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1. Stamens more in number than the 
lobes of the corolla. Leaves compound. 
Flowers commonly irregular. Pod 1- 
celled. Leguminose. 
Leaves simple or palmately divided. 
Stamens united intoatube. Malvacez. 
Leaf simple or undivided. Stamens 
united only at the base, or separate. Sta- 
mens on the corolla twice or four times 
as many as its lobes. Ebenacee. 
Stamens free from the corolla, twice as 
many as its lobes. Ericacee. 
2. Stamens as many as the 5, 4 or rarely 
6,7. Inserted on the corolla, but con- 
nected more or less with the stigma. 
Juice milky. Filaments monadelphous. 
Asclepiadacez. 
Inserted on the corolla free from the 
stigma. Style none; stigmas 4-6; corolla 
very short, deeply cleft. 
Aquifoliacez. 
Style 1, rarely 2, sometimes 2 cleft or 3 
cleft. Ovary deeply 4-lobed making 4 
akenes. Stamens 4. Leaves opposite; 
aromatic, Labiate. 
' Stamens 5. Leaves not aromatic. 
Borraginacez. 
Ovary and pod 1 celled: the seeds on the 
walls. Leaves entire and opposite. 
Gentianace2. 
