-celled, a solitary anatropous ovule pendulous 

 from near the summit of each cell. Fruits akene-like, obpyramidal by mutual pressure, 1-2- 

 seedcd. 



12. MORINDA. Flowers usually 5-merous, compacted and the ovaries or fruits confluent 

 in a short-peduncled fleshy head. Calyx urceolate ur hemispherical, with truncate or ob- 

 scurely deutate limb. Corolla salverform or somewhat fuunelform, mostly short: lobes val- 

 vate iu the bud. Stamens sljort, inserted in the throat. Style bearing 2 slender stigmas. 

 i.>vary -t-celled, or rather 2-celled and the cells 2-loceUate : an ascending o^ttle in each cell. . 

 Fruits drupaceous, maturing 2 to 4 bony seed-like nutlets, all confluent into a succulent 

 syncarp. 



* * Shrubs : flciwers distinct, in cymes or panicles : fruit drupaceous, 

 -I— With 4 to 10 cells, at least iu the ovary. 



13. GrUETTARDA. Flowers 4-9-merous (sometimes piolygamo-diceciotLs). Calyx with 

 ovoid or globular tube, continued above the o\ary into a cupulate or campanulate limb; the 

 border truncate, commonly irregularly denticulate or dentate. Corolla salverform, with 

 elongated tube, and rounded or uliluiig lobes imbricated iu the bud. Stamens inserted on 

 the tube or throat of the corolla, included : filameuts short or none : anthers linear. Style 

 filiform: stigma- subcapitate or minutely 2-lobed. i)vary 4-9-ceUed : an anatropous ovule 

 suspended from the summit of each cell on a thickened fmiiculus. Drupe globular, mth 

 thin flesh, and a bony or ligneous 4-9-ceIled and lobed putamen ; the cells and contained 

 seed narrow. Embryo cylindrical : albumen little or none. 



14. ERITHALIS. Flowers 5-merous, varying to 6-1 0-merous. Calyx with obovate or glob- 

 ular tube and a truncate or denticulate short limb or border. Corolla rotate, parted iuto 5 

 or more oblong-linear di\isic)ns. valvate, or at tips slightly imbricated in the bud. Stamens 

 inserted on the base of the corolla: filaments hairy at base: anthers linear-oblong. Style 

 thickish : stigma of 5 or more minute lobes. (_>vary 5-10-celled, with solitary pendulous 

 ovules. Drupe small, globose, .j-lO-sulcate, containing as many bony seed-like nutlets. Em- 

 bryo small in copious albumen. 



■y- -r— With 2 (rarely by variation 3) cells to the ovary: ovules anatropous. 



15. CHIOCOCCA. Flowei-s .5-merous, in axillary panicles or racemes. Calvx -nith ovoid 

 or turbinate tube and 5-toothed limb. Corolla fuimeLform, 5-cleft ; the lobes valvate or at 

 apex obscurely imbricated in the bud. Stamens inserted on the very liase of the corolla: 

 filaments monadelphous at base, somewhat hairy: anthers linear. Style fiUform: stigma 

 clavate. Ovules suspended. Drupe, globular, small, containing two coriaceous seed-like 

 nutlets. 



16. PSYCHOTRIA. Flowers (small) 5-merous, sometimes 4-nierous, in terminal naked 

 cvmes. Calvx short. CoroUa from campanulate to short-tubular ur fimneUorm, not gib- 

 bous : lolies valvate in the bud. Stamens sh.jrt, inserted iu the throat of the coroUa, distinct. 

 Stigma 2-cleft. Ovule erect from the liase of each cell. Drupe globular, small, containing 

 2 flattened and commonly costate or criftate nutlets. Leaves mostly dilated and mem- 

 branaceous. Flowers in some heterogone-dimorphous. 



17. STRUMPFIA. Flowers (very small) 5-merous, in axillary thjTsiform cymes. Calyx 

 sliort, 5-toothed. Corolla short, 5-parted; lobes oblong-lanceolate, Ughtly imbricated in the 

 bud. Stamens inserted on the very base of the corolla : filaments very short, monadelphous : 

 anthers oblontc, with adnate iutrorse cells, connate Ijy their broad coriaceous connectives into 

 an ovoid tube! Style hirsute : stigmas 2, obtuse. Ovide erect from the base of each cell. 

 Drupe small, with a 2-ceUed 2-seeded (or by abortion single-seeded) putamen. Leaves linear, 



. rigid, Eoseniary-Hke. 

 * * # Strffruticose and procumbent plants: flowers axiUary and sessile: fruit drupaceous, 

 2-celled : seeds peltate. 



1 8. ERNODEA. Flowers 4-6-merous. Calvx-tube ovoid ; lobes elongated, subulate-lanceo- 

 late, persistent. Corolla salverform ; loljes valvate in the bud, linear, at length revolnte. 

 Stamens inserted on the throat of the corolla, much exserted : filaments filiform : anthers 

 linear-oblong. Ovary 2-celled, ^vith a peltate amphitropous ovule borne at the middle of the 



