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Cyrillaceae (from the genus Cyrilla, named in honor of Dominico Cyrillo, a professor of medicine at Naples). Cyrilla Family. Fig. 33. Shrubs with alternate, entire leaves: flowers bisexual, regular, small; sepals 5, often enlarged in fruit, imbricated; petals 5, imbricated, slightly connate at base or separate; stamens 5 or 10, hypogynous, the inner sometimes wanting, filaments dilated; ovary superior, 2-4-celled; ovules 1, rarely, 2-4 in each cell; style short; stigmas 2: fruit a fleshy or dry capsule, or nearly dry drupe with wings; seeds albuminous.
The 3 genera and only 5 species are all American, ranging from Virginia to Brazil. The relationship of the Cyrillaceae is doubtfully understood. It is probably closely related to the Aquifoliaceae, although some have placed it with the Ericaceae. The small polypetalous flowers, the few stamens, the several-celled, few-seeded ovary, the dry fruit and the non-arillate seeds are important characteristics.
Cyrilla racemiflora (leatherwood, black ti-ti) of the southeastern United States is occasionally cultivated for ornamental purposes.
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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