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III. MAG^^oLIACE^.. Shrabs or trees, with alternate leaves. Petals mdcfimte. Stamens 

 indefinite. No arillus. (Calyx entire in the bud, irregularly split.) ' 



IV. Anonace-E. Shrubs,' trees, or ^voody climbers, with alternate leaves. No stipules. 

 Sepals 3. Petals in 2 series of 3 each (excepting Eupomalia, where sepals and petals are 

 combined in a mass). Stamens indefinite. Carpels indefinite. Albumen ruminate. 



V. Menispebmace*. Twiners, uith alternate leaves. No stipules. Flowers small, 

 dioecious. Sepals in 2 ov more series of 3 or 2 each. Petals smaller than the inner sepals> 

 or none. Stamens definite, opposite the petals. Carpels 6 or fewer. 



VI* NYMPH^ACEiE. Aqiiatic herbs. Leaves usually peltate. Sepals or petals iudcfiniie, 

 or rarely in threes. Stamens indefinite. Carpels free or united, the ovules not in the 

 iiftier angle. 



Alliance II. Parietales. — Stamens definite or indefinite. Ovary spicarpons, tcUf^ 

 2 or more parietal 2}^acentas, either \-celled-, or incompleted i/ divided hj the 'placentas pyo* 

 iruding in the cavity, or divided hy false dissepiments co7inecting the placentas. Ovules 

 umally several to each placenta^ rarely solitary. 



VII. PAPAYEEACEiE. Hcrbs, With alternate leaves. Jv"o stipules. Sepals 2. Petals 4. 

 Mowers regular, with indefinite stamens, or irregular, with diadclphous definite stamens. 

 Albumen copious. Embrj^o small. 



VIII. CRECIFER.E. Herbs J with alternate leaves. No stipules. Sepals 4. Petals 4. 

 Stamens t>, tetradynamons or rarely 4, Placentas 2, connected by^ a false dissepiment. No 

 albumen. Embr}'o curved. 



IX. Capparide.e. Hcrbs, shrubs, or trees. Stipules often pricWy. Sepals 4 (2 outer 

 ones sometimes united). Petals 4 (rarely more, or none, or united). Stamens indefinite, 

 or if few, not tetradynamons. Placentas 2 or more. No albumen. Embi-yo curved. 



X. Viola RTE^. Herbs or shrubs. Stipules herbaceous or small. Sepals 5. Petals 5 

 (often irregular). Anthers 5, on short filaments, eonnivent or connected in a ring round 

 the pistil. Placentas usually 3. Albumen fleshy. Embryo rather large. 



XI. BixiNE^. Trees or shrubs. Stipules none. Sepnls 5 or fewer. Petals various, 

 often none. Stamens indefinite. Placentas 2, 3, or more (meeting in the axis in Cocldo- 

 spermum). Albumen fleshy. Embryo rather large. 



Alliance III. Polygalinese. — Sepals and petals 5 eac^, rarely fewer. Stamens 

 the same number or iicice as many^ or fewer when the flowers are irregular. Ovary usually 

 %'merous^ (although in most genera occasionally i-b-meroics), partially or completely 

 divided into as many cells. Ovules indefinite, or solitary with a superior micropyl^* 



Albumen fleshy, 



XII. PiTTosroRE^. Trees, shrubs, nndersbrubs, or twiners, with alternate leaves. No 

 stipules. Flowers regular or oblique. Stamens as many as petals. Embryo minute. 



XIII. Tremandre^. Shrubs often heath-like, with alternate or whorled or opposite 

 leaves. No stipules. Flowers regular. Stamens twice as many as petals. Embryo small 



or minute. 



XI V^ PoLTGAl^.E. Herbs, undei shrubs, or shrubs, with alternate leaves. No stipules. 

 Flowers irregular. Stamens monadclnhous. Embryo rather large, sometimes almost or 

 quite without albumen. 



Alliance IV. Cd^ryov^yWine^,— Sepals or caJyx-Iohes 5 or fewer. PeiaU 5 or 

 fewer. Stamens as many or twice as many, or indefinite. Ovary 1-celfed, vnth central 

 placentas {except Frankcuia). Alhamen mealy. 'Embryo curved, or rarely straight iche^ 

 the albumen is scarify, 



(Ovary half-infeiior in Portulaca) 



XV. Fkankemace.e. Small or prostrate undershrubs, or herbs, with small opposite 

 leaves. No stipules. Calyx angular, toothed. Petals isomerous with the calvs. Stamens 

 defimte. Placentas parietal, 



XVI. Carvoi>hylle.e. Herbs, rarely undershrubs, with opposite entire leaves. Stipules 

 none or scarions. Calyx toothed or sepals free. Petals isomerous with the calyx. Stamens 

 acfimte. Placentas central. 





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