LXXVII. SAXIFEAGEiE. 



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Cunonia. 

 Seed, entire and cut 

 vertically (mag.)> 



Cunonia. 

 Fniit (mag.). 







Cunonia. 



Transverse section of 



ovary (mag.). 



Cunonia. 



Transverse section of 



fruit (mag.J. 



Weinmannia, 



Seed, entire and cut 



vertically (mag.). 



Shrubs or trees, chiefly from the southern parts of both continents. Leaves 

 opposite, simple or compound ; stipules interpetiolar. Calyx imbricate or valvate in 

 aestivation. Petals 4, 5 or 0. Stamens 4-5, or 8-10, or 12-14, or oo . Ovary free 

 or rarely adherent, usually of 2-3 carpels, sometimes of 5 free carpels with coherent 



styles {Spircecmthemum). 



PEINCIPAL GENERA. 



•Callicoma. 'Cunonia. *Bauera. Weinmannia. Curtisia. Crypteronia.' 



SuB-OBDEE III. P0LY08MI1M. 



Stem woody. Leaves opposite, exstipulate. Petals 4, valvate in aestivation. 



Stamens 4. Ovary inferior, l-celled ; placentas 2, parietal ; style elongated ; stigma 



simple. Berry 1-seeded. — Shrubs of tropical Asia and Australia, near Marlea 



(Alangieoe). 



GENUS. 



Polyosma. 



' JlefeiTed to Lythrariea in the ' Genera Plantarum.' — Ed. 



