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Stamens five. Calyx five parted, tube funnel-form, imbricate in 

 the 1 mil, persistent. SCLERANTHACE.E. p. 64. 



Stamens four. Calyx four cleft, or two lipped, valvate in the bud. 



PROTEACEJE. 



Stamens four, eight, or more. Calyx imbricate in the bud, often 

 with a fleshy disc in its base, and with petaloid scales in the 

 throat, colored. TUYMELEACE.*;. p. 291. 



84. Perianth dry, five cleft. Stamens cohering to a tube. Stigma 



sessile. Seeds kidney-shaped. AMARANTIIACE.E. p. 286. 

 Perianth corolla-like, tubular, funnel-form, or salver-form, plaited 

 in the bud. Style presant. NYCTAGINACE-. p. 283. 



85. Leaves covered with dry, shield-like scales. Perianth becoming 



fleshy or hard in the fruit. EL.EAONACE.E. p. 292. 

 Leaves terminating in a cirrhus which is commonly enlarged to a 

 pitcher-like extension. Stamens cohering to a tube. Anthers 

 sixteen. Ovary four celled. Stigma sessile. Tropical shrubs. 



NEPENTHACE.E. 

 Leaves not scaly nor furnished with pitcher-bearing cirrhi. 



Flowers regular. 86 



Flowers somewhat irregular or unsymmetrical. 



Carpels three or more. Calyx five cleft. Fruit a capsule, one 

 seeded or with one seed in each cell. Leaves alternate. 



SAPINDACE.E. p. 88. 

 Carpels two. Fruit a samara. Stigma two cleft. Leaves opposite. 



ACERACExE. p. 91. 



86. Anthers opening by a slit lengthwise, or rarely by a pore. 87 

 Anthers opening by valves which roll upwards. 



Ovary one celled, but formed of three carpels united by their edges, 

 with one ovule suspended from the apex. Leaves alternate, en- 

 tire. LAURACE.K. p. 290. 



Ovaries many, distinct, one celled, with one erect ovule in each. 

 Leaves opposite, serrate. ATHEROSPERMACB.E. 



