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insists tliat tlie relationship of the Papaveraceae and the Rauunculaceae is 

 shown by a comparison of Corydalis with Leptqpyrum, and Platystemon with 

 Ranunculus 1 ^. 



105 CapparidaceaB 2) ' Closely related to the Cruciferse. 



106 Koeberliniaceae : ENGLER formerly placed this family in the 

 Parietales, but later on he brought it to the Khoeadales and united it with the 

 Capparidaceae. I put it here for the sake of convenience, next to the Cappari- 

 daceae. ZUCCARINI and ENDLICHER refer it to the Pittosporaceae on account of 

 its many-seeded placentas. Asa Gray and BENTHAM-HOOKER ascribe it to the 

 flutaceae of the Geraniales ; ENGLER, however, does not regarded this family 

 as referable to the same series. The Kceberliniaceae are comparable with the 

 Saxifragaceae or with the Parietales, in the placenta with numerous poly- 

 S3iiate ovules. They are near the Bixaceae in their deciduous sepals. The 

 existence of some connections between the flowers of this familv and those of 



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the Hhoeadales is almost undeniable. 



107 Cruciferae" : Iu floral structure, this family is directly relate^ to 

 the Papaveraceae, and after that, to the Capparidacese. 



108 Tovariaceae 5) : Somewhat near the Phytolaccaceae (BENTH.-HoQKEit). 

 But, on the other hand, the family stands between the Papaveraceae and the 

 Capparidaceae (EICHLER). It approaches the Capparidaceae in the structure 

 of its seeds and in its habit. 



109 Resedaceae G) : Near the Cruciferae and the Capparidaceae. With 

 the latter, the family agrees in the parietal placenta, in the gynophore and in 

 the zygomorphous flowers. 



110 Moringacese r) : DALZELL compares this family with the Bignouiacese, 

 while it is brought near the Violaceae by LINDLEY and HOOKER. GRISEBACH 

 and BAILLON bring it into comparison with some of the Bhoeadiiieae, especially 

 with the Capparidaceae ; but ENDLICHER, DECAISXE and BENTHAM place it 

 beside the Leguminosae or even assign it to the latter family. Other botanists 



1) FEDDE, F. Papaveracete, in das Pflanzenreich IV. 104, p. 74. 



2) 1. c. III. 2, p. 220. 3) 1. c. Ill 6, p. 321. 

 4) Nat. Pfl.-fam. III. 2, p. 152. 5) 1. c. III. 2, p. 207. 

 6) Nat. Pfl.-fam. III. 2, p. 239. 7) 1. c. III. -2, p. 244. 



