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Ovary 3-celled; cells 2-ovulate; ovules collat- 
eral. Fruit a berry. Lower leaves opposite; 
upper by the transformation of one of the pair 
into a tendril, apparently alternate. 
1, Vitis Tourn. GRAPE. 
Petals coherent at their apex, caducous. 
1. V. catirornica Benth.— ». 
Orpver 7. GUTTIFERALES. Flowers 
regular. Calyx free, sepals 4 or 5, imbricate 
or 2-seriate, never regularly valvate in sstiva- 
tion. Petals convolute in estivation, some- 
times 0. Stamens o, more or less connate at 
base, sometimes reduced in number. Carpidia 
several, connate into an ovary. 
Family 1. HYPERICINEA. 
Sepals 2-seriate. Petals as many as sepals 
andalternate. Carpidia3 or 5. Ovules a, 2- 
seriatein each. Styles 3 or 5, more or less uni- 
ted. Fruit a septicidal capsule. Leaves oppo- 
site. Stipules 0. 
1, Hypericum L. Sr. JoHN's-worT. 
Stamens polyadelphous; stigmas capitate. 
Flowers yellow.—2. 
1. H.concinnum Benth. Leaves not clasp- 
ing; stamens decidedly polyadelphous in three 
phalanges; petals longer than the sepals.— 
Tamalpais. Camp Taylor. Crystal Springs. 
Summer. 
