KEY TO H0NOC0TYLEDON6 AND DICOTYLEDONS 



FLOWERS WITH PARTS USUALLY IN 

 MULTIPLES OF 3 (RARELY NORE OR LESS) 



LEAVES USUALLY PARALLEL VEINED 

 (RARELY NET VEINED) 



VASCULAR BUNDLES DISTINCT AND 

 SCATTERED 



COTYLEDONS 1 



nONOCOTYLEDONEAE 



SOME FLOWER TYPES 



FLOWERS WITH PARTS USUALLY IN 

 MULTIPLES OF 2, 5 OR MANY (RARELY 5) 



LEAVES PINNATELY OR PALMATELY 

 VEINED (RARELY PARALLEL VEINED OR 

 RIBBED) 



VASCULAR BUNDLES OF STEMS 

 USUALLY IN A RING (SCATTERED 

 IN A FEW AQUATICS) 



COTYLEDONS 2 (RARELY REDUCED 

 TO 1 IN A VERY FEW AQUATICS) 



DICOTYLEDONEAE 



SOME FLOWER TYPES 



Fig. 2: Illustrated key to monocotyledons and dicotyledons. (From Mason, Fig. 1). 



