ARTIFICIAL KEY, 



D. Stamens included with a number of 

 hairs, and often with a stalked ovary 

 within an involucre of bracts, Plants 

 with very milky juice 



E. Stamens on very delicate filaments in 

 the axils of overlapping bracts. (Cyper- 

 aceae are not dealt with. Grasses and 

 bamboos belong to the family) 



F. Flowers collected into dense heads or 

 spikes, but where the distinct florets 

 may be discerned and the stamens 

 counted, are found in Composites, 

 Rnbiaceas, Urticaceae, and many other 

 families, and will be foand in Table II. 



Euphorbiaceae, 

 (p. 209) 



Graminege 

 (p. 555) 



Table II. 



This table includes all families, and may be used in all 

 cases, where male oi* hermaphrodite flowers are available. In 

 the case of plants bearing male and female flowers on separate 

 individaals, and only the female flowers are pvailable 

 Table III may be used. 



Stamen 1. 



Dicotyledons. (For distinction between dicotyledons and 

 monocotyledons see. p. 49) 



Trees with slender branchlets and leares 

 reduced to scales. 



Male flowers in slender spikes, female 

 flowers in cones .... Casuarina (p. 81) 

 Trees or shrubs with milky juice. 



Fls. minute crowded inside (figs) or 

 outside flashy more or less globose 

 receptacles Morace© (p.391) 



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