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SYNOPSIS OF ORDERS. 



L. DROSERACE.E. Insectivorous herbs. Leaves rosulate or scattered, 

 covered with sticky hairs. Flowers small racemed. Calyx 

 tubular 4- to 8-lobed. Petals 4 to 8, spathulate. Stamens as 

 many. Ovary globose or ovoid, i -celled; styles 3 to 5. 

 Capsule many-seeded. 

 LI. CRASSULACEiE. Hcrbs fleshy. Leaves opposite or alternate. 

 Flowers cymose. Calyx 3- to 5-lobed or tubular. Petals as 

 many. Stamens perigynous as many or double. Carpels as 

 many as petals, free, i -celled. Ovules very many; follicles 

 membranous. 

 LII. Hamamelide^e. Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate. Flowers 

 capitate. Sepals and petals various or o. Ovary inferior or 

 half inferior of 2 carpels connate at base, tips free; ovules i 

 or many. 



(b) Ovary quite inferior included and adnate to calyx-tube. Style one, rarely 

 re. Leaves simple. {Orders LIII—LX.) 



LIII. Halorage^. (Occurrence doubtful.) Herbs or shrublets. 



Flowers minute, often unisexual and incomplete. Carpels i- 



seeded. 

 LIV. Rhizophorace^. Mangrove trees. Leaves opposite, coria- 

 ceous. Stipulate. Seed germinating in calyx, emitting a long 



root. 

 LV. Legnotid^. Trees. Leaves opposite, stipulate. Flowers 



small. Stamens 8 to 12. Ovary many-ovuled (half inferior 



in Gynotroches). Fruit baccate or drupe. 

 LVI. Anisophylle^. Shrubs and trees. Leaves alternate. Flowers 



very small. Ovary quite inferior ; styles 3 to 4. Fruit drupe. 



LVII. CoMBRETACE^. Climbcrs or trees. Flowers small. Petals 5 

 or quite suppressed. Stamens 5 to 10. Ovary i-celled ; ovules 

 2 to 6. Fruit drupe or 4- to 6-winged samara. Seed i. 



LVIII. MYRTACEi^. Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite. Stamens 

 indefinite. Ovary i- to 2-celled; ovules 2 to many. Fruit, 

 drupe or capsule. 



LIX. MELASTOMACEii;. Herbs, shrubs, trees. Leaves opposite, 

 usually 3-nerved. Sepals imbricate. Stamens definite ; 

 anthers opening by terminal pores. Berry, capsule or drupe. 



LX. LythracejE. Herbs, shrubs, trees. Leaves opposite, entire. 

 Sepals valvate. Stamens definite. Ovary usually free from 

 sepals, 2- to many-celled ; ovules and seeds many. 



LXI. ONAGRACEiE. Herbs (shrubs or trees). Leaves often toothed. 

 Sepals valvate. Stamens definite. Ovary 2- or i-celled, quite 

 inferior. Capsule. 



(c) Ovary inferior, unilocular, placentas parietal. Styles more or less divided 

 {except SamydacecB). Leaves often lobed. Flowers unisexual. 



LXII. SAMYDACE.E. Shrubs or trees. Flowers small. Leaves alter- 

 nate. Stamens 4 to 15 with alternating staminodes or glands. 

 Petals o to 15. 



LXIII. TuRNERACEiE. Hcrbs, bisexual. Petals showy. Stamens 5. 

 Ovary free from calyx; styles 3. Stigmas fan-shaped. 



