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tainens not more than twice the number of petals (8) 

 8 Carpels one or more, distinct 

 Carpels 2 to 6 

 Climbing vine 

 Tree ; leaves pinnate 

 Carpels one 



Flowers six parted 

 Flower five parted 



8 Carpels united. (9) 



9 Adherent to the calyx (10) 

 10 Flowers four-parted 

 Stamens eight 

 Stamens four 



10 Flower five-parted 



Carpels five, s.tyles five 

 Carpels two 



Leaves palmately veined 

 Leaves pinnately veined 



Menispermaceae. ( G. 410. B. 434) 

 Simarubaceae. (G. 538. B. 582) 



Berberidaceae. (G. 411. B, 432) 

 Leguminosae. (G. 500. B. 528) 



Onagraceae. (G. 594. B. 651) 



Cornaceae. (G. 623. B. 689) 



Araliaceae. (G. 60.5. B. 667) 



Grossulariaceae. (G. 444. B. 486) 



Saxifragaceae. (G. 444. B. 484) 



9 Ovary free from the calyx or nearly so (11) 



11 Stamens opposite the petals and of same number 



Leaves opposite. Plants with tendrils Vitaceae. 



Leaves alternate. No tendrils Rhamnaceae, 



11 Stamens alternate with petals or difterent in number (12) 



12 Leaves opposite (13) 



13 Carpels one or two 



Style one Oleaceae 



Styles two Aceraceae. 



13 Carpels three to five 



Leaves simple Celastraceae. (G. 556. B. 605) 



Leaves pinnate 



Fruit not inflated Sapindaceae. 



Fruit inflated Staphyleaceae. 



(G. 562. 

 (G. 560. 



(G. 650. 

 (G. 557. 



(G. 559. 

 (G. 557. 



B. 613) 

 B. 611) 



B. 723) 

 B. 607) 



B. 6U9) 

 B. 606) 



12 Leaves alternate (14) 

 14 Compound 



Ovary one-seeded 

 Ovary more than one-seeded 

 Ovary three-seeded 

 Ovary two-seeded 



14 Simple (15) 



15 Fruit drupe-like 

 One-seeded 

 Four to six-seeded 



15 Fruit dry 



Seeds with an aril 



Seeds not arilled 



Ovary two-celled, two seeded 

 Ovary three-celled, many seeds 



Anacardiaceae. (G. 552. B. 599) 



Sapindaceae. (G. 5.59. B. 609) 

 Rutaceae. (G. 537. B. 581) 



Anacardiaceae. (G. 552. B. 599) 



Aquifoliaceae. (G. 554. B. 602) 



Celastraceae. (G. 556. B. 605) 



Hamamelidaceae. (G. 452. B. 488) 



Ericaceae. (G. 626. B. 692) 



