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ORDER LXXXVI1I. SAXIFRAGACE/E. 
Calyx free, or more or less adherent to the 
ovary, withering, persistent : sepals usually 5. 
Petals usually 5, alternate with the calycine lobes, 
or rarely none. Stamens mostly 5-10, inserted 
on the calyx. Ovary consisting usually of 2 
carpels : styles as many as the carpels, distinct or 
combined: stigmata capitate or clavate. Fruit 
of several pods : seeds oo , small, anatropous, with 
a slender embryo in the albumen. 
Natives principally of temperate climates. 
Calyx irregularly 4-partite. Petals 4, regular, 
sessile, alternate with the lobes of the calyx. Sta- 
mens 8 : anthers internally dehiscent. Ovary 
sessile, free, 2-cellcd, surrounded at the base with 
an urceolate disk. Styles 2, distinct. Capsule 
2-celled : dissepiment placentiferous. 
Named in honor of John William Weinmann, of Ratis- 
bon, author of Phytanthoza and Conographica. 
1. Weinmannia alpestris. Bastard Brasilletto. 
Leaves impari-pinnate 3-4-jugate, leaflets ellip- 
tic somewhat wedge-shaped at the base rounded 
at the apex crenato-serrated glabrous, hairy at 
the joints beneath, wings of the petiole subovate, 
branchlets puberuious, racemes longer than the 
leaves. 
Windmannia fruticosa, Browne, 212. — Weinmannia 
irine’s peak, St. Andrew’s, 
F L. September — October. 
A tree, 20-30 feet in height : branches towards the end 
I. Weinmannia. 
