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LIII. LYTHRACEJE 



[Crypteronia 



escent, 1. opposite, 

 often fabcicled on 

 ariested branclilets, 

 oblong-lanceolate or 

 oblanceolate, obtuse, 

 1-3 m. long, nar- 

 rowed into a slender 

 petiole Ovary in- 

 ferior, free part of 

 calj^x campaiiTilate, 

 cleft into 5-7 valvate 

 lobes Petals inserted 

 in tlie nioiitli of 

 calyx-tube, crumpled 

 in bud. Stamens oo, 

 inserted at different 

 levels below the pe- 

 tals, antlier-cellh at- 

 tached to the edges 

 of a broad connective. 

 Carpels in several 

 tiers on the inside of 

 the hollow receptacle, 

 here called calyx- 

 tube (bee remarks on 

 1). 806 under Vomhre- 

 ta(*ea\ and Brandis 

 r Flora 240), ovules 

 numerous m each. 

 Carpels coalesce early 

 and form a laige 

 globose indehi scent 

 Iruit. crowned by the 

 persistent calyx and 

 containing under a 

 coriaceous rind two 

 tiers of cells, 3 in 

 the lower, 5-9 in the 



upper tier. Numerous seeds in each cell, embedded in a sweet pellucid pulp Cotyle- 

 dons foliaceous, spirally convolute. 



Pig-. MB.—Grypteronia pamculata, Blume. i 



Obdbe LIV. SAMYDACE^. GeuPli. 794. 



Trees or shrubs, 1. alternate, disticlions, stipules small. Fl. inconspicuous, 

 regular^ generally bisexual. Calyx persistent, tube short, segments B-7, imbri- 

 cate or valvate in bud. Petals none, or alternate with calyx-segments and 

 similar to them in substance. Ovary free or lower portion adnate to calyx- 

 tube, ovules numerous, attached to 2-4 parietal placentas. Cap&ule 2-4- 

 valved, seeds numerous, attached to the middle of the valves. Embryo in a 

 copious fleshy albumen. 



The 2 genera here described are included under Fiaeourtiacem by Warburg in Engler 

 u. Prantl iii. 6a, p, 34, 50. 



Petals 0, fi. in axillary fascicles 1. Casi^aria. 



Petals present, fi in racemes or spikes ... .2 Homalium. 



1. CASEARIA, Jacq. ; EL Brit. Ind. ii. 591. 



Trees or shrubs, 1. alternate, distichous, stipules small, caducous. Fl. small, 

 greenish-yellow, regular, usually bisexual. Calyx coriaceous, deeply 4"5-lobe(J, 

 lobes imbricate, more or less persistent. Petals 0. Stamens double the number 

 of calyx-lobes, often 8 only with a pentamerous calyx, united into a short tube 



