XX KEY TO FAMILIES AND ABNORMAL GENERA. 



Polypetah with superior ovary. 



[ Style single unbranched, on an ovary of one or more 



«J cells 9 



j Styles three to five or branched, ovary of one or more 



[ cells 19 



r Ovary and fruit one cell 10 



^ I Ovary of two to five cells 15 



[ Stamens five only : flowers regular or nearly so . . . 11 

 1 Stamens seven to ten, free or united : seeds attached to one 



10^ edge only of the pod 14 



Stamens numerous : flowers in small heads 



/. 127. ACACIA. 



II 



12^ 



14 



15^ 



16^ 



r Seed one only. Trees .....12 



\ Seeds several 13 



[ Flowers small, evil-smelling, in cymose corymbs : leaves 



simple, broad, soft. Trees . . . . p. 74. mappia. 



Flowers in tall panicles : leaves simple hard, or pinnate. . 



i "Spiraea-tree" P- 9^- meliosma. 



f Trees with leave simple : seeds in sticky pulp : fruit two- 



J valved . /• 23. pjttosporum. 



^^ { Small herb: fruit dry, three-valved : seeds many on the 



[ valves p. 20. VIOLA. 



f Petals very unequal, the lowest keel-shaped enclosing the 



ten stamens /• 94- papilionace^. 



Petals nearly equal : anthers often only seven ..... 



I p. 124. C^SALPINE^. 



f Stamens four or five, as many as the petals .... 16 



Petals four, clawed : stamens six : ovary of two cells with 



seeds on the margin of the partition. /. 15. crucifer^. 



i Stamens many : leaves alternate. Trees 18 



f Stamens opposite the petals. Climber with leaf-opposed 



tendrils and flower bunches /• 86. viTis, 



Stamens opposite the sepals. Trees or climbers without 



[ tendrils i? 



f Leaves of three leaflets with many translucent dots. Trees 



1 or prickly climbers P- 1^- RUTACE^. 



17 -{ Leaves alternate, glossy, simple : fruit fleshy . /. 75. ilex. 

 I Fruit capsule : seeds with coloured aril : leaves alternate or 



[ opposite /. 77- celastrace^. 



f Anthers long-pointed : fruit a drupe . . /. 47. tiliace^. 

 ^\ Anthers round, fruit opening . /. 39. ternstrcemiace^. 



