COCHLOSPERMA CEAE BEGONIA CEAE xxxv 



1 6. Cochlospermaceae: woody, usu. with lobed or cpd. 1. and showy 



? reg. or -|- fls. in racemes or panicles; K, C 45, A oo , G (3 5) 

 each with oo ov. on parietal or almost central plac.; caps.; 

 endosp. 



17. Winteranaceae : woody pi. with alt. exstip. 1. and cymose umbels 



of $ reg. fls.; K 4 5, C 4 5 or o, A (20 or less), G (2 5) with 

 2 oo ov. on parietal plac.; berry; endosp. 



18. Violaceae: herbs, or woody, with alt. stip. 1. and ? reg. or [ fls.; 



K, C, A 5, G (3), each with i oo ov. on parietal plac.; caps, 

 or berry ; endosp. 



19. Flacourtiaceae : usu. woody pi. with alt. stip. simple 1., and or 



i ? reg. fls.; R 2 15, C 10 o, A usu. oo , G or semi-inf. (2 

 10) usu. with GO ov. on parietal plac.; berry or caps.; often aril; 

 endosp. 



20. Stachyuraceae: small shrubs with alt. 1. and racemes of small or 



polyg. reg. fls.; K, C 4, A 8, G (4) with oo ov. ; berry; aril; 

 endosp. 



21. Turneraceae: herbs, trees or shrubs with alt. 1., stip. or not. and 



axillary or racemed or cymed 5 reg. fls. with tubular axis; K, C, 

 A 5, G (3), each with 3 oo ov. on parietal plac.; style divided ; 

 caps.; aril; endosp. 



22. Malesherbiaceae : herbs or undershrubs with alt. exstip. usu. very 



hairy 1. and racemes or cymes of $ reg. j-merous fls. with tubular 

 axis and gynophore; A 5, concrescent with gynophore, G (3) 

 with oo ov. on parietal plac.; caps.; no aril. 



23. Passifloraceae : herbs or shrubs often climbing by tendrils with 



simple usu. palmately lobed 1., stip. or not, and fls. sol. or in 

 racemes or cymes, reg., 5 or i ? , with axis often tubular ending 

 in effigurations ; K, C 5, rarely 3 8, A usu. 5 or 4 8, rarely oo , 

 united to prolongation of axis, G (3 5) usu. with oo ov. on 

 parietal plac.; caps, or berry ; usu. aril and endosp. 



24. Achariaceae: herbs or undershrubs with simple or lobed 1. and 



single fls. or few in an axil, c? ? reg., 3 5-merous; K, C, A 3 5, 

 G as last ; caps. ; endosp. 



25. Caricaceae : woody pi. with simple or cpd. exstip. 1. and axillary 



infls. of<? 9 reg. fls. with hollow axis; K 5, C (5) in long tube 

 in c? , short in ? ; A 5 + 5, G (3 5) with oo ov. on parietal plac.; 

 berry ; endosp. 



26. Loasaceae : herbs, rarely shrubs, sometimes twining, with alt. or 



opp. exstip. 1. and often stinging hairs, and $ fls. ; K 5 (rarely 

 4 7), C 5, rarely united, often boat-shaped, A oo , those before 

 K often transformed to nectaries, G (3 7) each with i oo ov., 

 usu. on parietal plac.; caps, sometimes spirally twisted; endosp. 



27. Datiscaceae : herbs or shrubs with exstip. 1. and racemes of small 



usu. cf ? fls.; cT K 39, C o or 8, A 425, $ and ? P 38, 

 G (3 8) with parietal plac. and oo ov.; caps.; endosp. slight. 



28. Begoniaceae: herbs or undershrubs with alt. asymmetric stip. 1. 



and dichasia or cymes of 3 ? _fls.; i K 2, rarely 5, C 2 6 or o, 

 A op , ? P 5 2 or 3 + 3 or 8, G (3), rarely (4 5) with oo ov. on 

 parietal plac.; caps.; no endosp. 



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