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CV. PASSIFLOEE^. 



lobes, shortly clawed, equal, contorted in bud, deciduous. Stamens 6, inserted 

 at tbe bottom of the calyx-tube and opposite to its lobes; filaments free, piano- 

 subulate; anthers introrse, 2-celled, erect, dehiscence longitudinal. Ovaet free, 

 1-celled, -with 3 nerviform placentas alternating with the sutures of the carpels ; 

 styles 3, terminal, opposite to the placentas ; stigmas 3 or 6, fan-shaped ; ovules 

 numerous, ascending, anatropous. Capsule with 3 semi-placentiferous valves. 

 Seeds numerous, 2-seriate, ascending, cylindric, curved ; testa crustaceous ; hilum 

 basilar; raphe filiform; chalaza projecting; strophiolus membranous, appressed to 

 the base of the seed on the side of the raphe. Embryo straight, in the axis of a 

 fleshy albumen ; cotyledons sub-elliptic, plano-convex ; radicle reaching to the hilum, 



inferior. 



GBNEEA. 



* Turnera. 



Ertlichia. 



Wormskioldia. 



This small family is near ionseie (which see). It has many aifinities with Malesherhiacem ; but 

 these differ in their stamens, which are hypogynous as in PassiflorecB, their dorsal styles alternating with 

 the placentas, their undivided stigmas, and their non-strophiolate and pendulous seeds. [Turnera is alaro-e 

 American genus with one Cape species ; Erhlichia is also American, and Wormskioldia Asiatic] 



Tiirneracem possess little-used tonic properties, due to astringent and mucous principles, with a 

 small quantity of volatile oil. 



CV, PASSIFLORE^, Jussieu. 



Perianth free, petaloid. Stamens sometimes inserted at the hase, or on the 

 throat of the perianth, sometimes hypogynous, united with the gynophore. Ovaet usually 



