Of course if they be opposed, the perianth will be referrible to a calyx if not to a corolla.

Lepidostachys or Scepa.  Fruit dicarpillary, stigmata four, hence they are placentary not costoid. bilocular, loculis dispermis, ovula 2 pend; 1 abortiv. semiunceum, testa vix arillus obsacuit clause lutescens carnosa et ab nuclei inter adhaeren.  Rad. sup. embryo junior viridis.

Stipulae cad.  Gemmam oblegent.

Homalineae, Calycis; laciniae 4, petal 4, Glandulae 4 totidem sepalis oppositae.  Connat; stamin 4, petal opposita; styli 4.  Ovar non ext.

Arbor magna. foliis alternis stipulatis, paniculae racemoso-axillares, Flores minut. viridescent.  Pet. et sep. fimbriat. aestiv. imbricat.

Clematis has semina pendula.

The stipulae of Ficus obviously belong not to the leaves, their insertion taking place .5 a line above that of the petiole.  Hence they belong as obviously to the elongation of the axis above the leaf; their coloration is curious, especially as they are green when young.  Their vernation is conduplicate and plicate.

Combretum presents several points in common with Rhamneae; valvate calyx, and tendency to want of petals; to Elaeagneae in calyx and furfuraceous scales; a decandrous Rhamneae would differ but little in flowers from Combretum.

My idea of the origin of stigmata is proved to be correct by a Phyllanthus, the carpella of which are ovuliferous below, the upper part being fleshy, the stigmata are two to each, obviously corresponding to the placentary inflexions, while the sinus terminating the dorsal suture is totally naked; it is this which should bear the stigma if Lindley’s view were correct.

The true place of Moringa seems to be near Xanthophyllum with which genus it has some remarkable points of resemblance, witness the papilionaceous corolla; unilocular stamina, their situation, ovary, placentation, and lastly glandulation.

To this Lindley has made an approximation by placing the order near Violarieae.  Its chief difference from Polygaleae, is habit, foliation, and the perigynous insertion of corolla and stamina, and consequent union of the sepals.  As in Xanthophyllum there is no albumen.

(An additional Xanthop. which until to-day I have always taken for a Leguminosa.)

Tamarindus cal 4 partitus, sepals 2, superiorib. connatis.  Pet. 3, vexillo, sepalo postico composit; opposit; stamen tria; sepalis 3, inferior opposita.  Stylus aestivation deflexus.

Pedicelli apice articulat.  Folii petiol. basi articulat.  Stipulae minimae stipellae.

In Jonesia, there are no petals.  Humboldtia comes near Tamarindus, through H. Brunonis, which agrees in calyx and petals.

Thorns of Prionites, what are they?  They are axillary, and yet buds are produced between them and the axis.  They have no connection with the leaves.  Were it not for the buds above alluded to, I should say that they were abortive branches (bearing one pair of leaves) reduced to spines.