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Rhamnaceae : woody pi., rarely herbs, often climbing, with simple 

 stip. 1. and small greenish or yellowish fls. often in axillary cymose 

 infls.; K 5 4, C 5 4 small, or o, A 5 4, G to G (5 2) with 

 i ov. in each; dry fr. or drupe; endosp. little or none. 



Vitaceae : climbing shrubs often with tendrils opp. 1. ; like pre- 

 ceding, but berry: C valv., often united above and falling as a 

 whole, G (2 8) ; endosp. 



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1. Elaeocarpaceae : woody pi. with simple stip. 1. and $ 5 4-merous 



fls.; A oo, G (2 oo ) with oo ov. and i style, 2 oo-loc., rarely 

 i-loc.; caps., rarely drupe; sometimes aril; endosp. 



2. Chlaenaceae: woody pi. with alt. stip. 1. and $ reg. fls.; K 5, 



C 56, A 10 oo, G (3) each with 2 ov.; caps.; endosp. 



3. Gonystilaceae : shrubs with alt. entire exstip. 1. and cymose panicles 



of $ reg. fls.; K 54, C 5 4, usu. divided, A oo, anthers dithe- 

 cous, G (5 3), each with i pend. ov.; berry; no endosp. 



4. Tiliaceae: usu. woody pi. with alt. stip. 1. and $ reg. fls.; K 5, 



C 5 or o, A oo rarely to 10, free or in bundles, anthers dithecous, 

 G(2 oo ), each with i oo ov., 2 oo-loc.; endosp. 



5. Malvaceae : herbs, shrubs, or trees with simple or lobed stip. 1. 



and $ usu. conspic. fls., sol., or in infls.; K 5, often with epi- 

 calyx, C 5, conv., A usu. oo in 2 whorls, united in a tube below, 

 monothecous, with thorny pollen, G (5 oo ), each with i oo ov. ; 

 styles as many or twice ; caps, or schizocarp. ; endosp. 



6. Bombacaceae : woody pi. with entire or palmate stip. 1. and often 



conspic. fls.; like last, but anthers with i, 2 or more loc. and 

 smooth pollen; G (2 5) with 2 oo ov., seeds sometimes en- 

 closed in hairs from pericarp ; endosp. thin or o. 



7. Sterculiaceae : trees, shrubs and herbs with alt. simple or cpd. stip. 



1. and complex infls. of 5 or $ ? fls.; (K), C conv. or o, A in 2 

 whorls, the outer stds., the inner often branched, all united ; 

 anthers 2-loc. , often andro-gynophore ; Gusu. (5), antepet., each 

 with 2 oo ov. ; usu. schizocarp; endosp. 



8. Scytopetalaceae : woody pi. with alt. leathery 1. and bunches or 



racemes of long-stalked fls.; K dish-like, 3 7 valv., A oo , 

 G (4 6), each with 2 6 pend. ov. ; fr. woody or drupe, i- 

 seeded. 



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i. Dilleniaceae : woody, sometimes climbing, rarely herbs, with usu. 

 entire alt. evergr. I., stip. or not, and usu. 5 reg. yellow or white 

 fls.; K 3 oo, C 53, A oo, rarely 10 or less, G oo i, each 

 with i oo ov. ; fr. dehisc. or not ; aril; endosp. 



