CONSPECTUS OF ORDERS AND FAMILIES. 109 

 35. The Pittosporum Family. 



W,,.,4;i plants. Leaves alt. or sub-verticillate, exstipulate. Fls. 

 - - v 1 ■ / I > ' / ' ha-e, hypogynous. 



v nun in- O > l > »i|. l ! t lii •_' 3 nihil h\ ti • pi | t < n 



of the parietal placentae. Style 1. Ovules anatropous 2 or more on 



. |.U..rm / / _' I ' /. « // s faring the seeds 



leathery albumen Pittospo'racece (p/39). 



Sub-order ' 



36. The Tamarisk Family. 



1 od> i. uits i i l.siv, 1 I i _ i> 'spiked or racemed. 



>•:■'. and put. .>. ,-,„-,/,/ 4, imhri.-ate. free ..r connate below. St. />o- 



' f.„ „ , , t ■ n ,, , t , ! a ., <htt <!<-. win, i i- -..until . 



.':; -,.:.■ ...._■: 



I base or mesial on the valves. Seeds comose. 



Acumen •» (in our li.mius). £/„W. *,V<„,,/,f Tommimro- (p. 50 . 



Tree Family. Affinities very doubtful. 



/mill hi u in. St. i)i 2 whorls, the episcpalous ones 

 minodes, aw*As. 1-ceHed. Ovary l-celled with 3 

 menms --seriate on each placenta, anatropous 

 /->»// pod-like, 3-valved. Seeds on the central 

 3-winged or wingless. Albumen 0. Embryo 



Sub-order PASSIFLORINE^ (p. 



I The Papaya Family, 

 " tree with usual 

 res and milky ; 

 -laphrodii -nopetak. , 



, " r •J-eeile.l superior with short stvle ;>>;•' 

 i r .<. IU. udhohypogyin ' ' 



all tree with usually a simple crown of very large palmately- 

 leave, and milky juice. Fls. monceciousor dice 



, scattered all over the i 



The 



Passion-flower Family. 



,.,,,, ,,f |,» n ,|riU rarelv twininir. Leaves pulai'it? <» 

 . , , ,| fluently with few large glands 

 : ■:,-. on imder-surface or petioles. Hypanthium 



