P. Flow, cyclic. Carp. + sunk in the receptacle- 
tube and united with it, i.e., inferior. Sta. 
varying from hyp ogy nous to epigynous. 
M YRTIFLOR^ . UMBELLlFLORiE . 
Order 19 MYRTIFLOR/E. 
Herbs, shrubs or trees, often with bicollateral 
bundles. Lea. (in Brit, sp.) simple, entire, exstipu- 
late. Flow, cyclic, usually actinomorphic. Per. 
double, or pet. rarely wanting. Sta. perigynous, 
tending to become epigynous. Pistil syncarpous, 
free or + inferior. 
Family 65. THYMFL^ACF^. Shrubs or trees 
(rarely herbs), with acrid poisonous juice. Lea. 
usually spiral, simple, entire, exstipulate. Flow, 
actinomorphic, ^ or occasionally i-sexual. Per. 
double, 4 — 5-merous, or pet. scale-like or o. Recep- 
tacle-tube and cal. green or often coloured; lobes 
imbricate. Sta. 2, 4, 8 or 10 (8 in Brit, sp.), dis- 
tinctly perigynous. Carp, usually i, free, with i 
style and i pendulous, anatropous ovule. Fr. a 
drupe [or various]. Seeds with little or generally 
no endosperm. Daphne. 
Family 66. EL.®AGNACE^. Shrubs or trees, 
with numerous silvery or brown scurfy scales. Lea. 
simple, entire, exstipulate. Flow, small, actinomor- 
phic, 2 — 4-merous, polygamous or mostly i-sexual. 
Per. in cf of 2 or 4 sep. ; in 9 ^ > receptacle 
tubular, with margin 2 — 6 cleft; pet. o. Sta. 4 (in 
Brit, sp.), distinctly perigynous in ^ flow. Carp, i, 
free, with i erect anatropous ovule. Fr. a nut, 
enclosed in the fleshy receptacle-tube. Endosperm 
little or o. Hippophae, [Elceagnus.^ 
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