DICOTYLEDONS. 3 



Cohort VII. Oeraniales. — Ovary more or less deeply sulcate or lobed, more rarely 

 nlire (Linese, Humiriacese, Burseraceae, Meliacese, Chailletiacese). Stamens hypogynous. 

 Ovules I, 2 or rarely indefinite, pendulous, with a ventral raphe. 



XXVIII. LiNEiE. Shrubs or herbs, with alternate or rarely opposite (Aneulophus), 

 simple leaves. Ovary undivided. Styles free or connate. Ovules 1 or 2 in each cell. 



XXIX. Humiriaceje. Tree, with alternate, coriaceous, glabrous leaves. Ovary undi- 

 vided. Connective of the authers fleshy, produced beyond the cells. Ovules solitary. 



XXX. Malpighiace.e. Shrubs, usually climbing, with opposite or alternate (Acrido- 

 carpus) leaves. Sepals often with dorsal glands. Ovary lobed. Ovules solitary. Fruit- 

 carpels winged. 



XXXI. Zygophylle-E. Herbs or shrubs, with opposite or alternate (Nitraria), 1-2- 

 oliolate or pinnate leaves. Filaments often with a minute scale at the base. Ovary angled 

 or lobed. Ovules], 2 or more in each cell. 



XXXII. Geraniace,e. Herbs, rarelv shrubs, with alternate or opposite, usually stipu- 

 late leaves, which are not pellucid-dotted. Stamens 5, 10 or 15, all or only part antherife- 



tirm 7 lobed ' 0vules 1 or 2 - Fruit usually with a central prominent beak. 

 a . ^ UTa ce^:. Trees shrubs or herbs, with opposite or alternate, simple or com- 

 pound, exstipulate, gland-dotted leaves. Ovary lobed, usually surrounded by or inserted upon 



Sn^ °™les 1 or 2 in each cell. 



aaaIV. SiMARUBEiE. Shrubs or trees, bitter to the taste, with alternate, simple or 

 wnpouDd, eglandular leaves. Filaments usually pilose or with an adnate scale. Ovary 



™? 7nles ] or 2 ia each celL 

 nnlT i ° CHNACE -E- Shrubs or trees, with alternate, simple, glabrous, penmveined, sti- 

 pulate leaves. Stamens 10-qo. Anthers linear, often elongate. Ovary deeply lobed. 



mv? els distinct ' dr,l P a ccous. 

 e«r t BurSf Race^:. Trees or shrubs, usually abounding in resin. Leaves alternate, 



«ipo ate, 3-foliolate or pinnate, rarely 1-foliolate. Ovary entire. Ovules 2 or 1 in each 

 «"• Albumen 0. . J 



Stam XV q L Mbua CE«. Trees or shrubs, with alternate, exstipulate, compound leaves, 

 each «5 * monadel P"°us (in African genera). Ovary entire. Ovules 2 or 4 to 10 in 



leam XV ?I*, CH . A,tLET,ACEiE - Sma11 trpes or shrubs ' with alternate ' entire ' sti P ulate 

 • Petals bifid. Ovary entire. Ovules 2 in each cell. 



r</i° h0rt V1X1 - Olacales.— Ovary entire, 1-n-celled. Stamens hypogynous or 

 JbuSuT*' ° VUleS 1_3 ■" each CeU > V^dulous, with a dorsal raphe. Seeds usually 



•KwS?' P" CINE -B< Trees or shrubs, erect or scandent. Leaves alternate, simple, ex- 

 OtdIm „"„ i, als , free or conuate - dually valvate. Ovary 1- or imperfectly 3-5-celled. 



usually solitary in each division of 'the ovary. Albumen rarely wanting. 

 tala imhJ " C . INEjE - Glabrous shrub or tree, with alternate, simple, exstipulate leaves. 1 e- 

 Cate - Ovary 3-6-celled. Albumen copious. 



^/! H m 0rt **• CeUwtrales.— Disk fleshy, free or adnate to the calyx-tube. Stamens 

 ^hZ't l P6tals > in! *rted around or within the margin of the disk or hypogynous. 

 W. Flowers small, usually hermaphrodite. 



iffi bricate CEL <J A . STRACEiE - Shrubs or trecs - Leaves °PP osite or aIternate ' simi)le - Petah 

 XLII *r, ens alter uate with the petals or only 3. ^ . 



•*, cone CEjE - Shrubs or trees > with sim P le ,eam - Calvx - Iobes Talvate - 



XLIJT ! V „ e " Sta mens opposite to the petals. , . , 



*«*>W?* UWUB - Shru os often scandent, with jointed stems and alternate, simple 

 to the JS3? leaves - Calyx-lobes imbricate. Petals valvate, caducous. Stamens opposite 



^ <£?,*■ **&***!*,.— Disk various. Stamens nypogynous or subhypogynous 

 <$**d Z, 0r - lobed - Ovule, 1 or 2 in each cell, ascending, pendulous or lateral ly 

 ^tfreoZt "**»*•• Mowers most frequently unisexual or polygamous. Leaves 

 * en "!t compound. Trees or shrubs, rarely herbs. . 



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