24, POPULAR FIELD BOTANY. 
Stamens ten. Carpels five, combined into a five-celled 
pistil, and a long beak. Carpels elastic, ranged round 
the long beak. 
21. Oxalidacee.—Divisions of calyx and petals five each. 
Stamens ten, united together. Carpels united into a 
pistil with five cells. Fruit bursting with elasticity. 
Stigmas distinct. 
2nd SuB-cLAss. 
CaLYCIFLOR. Flowers furnished with both calyx and corolla, 
the latter consisting of distinct petals. Stamens fixed 
-on the calyx. It is divided into fifteen orders, as 
follows. 
1. Celastracee.—Divisions of calyx imbricated, (lymg over 
each other,) with petals and stamens four or five each ; 
the latter alternate with the petals. Carpels united into a 
superior three or four-celled pistil. Disk large and fleshy. 
2. Rhamnacee.—Divisions of calyx joined exactly by their 
edges before expansion, petals and stamens four or five 
each, the latter opposite the petals. Disk large and fleshy. 
3. Fabacee or Leguminose.—Divisions of calyx and petals 
five each, the latter butterfly-shaped. Stamens ten. 
Carpel solitary, ripening into a legume, or pod. 
