MO^'OrETALOUS EXOGEN^OUS PLANTS. 375 



stamens in 5 sets ; stigma entire ; herry l-seeded. — A small 

 tree j leaves 3-4' long, sweetish ; floivers very numerous. 



73. CYKILLA FAMILY. Order, Cyrillace^. 



Trees or shrubs, with alternate evergreen leaves, without 

 stipules, and perfect white floivers in lateral or terminal ra- 

 cemes ; cali/x of 4-5 sepals ; 2)etals 5-8, hypogynous, im- 

 bricated in the bud ; stamens 5-10, inserted with the pe- 

 tals ; anthers introrse, opening lengthwise; ovary 2-4- 

 celled, with a single suspended ovule in each cell ; stigma 

 entire or 2-4-lobed ; fruit 2-4-seeded ; embryo straight in 

 the axis of fleshy albumen ; radicle superior. 



74. EBONY FAMILY. Order, Ebenace^. 



Trees or shrubs, with watery juice ; leaves alternate, en- 

 tire, without stipules; floivers polygamous, the sterile 

 cymose, the fertile ones larger, solitary ; calyxiree from the 

 3-12-celled ovary, peristent, 3-7-lobed; corolla 3-'7-lohed, 

 imbricated in the bud, deciduous ; stamens mostly 16, in- 

 serted on the base of the corolla, often united by pairs, 

 the filaments short and hairy; anthers introrse; ovules 

 1-2 in each cell, anatropous, suspended ; styles distinct, or 

 united below; /n«Y baccate, roundish, few-seeded; the 

 seeds large, compressed ; embryo in the axis of hard albu- 

 men; radicle superior. 



DIOSPYROS, L. Persimmon. 



Calyx 4-6-lobed ; corolla bell-shaped, 4-6-cleft ; stameiis 

 in the sterile flower mostly 16 ; in the fertile 8, with the 

 anthers sterile ; styles 2 or 4, united below ; ovules solitary 

 in the cells ; berry 4-8-seeded. 



D. Virginiana, L. Leaves ovate-oblong, mostly smooth, 

 petioled ; calyx 4-parted ; corolla 4-cleft ; styles 4, each 



