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Leaves abounding in translucent dots. Fruit a berry, usually 



large, orange-like. AURANTIACE.E. p. 83. 

 Leaves dotted not at all, or only on the margin. 



Seeds winged. Corolla twisted in the bud. Fruit a capsule. 

 Tropical trees with dense, odoriferous, and colored wood. Stamens 



eight or ten. CEDRELACK.K. 

 Seeds not winged. 



Connective of the anthers remarkably thickened at base. Fila- 

 ments united at base, free at top. Leaves simple. Fruit a 

 drupe. Juice balsamic. Trees or shrubs of tropical America. 



Connective not thickened. Filaments wide and flat, and united 

 into a decided tube. Leaves mostly pinnate. Stamens four, 

 fleshy at base, opposite the petals. Juice yellow, resinous. 

 Ovules few in each cell. MELIACEJ:. p. 84. 



Fruit a capsule. Flowers dioecious. Ovary four celled. Ovules 

 numerous. CLUSIACE.K. 



60. Seeds winged. Fruit a capsule. Corolla twisted in the bud. 

 Stamens ten. Leaves pinnate, sometimes showing minute, trans- 

 parent dots. Tropical trees, usually with colored wood. 



CEDRELACE.*:. 

 Seeds not winged. 



Leaves with translucent dots. Filaments widened at base. Stigma 

 undivided. Fruit an orange-like berry. Seeds without albumen. 

 Trees or shrubs abounding in glandular drops of volatile oil. 

 Natives of tropical Asia. AURANTIACE.T-:. p. 83. 



Leaves without translucent dots. 



Flowers imperfect, difficious. Petals five. Stamens five or ten. 

 Ovary five celled, with many ovules in each cell. Seeds with a 

 fleshy aril. Leaves opposite. Trees of tropical America. 



CLUSIACE^K. 



Flowers sometimes perfect, sometimes imperfect. Stamens three 

 or two. Petals three or two. Ovary two to nine celled, with one 

 ovule in each cell, ascending from the base of the cell. Shrubs. 



EMPETRACE.K. 

 Flowers perfect. 



