SYNOPSIS OF ORDERS. 



XXV 



XXII. BiXACE^. Shrubs. Leaves alternate, often lobed. Sepals 5. 

 Petals large 5. Stamens numerous on a torus; anthers with 

 2 pores or valves. Style i. Capsule 2- to 5'Valved. Seeds 

 numerous, small arillate or woolly. 



XXIII. MALVACEiE. Herbs, shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate often 



lobed. Petals 5, large. Stamens numerous joined in a tube; 

 anthers i -celled. Fruit capsular. 



XXIV. Sterculiace^. Herbs, shrubs, trees. Flowers often unisexual 



and petals suppressed. Stamens connate ; anthers bilocular. 

 Fruit a capsule. 



XXV. TiLiACE^. Trees, shrubs, herbs. Leaves entire. Sepals 3 

 to 5. Petals as many. Stamens numerous free on a torus, 

 2-celled. Ovary 2- to lo-celled. Fruit, drupe, berry or 

 capsule. 



XXVI. GoNYSTYLACE^E. Tree. Leaves coriaceous alternate. Sepals 

 valvate 5, connate hairy. Petals numerous linear simple, 

 bifid or trifid shorter than the calyx. Stamens many from 

 calyx base. Ovary 5- or 4-celled ; ovule i in a cell. Stigma 

 clubbed. Fruit woody dehiscing. Seeds i or 2, large. 



Sub-section (ii). Disciflor^e. 



Calyx free from ovary. Petals in one row. Stamens definite in or round a 

 leshy disc often lobed or of glands. {Orders XXVII — XLV.) 



XXVII. 



XXVIII. 



XXIX. 



XXX. 



XXXI. 



XXXII. 



LiNE^. Climbing shrubs, trees, or herbs. Leaves alternate. 

 Sepals 5. Petals 5. Stamens 5, 10, or 20, connate at base 

 with 5 glands outside. Ovary 3- to 5-celled ; ovules i to 2 in 

 a cell ; styles 3 to 5 more or less connate. Fruit capsular or 

 drupe. 



Malpighiace^. Climbers, small trees, or shrubs. Leaves 

 opposite. Sepals 5. Petals 5, clawed often toothed. Disc 

 inconspicuous. Stamens 10, connate at base. Carpels 3 

 (2 or 4) ; ovules i in each; styles 3. Fruit of 3-winged carpels 

 or drupe. 



OxALiDACE^. Trees, shrubs, or herbs. Leaves pinnate rarely 



simple. Flowers regular. Sepals imbricate, 5. Petals 5. 



Stamens 10. Ovary 5-lobed; ovules i, 2, or many in a cell; 



styles 5, distinct. Fruit capsule or berry. 

 Balsaminace^. Herbs. Leaves simple, usually opposite. 



Flowers irregular. Sepals petaloid, 3 to 5, one spurred. 



Petals 3, 2 side ones bilobed. Stamens 5 ; filaments very 



short. Ovary 5-celled ; ovules many. Capsule explosively 



dehiscing. 



RuTACE^. Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, often com- 

 pound, glandular. Sepals 4 or 5. Petals 4 or 5 imbricate. 

 Stamens as many or twice as many. Disc between stamens 

 and ovary. Carpels 4 to 5 free or connate. Styles free or 

 connate. Fruit, berry or of 2 or more dehiscing cocci. 



SiMARUBACEiE. Trees or shrubs, bark bitter. Leaves pin- 

 nate or simple. Flowers regular. Calyx 3- to 5-lobed. 

 Petals 3 to 5. Disc annular or cup-shaped. Stamens as many 

 or twice as many as petals. Ovary 2- to 5-lobed or carpels 

 free 3 to 5 ; ovules usually solitary; styles 2 to 3. Fruit, 

 drupe, capsule, or samara. 



