ARTIFICIAL ANALYSIS 



THE ORDERS. 



Class I.^VASCULARES, or FLOWERING PLANTS. 



Plants having distinct fiowers and sexes. 



Sub-class I.— EXOGEN^, or DICOTYLEDONOUS 

 PLANTS. 



Leaves reticulated. Stem with wood, pith, bark, and medullary rays. 

 Flowers laith a quinary division. Cotyledons 2 or more, opposite. 



Tribe I.— ANGIOSPERMiE. 



Seeds enclosed in a pericarpium. 



* PoLYPETALvE. 



Petals distinct. 



t Thalamiflor;e. 



Stamens hypogynous, or adhering to the sides of the ovarium. 

 Diosmeae perigynous.) 



X Apocarp^. 



Carpella more or less distinct, sometimes solitary. 



Flowers unisexual ..... 

 Flowers hermaphrodite. 



Fruits immersed in a fleshy disk . - - 



Fruits not immersed in a fleshy disk. 



Anthers bursting by valves curling backwards 

 Anthers bursting by longitudinal slits. 

 StipuliB present. 



Leaves with transparent dots 

 Leaves without dots 

 Stipulae absent. 



Albumen ruminated ... 

 Albumen solid. 



Seeds with an arillus 

 Seeds without an arillus. 

 Ovarium solitary 

 Ovaria more than one. 



Leaves sheathing at the base 

 Leaves with a taper petiole 

 Albumen none. 



Leaves with pellucid dots 

 Leaves without pellucid dots. 

 Stigmas capitate or terminal 

 Stigmas linear. Petals sepaloid 

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(Some 



23. MenispermejE. 

 6. Nelumbone.^. 

 22. BerberideyE. 



17- Wintered. 



15. Magnoliace/e. 



13. AnonacejE. 



16. Dilleniace^e. 



8. podophylle^. 



3. RanukculacevE. 

 7- Hydropeltide^e, 



111. Amyride^. 



110. CoNNARACEiE. 

 117. CoRIARIEiE. 



