ANALYSIS OF THE NATURAL ORDERS. 9 



* Stamens 8. Carpel and style 1 BUBSERACE.E. 35 



yy Filaments 10, united into a tube or cup. Flowers in panicles MELIACE.E. 27 



yy Filaments 610, distinct. Flowers small, white, in racemes BURSERACE.E. 35 



yy Filaments G 10, distinct. Fls. small, white or hoary, paniculate.. SAPINDACE^E. 37 

 yy Filaments 5, distinct. . (*) 



* Leaves pellucid-punctate RUTACE^E. 31 



* Leaves opaque. Ovary 1-celled, 1-seeded ANACARDIACE^E. 36 



zz Petals 4, yellow, strap-shaped, appearing in late Autumn HAMAMELACE^E. 47 



zz Petals 4 7, cyanic (rarely yellow), rounded or short, .(t) f 



t Style 0, the stigmas 1, 4, or 5, sessile. Drupe 4-6-seeded ORDER 74 



t Styles (or stigmas) 3, but the drupe only 1-sceded ANACARDIACE^E. 36 



t Styles 3, capsule many-sded. Lvs. minute and scale-form. .TAMARISCINEJE. 24 bis 

 t Style !,..($) 



\ Capsule 3-seeded. Seeds with a scarlet aril CELASTRACE.E. 38 



$ Caps. GO-seeded. Clusters fragrant. Lvs. evergreen. Cult. ..PiTTO9PORACit.. 

 % Capsule with few or many seeds. Native shrubs .OKDEK 73 



B. COHORT 2. GAMOPETALOUS EXOGENS. 



$ Stamens (C GO) more numerous than the lobes of the corolla. .(9) | 

 Stamens (2 12) fewer than the corolla lobes or of the same number. .(2)"' 

 2 Ovary inferior, =adherent to the tube of the calyx. .(3)*\. 

 2 Ovary superior, = free from the tube of the calyx .. (4)-^^ 

 3 Stamens cohering by their anthers. . (c) 

 3 Stamens entirely distinct.. (d) 



4 Flowers regular and the stamens symmetrical. . (5) **V, 

 4 Flowers regular and the stamens reduced to 2 or 4. .(ri) 

 4 Flowers irregular. Stamens (except in 3 or 4 species) unsymmetrical. . (0) 

 5 Stamens opposite to the lobes of the corolla (and distinct).. (c) 

 5 Stamens alternate with the corolla lobes (rarely connate).. (tt)\. 

 G Shrubs, trees, with the carpels or stigmas 3 6..(/) 

 6 Herbs 1-10-carpelled, or shrubs 2-carpelled..(7) \ 

 7 Ovary 1, deeply 4-partcd or 4-partible, forming 4 achenia..(0) 

 7 Ovarief 2, distinct (often covered by the stamens) .. (h) 

 7 Ovary 1 compound, * one-celled.. (k) 



* two-six-celled.. (m) "%, 



9 Flowers irregular (rarely regular and the fruit a legume).. (a] / 

 9 Flowers tegular and the fruit never a legume ( 165). . (b) * 



a Flowers 1- or 2-sided, with 1 or 2 blunt spurs. Stamens 0, in 2 set \. . .ORDER 10 

 a Flowers 1-sided, no ^pur..(*) 



* Leaves compound. Fruit a legume ORDER 43 



; Leaves simple. Fruit 2-cclled, 2-seeded ORDER 42 



* Leaves simple. Fruit 5-celled ERICACEAE. T-i 



6 Corolla lobes convolute in bud. Stamens GO, united into 1 tube ORDER 23 



b Corolla lobes imbricate in bud. Stamens GO, in 1 or several scis ORDER 26 



b Corolla lobes imbricate or valvate. . (u) 



u Stamens 1024. Styles 512 ORDER 46 



u Stamens 5 10. Style 1. Capsule 5-celled ERICACEAE. 7:{ 



v Stamens 8 GO. Style 1. Nut 1-5-secdcd STYRACACK.E. 76 



u Stamens fi. Styles 4. Uerry 8-seeded EBKNACE>K. T] 



u Stamens 8. Style 1. Drupe 1 -seetf ^ OtACACE^E. 80 (p. 447> 



