00 



43. Stamens doubled downwards. Anthers elongated. Leaves 



ribbed. MELASTOMACE.E. p. 148. 

 Stamens not doubled down. Anthers short. 



Seeds very numerous, minute. ESCALLIONIACE.E. p. 131. 

 Seeds one to four. BRUNIACEJK. 



44. Placentae parietal. Stipules becoming tendrils. 



CUCURJUTACE.E. p. 158. 

 Placenta) in the axis. 



Stamens opposite the petals, and of the same number. 



RIIAMNACEJ:. p. 86. 

 Stamens alternate with the petals, or not of the same number. 



Leaves opposite. Tropical or Australian trees or shrubs. 



RHIZOPHORACEjK. 



Leaves alternate. HAMAMELIDACE/E. p. 140. 



THALAMIFLORAL EXOGENS. 



45. Stamens few, or not more than twelve. 50 

 Stamens numerous. 



Leaves with stipules, never radical. 48 

 Leaves without stipules, or else radical. 



Leaves with translucent dots, and opposite or in whorls. Stainrns 

 mostly united in sets. HYPEKICACE.B. p. 01. 



Leaves without translucent dots, or else alternate. Stamens dis- 

 tinct, or only at base cohering into a tube. 



Carpels more than one, united into a single ovary. 46 

 ( 'arpels distinct, sometimes single. 



Carpels immersed in a flat-topped, fleshy disc. Aquatic. Petals 



numerous. Flowers large. NELUMBIACE.E. p. 46. 

 Carpels not immersed in the disc. 



