The genera of South African plants : arranged according to the natural system / by William Henry Harvey.

  • William H. Harvey
Date:
1868
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Credit: The genera of South African plants : arranged according to the natural system / by William Henry Harvey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Order 34. Olacinea (t^. 4Q). Disk anmdar or 4-5-lobed. „ 35. IlicinecB (p. 50). Disk 0. Cohort IX. Celastrales.—Flowers regular or irregular, always small and usually hermaphrodite. Sepals and petals 4-5. Disk cushion-like and adnate to the base of the calyx. Stamens definite on the margin or base of the disk. Ovary 2- or more celled, free or immersed in the disk ; ovules 1-2, erect from the base of the cells, with the raphe next the axis, rarely 3-6, attached to the inner angle of the cells.—Leaves simple, except in Ampelidea. Order 36. Celastrinece (p. 51). Flowers small. Ovary sometimes sunk in disk. Ovules 6-8 in Cathastrum and Putterlichia. „ 37. Rh.am.necB {p. hh). Ovary often inferior or adhering to the calyx. Petals often absent, always minute. „ 38. Ampelidece (p. 57). Petals valvate, often cohering at the tips. Cohort X. Sapindaies.—Flowers regular or irregular, usually unisexual. Disk adnate to the base of the calyx. Stamens definite or indefinite, in- serted upon or within the disk. Ovary 1- or more celled ; ovules 1-2 in each cell, erect from its base, or pendulous from a basal fuuiele.—Leaves often compound. Order 39. Sapindacem (p. 58). Petals usually 1 fewer than the calyx-lobes, or 0, often with a claw at the base. Stamens often 8, and disk often unilateral. „ 40. JnacardiacecB (p. 62). Petals 0 or as many as calyx-lobes. Stamens usually twice as many. Series III. Calyciflorse.—Sepals connate into a more or less distinct tube, which is free or adnate to the ovary. Disk usually indistinguishable from the calyx-tube. Petals as many as the sepals, inserted with the sta- mens on the calyx-tube or on the base of its lobes. Ovary very often more or less inferior. Cohort XI. Eosales.—Flowers regular or irregular, usually 5-merous and hermaphrodite. Stamens definite or indefinite. Carpels 1 or more, free, rarely united more or less ; styles usually distinct, or separable.—Leaves simple or compound. Order 41. „ 42. „ 43. „ 44. „ 45. 46. 47. 49. ConnaracecB (p. 65). Leguminosoe (p. 65). Stamens indefinite in Mimosecg. Rosacea (p. 93.) Petals 0 in Alohemilla, Poterium, and Cliffortia. SaxifragecB (p. 97). Disk large in Brexia. CrassulacecB (p. 99). Perigynous scales opposite the carpels in many species. JlamamelidecB (p. 102). Flowers unisexual and apetalous in Trichocladus. Grubbia should perhaps be referred to Santa- lacea. Bruniaeece (p. 103). Petals connate in Lonohosioma. IlaloragecB (p. 106). Flowers very imperfect in all the species. BalanophorecB (p. 107). Flowers extremely imperfect. The Order has been ])laced next to SantalacecB recently by Dr. Eichlur, of Munich. Cohort XII. Myktales.—Flowers usually both regular and hermaphrodite. Stamens definite or indefinite, 4r-5-merous. Disk 0 orcoverin^theovarv.