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straight embryo, in fleshy albumen. (Viola (Violet), 3 sp., 
1 or 2 introduced species ; Melicytws (Hina-hina), 4 sp.; Hymen- 
anthera, 2 sp.) 
5. Prrrosporrm.— Shrubs or trees with alternate or 
whorled exstipulate leaves. Sepals, petals, and stamens 5; 
anthers oblong or sagittate. Ovary imperfectly 2-3-celled. 
Fruit a 2-3-valved woody capsule; seeds imbedded in a 
glutinous material ; embryo minute, in hard albumen. (Pitto- 
sporum (Mapau), about 19 sp.) 
ex Pistil syncarpous, 1-celled ; placente basal. Herbs with 
opposite entire leaves. Seeds with curved embryo in 
mealy endosperm. 
6. CARYOPHYLLE®.—Sepals and petals 4 or 5; stamens 
4-5, or 8-10; styles 2-5; ovules numerous. (P. 139.) 
7. PortuLacea.—Sepals 2; petals 5, united at the base ; 
stamens 0; style 1, 2-3-fid; ovules few. (Claytonia, 1 sp.; 
Montia, 1 sp.; Hectorella, 1 sp.) 
8. ParonycH1nEa.—Sepals 4 (-5); petals 0; stamens 
1 (-5), perigynous; style 1, 2-fid; ovule 1. (Scleranthus, 
1 sp.) 
wees Prstil syncarpous, 2- or more-celled; placenta avile. 
9. Hiatinsa.—Small creeping water-herb, with opposite 
stipulate leaves. Flowers minute, solitary, and axillary. 
Sepals, petals, stamens, and stigmas 2 or 3. Seeds with little 
orno endosperm. (Hlatine, 1 sp.) | 
10. HyprricinEm.—Herbs (or shrubs); leaves opposite, 
exstipulate, often gland-dotted. Sepals and petals 5; sta- 
mens co; ovary 3—-d-celled, or 1-celled with 3 produced 
placente. Capsule 3-valved; seeds albuminous. (Hypericum 
(St. John’s Wort), 2 sp.; 1 or 2 introducéd sp.) 
11. Matvacrm.—Herbs, shrubs, or trees; leaves alter- 
nate, stipulate. Calyx 5-lobed, valvate; petals 5, contorted ; 
Stamens co, monadelphous, with 1-celled anthers. Ovary of 
1 or more carpels, free or connate. Seeds with large folded 
cotyledons and little or no endosperm. (P. 139.) 
12. Tintacem.—Shrubs or trees; leaves alternate or oppo- 
site, stipulate or exstipulate. Sepals 4-5, valvate; petals 
4-5, imbricate, often lobed or cut; stamens usually oo, free, 
anthers 2-celled, often opening by pores. Ovary 2-6-celled ; 
seeds albuminous. (Hntelea, 1 sp.; Aristotelia (Mako-mako), 
3. sp.; Hleocarpus, 2 sp.) 
Diviston II., Discrrtor#.—Flowers with calyx and corolla; 
petals free, and inserted with the stamens on the surface 
or margin of a hypogynous disc. 
Hzceptions.—Petals united in Stackhousiex, absent in some Rham- 
hes and Sapindacess. Ovary inferior in some Rhamnex, 
