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Ovary 3-celled; cells 2-ovulate; ovules collat- 

 eral. Fruit a berry. Lower leaves opposite; 

 upper by the transformation of one of the pair 

 into a tendril, apparently alternate. 

 1. Vitis Touru. Grape. 



Petals coherent at their apex, caducous. 



1. Y. CALTFORNICA Bentli. — Tj . 



Order 7. GUTTIFERALES. Flowers 

 regular. Calyx free, sepals 4 or 5, imbricate 

 or 2-seriate, never regularly valvate in aestiva- 

 tion. Petals convolute in aestivation, some- 

 times 0. Stamens go, more or Jess connate at 

 base, sometimes reduced in number. Carp id ia 

 several, connate into an ovary. 



Family 1. HYPERICINE.^. 



Sepals 2-seriate. Petals as many as sepals 

 and alternate. Carpidia 3 or 5. Ovules co, 2- 

 seriate in each. Styles 3 or 5, more or less uni- 

 ted. Fruit a septicidal capsule. Leaves oppo- 

 site. Stipules 0. 



1. Hypericum L- St. Johx's-wort. 



Stamens polyadelphous: stigmas capitate. 

 Flowers yellow. — !(.. 



1. H. CONCINNUM Benth. Leaves not clasp- 

 ing; stamens decidedly polyadelphous in three 

 plialanges; petals longer than the sepals. — 

 Tamalpais. Camp Taylor. Crystal Springs. 

 Summer. 



