126 Sir E. F. Bromhead's Attempt to ascertain 



valvate. Petals hypogynous, of the same number as the caly- 

 cine divisions (exc. Rhodolasnaceae), alternating. Stamens hy- 

 pogynous, not fewer than the petals, definite (exc. some Rho- 

 dolaenacese), connected at the base by an urceolus or disk or 

 corolline tube ; anthers bilocular. Carpels 2 or more or 1 by 

 abortion (Canelleas, Rhodolaenaceas), forming independent cells, 

 free from the calyx, connate with each other in the bud. 

 Stigmas not sessile, style 1 (exc. Hugoniaceae). Ovules not 

 basilar. Albumen rarely absent (Trichilieae, some Cedrelaceae), 

 enclosing the embryo ; embryo straight. 



Inclining to a tropical habitat. 



11. Fabales. — Leaves petioled, usually alternate and stipu- 

 late. Flowers solitary or racemose or panicled. Sepals not 

 exceeding 5, odd sepal inferior, sepals in a single series, more 

 or less connected at the base, persistent. Petals not exceeding 

 5, alternating with the calycine divisions, not twisted in aes- 

 tivation. Stamens not more than 4 times the number of 

 petals. Carpels 1-5, forming independent cells, without an 

 epigynous disk, free from the calyx (exc. the stipe occasionally), 

 not gynobaseose, not connate with each other. Styles distinct. 

 Fruit leguminous or rarely drupaceous or samaroid. Albumen 

 (exc. Fillasa, Cathartocarpus fistula, Cnestis). 



VioLALEs. — Not arboreous (exc. Moringaceae), not lactes- 

 cent, stems round (?) ; leaves with persistent stipules or with 

 stipulary fringes or with sheathing petioles or pinnatifid. Calyx 

 of 4 or 5 divisions, odd sepal inferior or by reclination supe- 

 rior, imbricate, persistent ( ? tube at the base in Moringaceae). 

 Petals as many as the calycine divisions, alternating, not con- 

 nate with each other, not valvate, more or less unguiculate or 

 oblong (Moringaceae). Stamens definite, not fewer than the 

 petals, not more than the number of petals in a row ; anthers 

 or their connective or dehiscence more or less abnormal or par- 

 tially abortive. Carpels 2-5, free from the calyx, connate with 

 each other ; edges of the carpellary leaves (if turned inwards) 

 rarely connate at the centre (some Droseraceae). PlacentcE at 

 the edges of the carpellary leaves or at the base ; ovules many. 

 Fruit a capsule, distinctly valved when the placentae are not at 

 the base. Embryo straight, erect, in the axis of albumen (if 

 any). Albumen rarely absent, and then the embryo oily with 



