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CCXVin. SAURURE^. 



or 2 collateral bracts. Perianth 0. Stamens 3-6, or more, whorled aroTind tlie 

 ovary, free or united below to its base, or inserted on its top ; filaments subulate or 

 clavate, longer than the bracts ; anthers introrse, 2-celled, opposite, contiguous, or 

 disjoined by the connective, dehiscence longitudinal. Ovaet superior or inferior, 

 composed of 3-5 more or less coherent carpels, and 3-5-celled with central placenta- 

 tion, or 1-celled with parietal placentati on ; siijfmas terminating the free and narrowed 

 tips of the carpels, papillose on their inner face ; ovules inserted at the central angle 

 of the cells, 2-4-8, 2-seriate, ascending or horizontal, orthotropous. Peuit of 

 follicles or 'a lobed berry. Seeds few or solitary in each cell, sub-basilar, ovoid, 

 sub-globose or cylindric ; testa coriaceous, thick ; albumen farinaceous or horny. 



Sauintrus, 

 Pedicelled flower (mag.). 



Saururm. 

 ile flower (ma^.). 



Saururus ceimuus. 



Saurtirus. 

 Transverse section of cells ol ovary. 



