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3. Opiliaceae: fls. heterochlam. with slight seam-like K; G with 



i ov. with no integument. 



4. Grubbiaceae: trees or shrubs with opp. leathery 1. and small g reg. 



fls.; P 4 sepaloid, A 4 + 4, G (i), i 5-loc. below when young, 

 later i-loc. with i pend ov. on central plac.; drupe; oily endosp. 



5. Olacaceae: trees and shrubs with usu. alt. entire 1. and small ? reg. 



fls.; K 4 6, very small, C 4 6, A as many or i 3 times as 

 many, G (2 5), i 5-loc. at base, i-loc. above, with i ov. pend. 

 into each loc.; i -seeded drupe or nut; endosp. 



6. Octoknemataceae : woody with alt. 1. and $ fls.; P 2 + 3, A 2 + 3, 



anteposed, G i-loc. with 3 pend. ov. ; drupe i -seeded. 



7. Loranthaceae: woody semiparas., usu. on trees, with usu. reg. 2 3- 



merous,_usu. homochlam. or S ? fls.; P in two whorls, A as 

 many, G i-loc. usu. without differentiation of ov. and plac.; 

 layer of viscin round seed; endosp. 



8. Balanophoraceae : fleshy root paras, with tuberous rhiz. from which 



stems rise endog., and small fls. in spikes or heads, homochlam. 

 or naked, usu. S ? ; P in S 3 4 (2 8), united below, A as many 

 or i 2; P in usu. o; G (i 2), rarely (3 5); nut or drupe; 

 endosp. 



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1. Aristolochiaceae: herbs or climbing shrubs with alt. exstip. 1. and 



homochlam. 5 reg. or fls.; P usu. (3), petaloid, A 636, free 

 or united with style, G, rarely G, 4 6-loc. with oo ov. ; caps. ; 

 endosp. 



2. Rafflesiaceae : thalloid parasites, shoots very short with term. fl. or 



raceme, usu. <? ? , reg. haplochlam.; P (4 5), A oo on column, 

 G (468) with parietal plac. or oo twisted loc.; berry with 

 co seeds ; endosp. 



3. Hydnoraceae: thalloid paras, with $ reg. fls.; P (34), fleshy, 



A 3 4, epiphyllous, G (3) with parietal, plac. and oo ov.;' 

 berry ; endo- and perisp. 



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I. Polygonaceae : 



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Chenopodiaceae : usu. herbs with alt. often fleshy I. and cymose 

 infls. of small reg. homochlam. $ or <? ? fls.; P (5) or less, imbr. 

 sepaloid, A as many, anteposed, bent inwards in bud, G (2) 

 i-loc. with i basal ov. ; nut; endosp. 



Amarantaceae : herbs or shrubs with opp. or alt. exstip. 1. and 

 small haplochlam. usu. 5 reg. fls. in cymose or cpd. infls. ; P 45 

 or (4 5) usu. sepaloid, A 15 anteposed and united below, 

 G (23), i-loc. with ooi ov.; nut; endosp. 



