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r Stamens opposite the petals 20 



" (Stamens alternate with the petals . 21 



r Tendril climber ; leaves simple or compound. .... 



2Q ! /• 27. VITACEiE 



I Trees, shrubs, or stragglers, often thorny 



[ /• 25. RHAMNACE.E 



f Leaflets five to seven : disc in flower a crenulate cup . 



j p. 29. TURPINIA 



^\ Ls. simple, glossy : flowers white ; fruit fleshy small. . 



I /. 24. ILEX 



I Ls. simple: flowers green or brownish: fruit a capsule 

 [ seed with coloured skin or aril. . /. 24. CELASTRACEiE 

 f Petals deeply cut : fruit drupe. . . /. 12. el^eocarpus, 

 I Petals entire :< buds usually large. ........ 



I p. 10. TERNSTRGEMIACEiE 



^ ^ j Petals small, yellow : capsule very spiny. ..... 



I p. 12. triumfetta 



[Petals small or white : trees. .... /. 41. rosacea 



f Leaves opposite : buds large ; fruit with yellow juice 



23^ /• 9. garcinia 

 L Leaves alternate 28 



C Ovary one-celled 25 



^ \ Ovary of several cells or carpels .27 



f Seed solitary : stipules tabular encircling the stem at each 



I node. Leaves alternate . . . J). 338. POLVGONACEiE. 



25 { Seeds several on a central placenta. Herbs with opposite 



I leaves and swollen nodes . . /. 6. caryophyllace^. 



[ Seeds several, on the walls of the ovary 26 



{ Climber with axillary tendrils : stamens and style raised on 



a central column p. 163. passiflora, 



I Slender trailing herb with opposite gland-dotted leaves : 

 ^ flower yellow : stamens many . . . /. 8. Hypericum. 

 Herb with very sticky often red leaves : flower white : 

 stamens five. In damp ground . . /. 145, drosera. 



Stamens five only, opposite the petals 28 



Stamens five, outside a crenulate disc : fruit three-celled : 

 leaves pinnate. Tree . . . . . . /. 29. turpinia. 



Stamens ten or five and five staminodes : petals twisted in 



bud. Fruit five-celled 29 



Stamens five, opposite the sepals. Leaves covered with 



sticky hairs ^. 145. drosera. 



[ Stamens many united or free 30 



r Climbers with tendrils opposite the leaves . /. 27. viTACEiE. 

 28 -{ Trees or shrubs : fruit with one or more stones .... 



[_ p. 25. RHAMNACE-®, 



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