36 



One ovule in each cell. Styles two or more. 



PlIYTOLACCACE.E. p. 584. 



Many ovules in each cell. Plants with fleshy leaves. 



PORTULACACEJE. p. 69. 



74. Style present. Stigma angular or cleft. BIXACE.E. 

 Style none or very short. 



Stigma round, head-like. CAPPARIDACE^. p. 56. 

 Stigma radially three to ten parted. Seeds six to twenty. 



FLACOURTIACEtf:. 



75. Ovary with two or more ovules in each cell. 77 

 Ovary with one ovule in each cell. 



Style one or none. 76 



Styles three or more. 



Ovules attached to the base of the carpel. Herbs. 



PHYTOLACCACE^:. p. 284. 

 Ovule hanging from the apex of the carpel. Shrubs or herbs. 



PORTULACACE.E. p. 69. 



76. Calyx valvate in the bud. Stigma undivided. Ovary surrounded 



by a fleshy disc. RHAMNACE.K. p. 86. 

 Calyx imbricate in the bud. 



Thick-leaved plants. Leaves opposite or in whorls. 



PORTULACACE.H. p. 69. 



Thin-leaved plants. Leaves alternate. Stamens usually more than 

 the divisions of the calyx. Sepals commonly unequal. 



SAPINDACE.H. p. 88. 



77. Style one or none. 78 



Styles or stigmas two or more. 



Styles four. Carpels four with two ovules in each. Perianth col- 

 ored, four cleft, swelled out at base, valvate in the bud, persist- 

 , ent. Evergreen shrubs of southern Africa. PKN.EACK K. 



Herbs or shrubs with fleshy leaves. Ovary with many ovules in 

 each cell. PORTULACACE.K. p. 69. 



