8 KEY TO THE ORDERS 



Placentas free, central or basal. 



Sepals, petals and stamens 6 each. 



Berberidefe. 



Sepals 5 or calyx 5-fid. 



Herbs, leaves opposite. Caryophyllere. 



Trees or shrubs, leaves scale-like. 



Tamariscinese. 

 Ovary 2-many-celled. 



Sepals imbricate in bud. 



Ovary with many (more than 4) ovules in each cell. 

 Flowers irregular. Gerauiacere. 



(Impatiens). 

 Flowers regular. 



Leaves opposite. 



Stamens 3-10 free. Elatiuese. 



Stamens many, in 1 or 5-buudles. 



Hypericinese. 

 Leaves alternate, trees or shrubs. 



Ternstroamiaceae. 

 Leaves radical or whorled, herbs. 



- Ficoidese. 



(Mdlugo). 



Ovary with a few (less than 4) ovules in each cell. 

 Trees or shrubs. 



Leaves alternate, petals connate at the base. 



Ilicinese. 

 Leaves opposite, flowers usually unisexual. Calj'x 



of distinct sepals. Guttiferse. 



Herbs, leaves simple or compound. Geraniacese. 

 Sepals valvate in bud. 



Anthers one-celled. Malvaceae. 



Anthers two-celled. 



