ARTIFICIAL KB\ 



Styles or stigmas 2-4. Ovary cells 

 4-10, usually 6-8. Ovules 1 in each 

 cell. Trees, sometimes flowering while Diospyros 

 leafless (p. 408) 



III. Styles, style-arms or Btigmas 3, some- 

 times bifid. 



a. Perianth or small green, sometimes 

 2-seriate or with very small or green 

 petals. Erect trees or shrubs (or 

 Tragia, a climber). 



Ovary 3-celled or (Phyllanthus) several- 

 celled. Stigmas 3 i rinute, or styles 3 

 often bifid, or stigmas simple or 

 2-lobed. Ovules 1-2 in each cell 



Ovary 1- celled, 1-ovuled. L. often 

 aromatic and fls. capitate 



b. Perianth green or white, tepals usually 

 6 in two series. 



Monocotyledonous climbers, often prickly. 



Shrubby, not twining. Fls. umbelled. 

 Ovary superior .... 



Herbaceous* or shrubby. Twining. Fls. 

 spicate. Ovary inferior 



c. Calyx and corolla quite distinct. Fls. 

 usually large. 



Dicotyledonous climbers with tendrils 

 and inferior ovary .... 



d. Calyx and corolla distinct. Trees with 

 gamopetalous corolla and superior 

 ovary. (Vide also supra) . . 



IV. Styles or stigmas 4 or more. 



Vide also above Euphorbiaceae under II and III. Several Euphor- 

 biaceous genera, e.g., Cycloetemon Bischofia, Trewix Mallotns have 

 occasionally 4 styles or stigmas ana a 4-celled ovary, but 2-8-celled 



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Euphorbiaceae 



(p. 209) 



Lauraceae 



(p. 150) 



Smilax (p. 518) 

 Dioscorea 



(p. 528) 



Cucurbitacese 



(p. 164) 



Diospyros 



(p. 408) 



