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SYNOPSIS OF ORDERS. 



XXXIII. OcHNACEiE. Shrublets, shrubs, or trees. Leaves alternate, 



simple, coriaceous often serrulate. Flowers usually showy. 

 Sepals 4 or 5, imbricate. Petals 5 (or 4 or 10). Torus large. 

 Stamens 4 to many. Ovary 2-to lo-lobed, i- to lo-celled; 

 style I. Fruit 3 to 10 drupes on enlarged torus, or berry. 



XXXIV. BuRSERACE^. Trees or shrubs. Resinous. Leaves pinnate. 



Flowers small racemed or panicled. Calyx 3- to 5-lobed. 

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

 twice the petals on edge or base of disc. Ovary 2- to 5- 

 locular; ovules 2 in a cell; style short. Fruit drupe or 

 capstilar. 



XXXV. Meliace^. Trees. Leaves pinnate. Calyx 4- to 5-lobed. 

 Petals 4 or 5 (3 to 7). Stamens 8 to 10 in a tube on base 

 of disc. Anthers sessile in tube mouth. Disc ringed or 

 tubular. Ovary 3- to 5-celled ; ovules usually 2 in cell ; 

 style I. Stigma simple. Fruit capsular. Seeds few, large, 

 round, usually arillate or (Cedrela) winged. 



XXXVI. Chailletiace^. Shrubs or trees, often climbing. Leaves 

 simple alternate, stipulate. Flowers small in cymes axillary. 

 Sepals 5. Petals 5, bilobed. Stamens 5. Disc 5 glands or 

 5-lobed. Ovary 2- to 3-celled. Drupe. 



XXXVII. Olacine;e. Trees or shrubs, rarely climbing. Leaves simple, 

 alternate, rarely opposite. Cymes or racemes axillary. 

 Flowers small, green or white. Calyx 4- to 5-toothed. Petals 

 4 to 5 (rarely 6) free or connate. Stamens equal or twice as 

 many opposite petals. Ovary 3- to 5-celled; ovules 2 to 3. 

 Fruit a drupe, i -celled. Seed i. 



XXXVIII. iLiciNEJE. Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple. In- 

 florescence axillary cymose. Flowers very small, white or 

 pink. Calyx 4- to 5-lobed. Petals 4 (to 6) connate at base. 

 Stamens as many attached to corolla. Anthers oblong. Disc 

 o. Ovary ovoid 4- to 6-celled ; ovules i or 2 in cell; style 

 short or o. Berry small of 4 to 8 pyrenes. 



XXXIX. CELASTRiNEiE. Trccs or shrubs. Leaves simple opposite or 

 alternate. Inflorescence cymose. Flowers small, green or 

 white. Calyx 4- to 5-lobed imbricate. Petals 4 to 5 imbricate. 

 Stamens 3 to 5 (rarely 2 to 10) on disc. Disc large, fiat. 

 Ovary sessile on disc, 3- to 5-celled ; ovules usually 2 in a 

 cell; style simple. Stigma entire or lobed. Fruit various. 



XL. Rhamnace^. Shrubs erect or climbing, often spiny. Leaves 

 simple alternate or opposite. Flowers small in axillary 

 cymes, green or yellow. Calyx-tube obconic with 4 to 5 

 small lobes. Petals 4 to 5. Stamens 4 to 5, opposite petals. 

 Disc thick or lining calyx. Ovary 3- (or 2- to 4-)celled, free 

 or immersed in disc; ovule i in cell; style simple. Stigma 

 simple or 3-lobed. Fruit drupe, capsule, or samara. 



XLI. Ampelide^. Shrubs or climbers. Leaves alternate, pinnate, 

 or simple. Cymes panicled or raceme, opposite leaves. 

 Flowers small, green or red. Calyx 4- to 5-toothed. Petals 

 4 to 5 free or cohering. Stamens 4 to 5 opposite petals. Disc 

 between stamens and ovary. Ovary 5- to 6-celled immersed 

 in disc ; ovules i to 2 in cell; style short or o. Stigma round. 

 Fruit a berry. 



