1. Hypericum.] 22. HYPERICACEM. 



1. H. Gaitii, Haines (Journ. As. Soc, xv, p. 7). 



A much-branched handsome shrub, 3-5 ft 

 6" girth, with opposite-sessile somewhat glau • • ;- ■ u ■. L' 2-.V. and 

 -li,,!! ;i-rli.,lonious cymes of showy yellow Mowers, 2-lM'o' diam. 

 Capsule -7" long, conical. 



rly 12"; branches ,.-. i' i'.. lung, s 



3t, elliptic or oblong, pellucid-dott.'d. H-nm-v.'d. Small ; 

 • the forks or axillary and ter: 

 >, 3-9-nerved. Capsule 3-vaLvc 



FAM. 23. GUTTIFERACEiE. 



Trees or shrubs with resin canals containing a gre. 



::■.•.■,,'■■ ' ~ 



intrapetiolar. Flow-i-* often sh.,wv. I L'-- 



Sepala 2 6, iin 



contorted. Male flower, stamens indefinite, hypogynous j filaments 

 free or monadelphous or connate, in as many bundles as there a 

 petals. Anthers dehiscing by pores or slit 



ri.M'. er with ts -celled. Style 1 or 0. Stigmas 



free, or connate or peltate. Ovule 1-2 or many axile, or basal ana 

 erect. Fruit I 



eery large, or cotyledons thick, free or connate witn 

 small radicle. 



