LXXIX. BEEXIACEiE. 



397 



Brex^ia. 

 Flower cut Terfcically (ma^.)- 



Brexla, 

 Flower-bud (mag.)- 



Brexia. 



Petaloid scale emanating 



from the disk (mag.). 



Jxerha. 

 Detiscent fruit (mag.). 



and the corolla polypetalous and isostemonous j the ovary is free (at least in Ited), with many-ovuled 

 cells J the ovules are anatropous with central placentation, and style simple j but in Brexia the embryo 

 has no albumen. A. Brongniart places them doubtfully in the class Ericoidece, 



