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2. EL^OCARPUS, Linn. 
Sepals 4-5, persistent, free nearly to the base. Petals the same 
number, broad, fimbriated, induplicate in aestivation, inserted round a 
raised disk with 4-5 large glands. Stamens indefinite ; filaments fili- 
form, inserted on the top of the disk ; anthers linear, innate, dehiscing 
by terminal pores. Ovary 2-5-celled; ovules 2 or many in a cell; 
style entire. Pruit a drupe, with a stone holding 2-5 one-seeded cells. 
— Trees with alternate or opposite leaves, usually glabrous ; the flowers, 
which are usually hermaphrodite, rarely polygamous, in axillary 
racemes. Distrib. Species about 50 ; warmer zones of the Old 
World, mostly Indian. Not known in trop. Africa, but one discovered 
lately in Natal. 
Flowers tetramerous ; petals silky 1. E. integrifolius. 
Flowers pentamerous ; petals glabrous 2. E. grandiflorus. 
1. E. integrifolius, Lam.; DC. Prod. i. 519. A tree 20 feet high. 
Leayes alternate, crowded on the branches, nearly sessile, oblong, entire, 
rigid, shining, 3-4 in. long, cordate at base, penninerved, glabrous on 
both surfaces. Flowers in axillary racemes as long as the leaves, on 
short drooping pedicels, which are finely silky. Sepals 4, lanceolate, 
silky. Petals 4, silky on both sides, white, fimbriated. Stamens about 
30. 
Mauritius, in the forests of the south-western range of hills. Endemic. 
2. E. grandiflorus, Bojer , Sort. Maur. 45 ( name only). A tree, 
glabrous in all its parts. Leaves alternate, crowded near the end of 
the branches, oblong, entire, firm, green on both surfaces, 3-6 in. long, 
obtuse or acute ; base cuneateor rounded ; petiole j-1 inch. Racemes 
few-flowered, shorter than the leaves, with cernuous pedicels £-1 inch 
long. Sepals 5, naked, glabrous, rugose, lanceolate, £ inch long. Petals 
rather longer than the sepals, broad, much fringed, deciduous, Stamens 
about 30 ; anthers -§-• in. long, equalling the filaments in length. 
Mauritius, in hill woods of the Pouce. Endemic. 
Order XVIII. LINACEiE. 
Flowers regular, hermaphrodite. Sepals 5, imbricated, free or joined 
at the base. Petals 5, hypogynous, imbricated, often contorted. 
Stamens 10, joined in a cup round the ovary ; filaments free above the 
cup ; anthers versatile, 2-celled. Ovary free, 3-5-celled ; ovules 1-2, 
pendulous, axile, anatropal ; styles distinct, as many as the cells ; 
stigmas capitate. Fruit in our genera drupaceous ; but more usually 
a capsule with septicidal dehiscence. Seeds albuminous. — Herbs or 
shrubs with alternate stipulate mostly entire leaves ; inflorescence 
various ; petals fugacious, often showy. Distrib. Species 150 ; cosmo- 
politan, both tropical and temperate. 
Climbers, with hooked tendrils ; styles 5 ; drupe 5-celled 1. Hugonia. 
Erect shrubs with 3 styles and drupes 1 -celled by 
abortion . 2. Erythryoxylon. 
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