GUTT1FERAE 
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of the Ternstroemiaceae. They are (exc. Hypericum) trees or shrubs 
with simple entire opp. exstip. leaves. Oil glands or passages are 
always present, often showing as translucent dots upon the leaves. 
The infl. is cymose, frequently umbellate. The firs, show consider- 
able variety in structure. The bracteoles are frequently close up to 
the calyx, and hardly to be distinguished from it. The axis is usually 
convex, but exhibits many forms. The flr. may be cyclic or partly 
spiral, and is usually regular, £ , hypogynous. Calyx imbricate. 
Corolla imbricate or convolute. Sta. co , free or united in various 
ways, frequently in bundles (usually 
regarded as due to branching of origin- 
ally simple papillae) ; very commonly 
the outer ones or even all of the sta. 
are staminodial. G usually (5) or (3), 
multi- or i-loc.; ovules 00, few, or 1, 
anatropous; styles free or united. Fruit 
often capsular, sometimes a berry or 
drupe. Seed exalbuminous. [For de- 
tails of the great variety in floral 
structure, see Engler in Nat. Pfi.~\ 
Many yield useful timber ; the resins 
of Clusia, Garcinia, Calophyllum, &c., 
and the fruits of Garcinia and others 
are valuable. 
Classification and chief genera (after 
Engler) : the G. are closely allied to Theaceae, the only constant 
distinction being the presence of oil-glands, and to Dipterocarpaceae, 
which are chiefly distinguished by their alt. stip. leaves. The 
characters of the sub-orders would occupy too much space, and 
we give therefore only those of the Hypericoideae and Endo- 
desmioideae, which are often united and made into an independent 
order (Hypericaceae). 
I. KIELME YEROIDEAE : Kielmeyera, Caraipa. 
II. HYPERICOIDEAE (leaves opp.; flr. $ ; sta. usually 00, 
usually in 5 or 3 — 8 bundles before the petals ; styles 3 — 5, 
usually free; fruit a 1- or 3-loc. septi- or loculi-cidal capsule, 
or indehiscent; embryo usually straight with not very thick 
cotyledons) : Hypericum, Vismia. 
III. ENDODESMIOIDEAE (placed in Hypericaceae by Benth.- 
Hooker ; sta. united into a tube above, in 5 bundles below ; 
cpl. 1; drupe; cotyledons fleshy) : Endodesmia (only genus). 
IV. CALOPHYLLOIDEAE : Mesua, Mammea, Calophyllum. 
V. CLUSIOIDEAE: Clusia, Garcinia. 
VI. MORONOBOIDEAE: Symphonia. 
[Placed in Guttiferales by Benth. -Hooker, in Cisliflorae by 
Warming.] 
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Floral diagram of Hypericum ; 
after Eichler, ovary cut at 
base. S the “Schraubel” 
branch (p. 65). 
