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CXLVI. LOGANIACE^. 



Logania. 

 Seed, ventral 

 face (mag.). 



;:0: 



Logania, 



Seed, dorsal face 



(mag.). 



Logania. 



Seed cut vertically 



(mag.). 



1 



Fagrcea. 

 Ovule (mag.). 



Logania. 

 1 cut transvevsely 

 (mag.). 



Fagrcea, 



Anther, dorsal face 



(mag.). 



Fagrosa. 

 Transverse section of 

 anther, showing the volu- 

 minous connective 

 (mag.). 



Fagrcea. 

 Transverse section of ovai'y 

 JO. 



Fagrcea. 

 Pistil (mag.). 



Desfontainea spinosa. 

 Flower (mag.). 



lyes/onfainea. 

 Stamen with volumi- Deafontainea. 



tious connective Placenta cut transversely, 



(mag.). hearing 4 ovules (mag.). 



Desfontainea, 

 Berry (mag.). 



gynous, monopetalous, rotate, campanulate or infundibuliforra, limb 5-4-1 0-fid, 

 aestivation valvate contorted or convolute. Stamens inserted on the corolla-tube or 

 throat, alternate in the 4-5-fid corolla, opposite in the 10-fid coro\\2,\ filaments 

 filiform or subulate ; anthers introrse, 2 -celled, dehiscence longitudinal. Ovary 

 superior, 2-4-celled 5 style fi.liform, simple; stigma capitate or peltate or bilobed; 

 ovules numerous, semi-anatropous, attached to the septum, or ascending from the 

 base of the cell, rarely solitary, and peltate by their ventral face, very rarely erect 

 at the base of the cells and anatropous {Gcerinera). Fruit capsular, septicidally or 

 septifragally 2-valved, or of 2 cocci with transverse dehiscence ; sometimes a berry 

 or drupe. Seeds numerous or solitary, sometimes winged. Embryo stra,ight, in 

 the axis or base of a fleshy or cartilaginous albumen ; radicle inferior or vague. 



[The following is Mr. Bentham's classification of the Loganiacece (Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. Lond. i. 88) :— 



