110 



POPULAR FLORA. 



Style none : stigmas 4 to 6 : corolla very short, deeply cleft. 

 Style one, rarely 2, sometimes 2-^eft or 3-cleft. 



Ovary deeply 4-lobed, in fruit making 4 akenes. 

 Stamens 4. Leaves opposite, aromatic, 

 Stamens 5. Leaves alternate, not ai'omatic, 

 Ovary and pod one-celled : the seeds on the walls. 

 Leaves lobed or cut. Style 2-cleft above. 

 Leaves entire and opposite, or alternate, with the 3 leaflets 

 Ovary and fruit with 2 oi: more cells. 



Stamens 4, long. Flowers in a close spike, 

 Stamens 5. Pod or berry many-seeded. 

 Flower not quite regular. Style entire, 

 Flower quite regular: stamens all alike, 

 Stamens 5. Pod few-seeded. 



Twining herbs. Seeds large. 



Erect or spreading herbs. Style 3-cleft at the top. 



Holly F. 171 



Sage or Mint F. 173 



bokkage f. 181 



Wateeleaf F. 182 



entire, Gentian F. 187 



Plantain F. 172 



FiGAVORT F. 175 



Nightshade F. 1S5 



Convolvulus F. 184 



POLEllONIUM F. 183 



3. Stamens 2 or 4, always fewer than the lobes of the corolla or cahjx. 



Corolla more or less irregular, mostly 2-lipped. 



Ovary 4-lobed, making 4 akenes. Stems square: leaves opposite, aromatic. Sage or Mint 



Ovary and fruit 4-celled and 4-seeded. Stamens 4, ) 



Ovar}-- one-celled, making one akene. Stamens 4, ) 



Ovary and pod one-celled, many-seeded on the walls. No green leaves, 



Ovaiy and pod 2-(5elled with many large and winged seeds. 



Ovary and fruit irregularly 4- 5-celled, with many large seeds. 



Ovary and pod 2-celled, with many or few small seeds, 

 Corolla regular. Stamens only 2. Woody plants. 



Corolla 4-lobed or 4-parted, 



Corolla 5-lobed, salver-shaped, 



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III. Apetalous Division. Corolla none: sometimes the calyx also wanting. (Those which are 

 merely apetalous forms of the preceding divisions are marked f.) 



A. Flowers not in catkins, or catkin-like heads. 



1. Seeds many in each cell of the ovary or fruit. 



Calyx with its tube coherent to the 6-celled ovary, Birthwort F. 190 



Calyx free from the ovary. 



Pod 5-celled, 5-horned, Ditchwort in fSTONECROP F. 156 



Pod 8-celled, or one-celled with 3 or more styles, Carpetweed, &c. in jPink F. 129 



Pod or berry one-celled and simple, tCROWFOOTF. 112 



2. Seeds only one or two in each cell of the ovary or fruit. 



Pistils more than one to the flower, and separate from each other. 

 Calyx present and petal-like. Stamens on the receptacle, 

 Calyx present; the stamens inserted on it. Leaves with stipules, 



fCROAVFOOT F. 112 



tPiOSE F. 146 



