This section is from the book "Handbook Of Hardy Trees, Shrubs, And Herbaceous Plants", by W. Botting Hemsley. Also available from Amazon: Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants.
Shrubs with opposite simple exstipulate leaves. Petals usually valvate, and stamens epigynous. Ovary 3- to 5-celled.
 
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