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parallel or divergent. Ovaries 2 to 5, free, rarely 1, sessile or stalked ; 
styles slightly united and becoming free or slightly coherent, as many as 
the ovaries. Ovules many or few, attached to the inner angles of 
the ovaries, anatropons, ascending or horizontal, raphe ventral or lateral. 
Fruit dry or fleshy, dehiscent or indehiscent. Seeds sometimes arillate, 
albuminous or exalbuminous : cotyledons leafy, flat, folded or con- 
volute ; radicle short, inferior, pointing towards, or remote from the 
hilum. Distrib. Abundant in the tropics of either hemisphere and in 
subtropical Africa and Australia. Genera 40 — 45 ; species from 500 to 
600. 
Tribe I. Sterculiece. Flowers unisexual or poly- 
gamous. Petals 0. Andrcecium columnar; 
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the anthers clustered at its apex ; or in a 
1-seriate ring. 
Anthers numerous. 
Ovary with 2 or more ovules in each 
cell ; fruit dehiscent ... 
Ovarian cells 1-ovuled ; fruit indehiscent 
Anthers 5, whorled ; fruit indehiscent. 
1. Sterculia. 
2. Tarrietia. 
3. Eeritiera. 
Tribe II. Eelicterece. Flowers hermaphrodite. 
Petals deciduous. Andrcecium columnar be- 
low, dilated above into a cup, margin bear- 
ing on it the anthers usually alternating 
with staminodes. 
Capsule membranous, inflated... 
Capsule more or less woody, not inflated. 
Anther-cells divaricato; seeds not winged 
Anther-cells parallel ; seeds winged ... 
Tribe III. Eermanniece. Flowers hermaphrodite. 
Petals marcescent, flat. Andrcecium tubular 
at the base only ; stamens 5, staminodes 0. 
Ovary 5-celled ... ... ... 
Ovary 1-celled, 1-seeded 
Tribe IV. Buettnerice. Petals concave or ungui- 
culate at the base ; filaments in a tube with 
the anthers at its apex, solitary or in groups 
between staminodes. 
Stamens in a single series. 
Stamens in groups betweenthe staminodes ; 
Petals unguiculate 
4. Kleinhovia. 
5. Eelicteres. 
6 Pterospermum. 
7. Melochia. 
8. Waltheria. 
9. A brorna. 
