LV. SIMAEUBB^. 



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Cneorum. 



Vertical section of flower 



(mag.). 



Cneorum, Quassia, Quassia. 



Audrcecium and Yertical section of Flower-bud 



pistil. carpel (mag.). (mag.). 



Cneorum ttncoccum. 



Cneorum. 

 Vertical section of carpel (mag.). 



Cneorum. 

 Seed, entire and cut Tertically (mag,). 



Flowers didmous or polygamous. Petals 3—5, rarehj 0, hypogynousy imbricate 

 or valvate. Stamens inserted at the base of a hypogynous disk, as m>any or twice as 

 many as the petals, rarely oo. Carpels 2~?>jfreey or cownaterinto a deeply-lohed 1-5- 

 celled ovary. Ovules usually solitary in each cell. Fruit a drupe, capsule or samara. 

 Seebs pendulous, albuminous or not. Embryo straight or bent. — Stem woody. Leaves 

 usually alternate and pinnate, not dotted. 



Shrubs or scentless trees ; bark often bitter, sometimes extremely so. Leaves 

 alternate, or rarely opposite {Brunellia, Cneoridium), pinnate, rarely 1-3-foliolate 



