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dated ; placentae axile ; fruit capsular, berried, or 

 drupaceous ; seeds definite ; embryo amygdaloid ; 

 albumen little or none. 



1. Family. — Storax-Worts (Styracaceae). Trees or 



shrubs ; leaves alternate, exstipulate ; flowers 

 axillary, solitary or clustered, with scale-like 

 bracts, monopetalous ; calyx persistent ; es- 

 tivation imbricated ; stamens epipetalous ; 

 ovary 2-5-celled ; ovules pendulous ; style 

 simple ; stigma capitate ; fruit drupaceous, 

 enclosed in the calyx ; radicle long ; cotyle- 

 dons foliaceous. Chiefly confined to tropical 

 and sub-tropical countries. Among their 

 products are Storax and Benzoin. (Symplo- 

 cinece, Don.) 



2. Family. — Sappodillas (Sapotacese). Trees or 



shrubs, often lactescent ; leaves alternate, 

 exstipulate ; inflorescence axillary ; flowers 

 bisexual ; calyx persistent, aestivation val- 

 vate or imbricate ; corolla monopetalous, 

 deciduous, aestivation imbricate ; stamens 

 epipetalous ; ovary plurilocular ; ovules as- 

 cending ; style one ; stigma sometimes lobed ; 

 fruit fleshy, mostly plurilocular ; cotyledons 

 albuminous or exalbuminous, radiate, short. 

 Natives of tropical India, Africa, and America. 

 Many yield edible fruits, as the Sappodilla- 

 plum, Star-apple, Marmalade, Surinam-Med- 

 lar, &c. ; Gutta Percha is afforded by Isojicm- 

 dra Gutta. 



3. Family. — Stackhousiads (Stackhousiacese). Herbs 



