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4 ShTerrestrial plants,often growing in swampy ay 
places, but if so, not as described; (the oe 
family Cornf\positae in which several or num- 
8 erous flowers are——> assembled into a single © 
flower-like head may be sought here improperly,) 
( 64.Stamens more than 10, often numerousy 
8 Stamens united into a column around 
/ the styles and to the base of the a 
£\ corolla which covers the Ovary ic. Malvaceae lp.—} 
6 Stamens sometimes united into small 
groups out not forming a colum 
12( aroun’ the styles nor hiding the 
OVaAlYy 
JO Calyx free Soci ben ovary or ovaries, 
/Q je. the latter superiory 
/2Pistils more than one in each 
/Lflowery 
. / 4 Stamens attached to the recep- 
| hea at the base of the ovaries; ‘ 
$6 (always herbs Ranunculaceae (p ., 
2 
% 
qi /4 Stamens seated either upon the 
margins or sides of a cup-like 
calyx tube or in usually 3 
) series upon a thickened area at 
6 its base, not strictly seated 
upon tne receptacle proper; 
often shrubs 
Rosaceae {p.—) ‘ 
12 Pistils one in each flowery, 
/4 Fruit a capsule opening by a line 
around the equator, the top thus 
ie ( falling away; small fleshy herbs 
with simple leaves, Portulacacerne (p. 
/4 Fruit a verry or drupe, 
/6Shrubs or trees; leaves simple, / 
Zoalternate, Rosaceae ips? 
: 
/G Herts 60-90 cm. tall; leaves 4 4 
ZocOmMpOoUNncy Ranunculaceae {P§ 
Oe ee 7 even YT ++ +7 + 4 
Jo Calyx partly or wholly adherent to the 
wu vi . 5 
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er therefore/inferior 
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qh) }2 Sevals 2 Portulacaceae ? H 
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12 Sepals 4 or 5 
