A COMPENDIUM OF 
separate (except in Order XXX, where 
they are sometimes united). 
A, stamens numerous, more than 10 
1.—Stamen borne on the receptacle, 
entirely free from the calyx, corolla or 
ovary. Pistils more than one, entirely 
Separate from each other. Herbs with 
perfect flowers and divided leaves. 
Ranunculacez. 
Pistils numerous, grown together one 
above another, covering the long re- 
ceptacle, Magnoliacez, 
Pistils, only 1; or, 2—several, more or 
less, completely united into one. 
Ovary simple and one-celled, with 
only one placenta. Petalslarge. Fila- 
ments shorter than the anthers. 
Podophyllum in Berberidacez. 
Petals 4 and irregular, or else very 
smal]. Ranunculacez. 
Ovary compound, 1-s-celled ;if 1-celled, 
with two several placente on the walls. 
Sepals falling when the flower opens, 
fewer than the petals. Herbs with 
milky or colored juice. Papaveracez. 
2.—Stamens connected with the base 
of the petals, and these borne on the re- 
ceptacle. Filaments united in a tube or 
column ; anthers kidney-shaped, r-celled. 
Malvacez. 
3-—Stamens and petals united with 
and apparently borne on the calyx (per- 
