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Excerpt from The Flora of British India, Vol. 2: Sabiaceæ to Cornaceæ
Perennial shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple; stipules large, deciduous. Flowers racemed or panicled, white. Calyx persistent; tube campanulate; lobes 5. Petals 5. Stamens 10 dr more. Disc lining the calyx-tube. C'arpels 1-5, free or connate ventrally; ovules few or many. Follables coriaceous or membranous. Seeds few or many, turgid; tests crustaceous, albumen -distbib. Species 4 or 5, natives of the Himalaya, Java, N. E. Asia, America.
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