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' Fruit splitting into five, long-tailed, one-seeded carpels, . 



Vol. I/. 31. GERANIACEiE. 



Fruit splitting into five, two-seeded or ten, one-seeded 



parts : leaves entire . . . . . Vol. i /. 50. linum. 



Fruit opening along five lines, the carpels not separating 



from each other . . Vol. i /. 54 & /. 13. oxalide^e. 



1' Carpels quite distinct 31 



( Ovary of three to ten cells .32 



r Trees : branches ringed at each leaf : flowers 2 to 3 inches 

 ; across : fruiting carpels | inch a spike of 3 to 5 inches. 



j Vol. I p. 9. MAGNOLIACE^. 



^ I Herbs : no epicalyx below the spls. p, i. ranunculace^. 

 j Prickly shrubs or if herbs then with five bracteoles imme- 

 [ diately below the sepals /• 41. rosace^e. 



{ Trees : leaves finally serrate -. flowers \ inch in small 

 I subsessile bunches ..... Vol. i /. 41. eurya. 

 J Herbs : leaves divided or lobed : flowers ^ to 2 inches : 

 ^ ^ anthers numerous kidney-shaped . p. 10. Malvaceae. 

 I Herbs and shrubs with opposite gland-dotted leaves. . , 



[ p, 8. HYPERICUM. 



Folypetals with inferior ovary. 



f Parts of flower in twos or fours. Stamens as many or 



I twice, straight. ' Herbs 34 



j Petals four to five ; anthers eight to ten, large or small 

 ^■^ 1 horned at the base or filament bent. /. 47. melastomace^. 



I Petals five or six, stamens as many 35 



I Stamens numerous 36 



\ Herbs with small opposite leaves and pink flowers in leafy 



I spikes. In damp places , . . . /. 159. ammannia. 



34 -J Herb with alternate heart-shaped leaves and solitary white 



I flowers. In damp places /. 44. parnassia. 



[ Strongly smelling plants with small umbelled flowers. 34* 



f Shrubs or trees : leaves large palmate, p. 177. araliace^e. 

 '^ ■{ Herbs : leaves entire or much divided : fruit separating 

 ^ [ into two halves ..... /• 167. umbellifer/e. 



r Flowers unisexual, small. In marshes, p. 147. serpicula. 

 ^^ \Land plants ; flowers small or large . ./. 160. ONAGRACEiE. 



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' Leaves entire, scented, opposite except in Eucalyptus : 

 stamens curled inwards in bud . p. 147. myrtace^. 

 Leaves alternate toothed, simple or not. /. 129. ROSACEiE. 

 [ Sepals and petals two, ovary three-winged, p. 55. begonia. 



