188 FAMILIES OF FLOWEEING PLANTS 



Family Ancistrocladaceae. Ancistrocladus Family. A peculiar 

 group, consisting of a single genus, Ancisty^ocladus, with 8 species, in- 

 habiting the East Indies. They are climbing shrubs with hook-like 

 branches, panicled flowers with ten stamens of two different lengths, 

 and a 1-ceUed ovary. 



