Classification of Plants 



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CC. Perianth epigynous. 



Fruit a fleshy berry, green parasites 



on trees Loranthace.^. 



Fruit a woody berry, fleshy root 



parasites Hydnorace^. 



Fruit i-seeded, root parasites, im- 

 perfect . Balanophorace^. 



AAA. Perianth double, except Section C, under 

 BBB ; sepals forming calyx, corolla petaloid 

 (Heterochlamydeous). 

 B. Perianth hypogynous or slightly peri- 

 gynous ; receptacle not concave or 

 tubular. 

 C. Carpels apocarpous ; flowers spiral, 

 spirocyclic or cyclic (Cohort Ran- 

 ales). 

 D. Carpels many ; stamens many ; 

 flowers perfect. 

 Ovules many- 1 ; fruit usually 



multiple, trees or shrubs . . Anonace.^. 

 Ovules I, fruit achenes, herbs, or 



climbing shrubs . . . RANUNCULACEiS. 



DD. Carpels few, stamens few, flowers 

 dioecious. 

 Fruit a drupe, stamens monadel- 



phous, climbing shrubs . . Menispermace^. 

 CC. Carpels syncarpous. 



D. Placentation parietal, sepals free. 

 (Cohort Rhoeadales, excluding 

 Nymphccaceae, Bixaceae, and 

 Droseraceae). 

 E. Stamens many, rarely few. 



Fruit a large berry, water plants Nymph^ace^. 

 Fruit a capsule, dehiscing by 



pores, herbs with latex . . Papaverace^. 

 Fruit a capsule or berry, trees 



or shrubs .... Bixace^. 



EE. Stamens few; leaves alternate 

 ex-stipulate. 

 F. Herbs. 



Stamens 6,^ capsule inflated ; 



climbing .... Fumariace^. 

 Stamens 6, tetradynamous ; 



fruit a siliqua . . . Crucifer^. 

 Stamens 3-8 ; fruit a gaping 

 capsule .... Resedace^. 



1 Or two, each branched into three. 

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