CLASSIFICA TION. 



Spondias). Ovule 1 in each cell, often pendulcus from a 

 basal funicle. Fruit a drtpe. 



31. Anacardiacese (p. 255). 



32. The Soap-nut Family. 



Usually trees or shrubs (Cardiospermum is a slender 

 climber) with alt. simple or compound leaves. Fls. incon- 

 spicuous. St. 4-10, most usually 8 and declinate, Disc 

 often oblique or unilateral. Ovary 3- rarely 2-4-celled, often 

 lobed. Fruit a membranous capsule, or capsular, or 

 indehiscent. 32. Sapindaceae (p. 260). 



Exceptions :—• 



Dodonaea in many respects approaches Anacardiaceae. 



33. The Meliosma Family. 



Small trees with alt. simple or odd-pinnate leaves. Fls. 

 with small bracteoles and sepals, very unequal petals and 5 

 unequal stamens of which only 2 are fertile. Frnit a small 



drupe. 33. Sabiaceae (p. 262). 



34. The Hiptage Family. 



Climbing shrubs* vith opp. leaves. Petals 5 -clawed, the 

 5th different. St. 10 declinate. Ovary 3-lobed. Fruit of 1-3 

 winged samaras. 34. Malpighiace© (p. 263), 



35. The Polygala Family. 



Kerbs or undershrabs with alt. simple leaves and small 

 irregular flowers with two lateral sepal* wing-like and of ten 

 petaloid. Corolla with 2 lateral petals rudimentary and the 

 anterior developed as a keel. St. 8 monadelphous y adherent 

 to the base of the keel. Ovary 2-locular. 



35. Poiygalacea (p. 264). 

 Order VIII.— Celastrales. 



Trees or shrubs, often climbers, with, simple (or compound 

 in Ampelideceae) alt. or opposite leaves, stipulate or not. 



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