CLASSIFICATION. 



69. The Ebony Family. 



Trees without milky juice. Fls. dioecious. M. in 3-more- 

 flowered cymes. F. solitary or several on abbreviated lateral 

 branches. Calyx 4-5 rarely 3 -lobed, often hardened in fruit. 

 St. usually 16 (8-64), hypogynous or adnate to corolla. 

 Ovary 4-10-celled. Sub-sessile stigmas 1-4. Ovule 1 in each 



cell. 69. Ebenaceae (p. 408). 



70. The Storax Family. 



Small trees, Fls. 2-sexual or polygamous. Calyx perigyn- 

 ous or epigynous, sepals very small or almost obsolete. 

 Petals spreading 5-10, almost free. Stamens numerous 

 perigynous or epigynous adnate to the base of the corolla. 

 Ovary 2-5-celled, style slender. Ovules 2 in each cell. Fmit 

 drupaceous, 1-seeded. 70. Stycace® (?• 412). 



B. Tetracyclic© (see p. 53), 

 1. Super®. Ovary superior. 



Order III.— Oleales. 



71. The Olive and Jasmine Family. 



Trees or shrubs without milky juice, with simple or 

 pinnate penni-nerved exstipulate leaves. Fls. regular 2-sexual 

 or polygamous, in terminal or axillary cymes or panicles. 

 Calyx small 4 (5-9 in Jasminum) -lobed. Corolla 4 (5-9 in 

 Jasminum) -lobed, petals sometimes nearly free, valvate or 

 imbricate. St. 2, sometimes nearly free. Ovary 2 celled. 

 Ovules 1-2 in the inner angle of each cell. 71. Oleace© 



(p. 414.). 



Order IV.— Gentianales. 



Trees, shrubs or herbs, often with milky juice, and with 

 opp. or ternate simple entire exstipulate often palmi-nerved 

 leaves. Fls regular 2-sexual usually cymose. Calyx and 

 corolla 4-5-merous, corolla usually contorted in bud. St. as 

 many as the petals and alt. with them, adnate to the corolla 

 at least at the base, sometimes combined into a column witk 



