CLASSIFICATION. 



Sub-class II. Sympe talae (see p. 52) . 

 A. Pentacyclica* (see p. 52.) 



Order I.— Primulales. 

 Herbs, shrubs or rarely small trees, usually glandular 

 with alt. simple leaves and regular 1-2-sexual flowers. 

 Stamens opposite to the corolla lobes, or sometimes a very rudi- 

 mentary first whorl also present, adnate to the corolla or free. 

 Ovary 1-celled with free central placentation, superior (half 

 inferior in Ma9sa). 



66. The Plumbago Family. 



Herbs or undershrubs. Fls. mod. -sized. Petals free o r 

 slightly coherent. St. free or adnate at base to the corolla- 

 Styles 5 free, Ovules 1 basal anatropous. 



66. Plumbaginaceae (p. 403). 



67. The Maesa Family. 



Trees or shrubs. Fls. often 1 -sexual, small or medium. 

 Petals gamopetalous or free (some Embelia). St. adnate to 

 the corolla. Styles connate. Ovules sunk in the swollen 

 central placenta. Fruit baccate, 1 -several-seeded, 



67. Myrsinace® (p. 403). 

 Order II.— Eb en ales. 



Trees or shrubs with alt. or (Diospyros sp.) sub-opp. 

 usually entire leaves. Fls. small or medium 1-2-sexual. 

 Petals nften more than 5. St. diplostemonous or many or 

 one whorl reduced to staminodes. Ovary 5- 10 -(rarely 2) 

 -celled. Ovules 1-few in each cell. 



68. The Mohwa Family. 



Trees with milky juice. Fls. 2-sexual usually clustered. 

 Calyx inferior with 4-8 imbricate sepals, sometimes (Mimu- 

 sops) 2-seriate. Corolla tube short and broad. Petals as 

 many or 2-4 times as many as the sepals. St. adnate to the 

 corolla. Ovary 2-5- rarely 6-] 2-celled. Style slender pointed* 

 -Ovule 1 in each cell. 68. Sapotace® (p. 406). 



