Classification of Plants 



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JJ. Stamens connate. 



Fruit a capsule, drupe or berry, 

 leaves simple or pinnate, exstipu- 

 late . . . 

 Fruit a samara, leaves alternate 

 or opposite, simple, stipulate 

 HH. Flowers zygomorphic ; stamens open- 

 ing by pores. 

 Fruit 2-celled, 2-ovuled, capsule or 

 berry, stamens 8, monadelphous 

 GG. Flowers imperfect, often much reduced. 

 Fruit a schizocarp, 3-celled, plants usu- 

 ally milky ...... 



FF. Stamens within or on the margin of the 

 disk ; disk cushion-like adnate to base of 

 calyx ; ovary free or immersed in disk ; 

 ovules one or two ; trees or shrubs. 

 Perianth, andrcecium and gynoecium often 

 reduced. Perigyny and epigyny occur. 

 (Cohort Sapindales excluding Gutti- 

 ferae.) 

 G. Leaves simple; flowers usually perfect. 

 H. Ovules erect, micropyle facing down- 

 ward. 

 Fruit more or less immersed ; trees 



or shrubs often spinous. 

 Stamens alternate petals, seeds usu- 

 ally arillate 



Stamens opposite petals 

 Fruit not immersed; plants not spin- 

 ous ; leaves stipulate. 

 Fruit a berry; stamens 4-5, opposite 

 petals ; climbing .... 

 Fruit of i-io drupes; stamens many, 

 anthers dehiscing by pores 

 Ovules pendulous ; leaves usually stipu- 

 late ; flowers perfect. 



Fruit a drupe 



Fruit a drupe ; flowers dioecious . 

 Leaves pinnate, rarely simple ; flowers 



frequently imperfect. 

 Fruit leathery or membranous, inflated 



capsule 



Fruit a drupe, often winged ; resinous . 

 EE. Sepals usually valvate, more or less connate 

 and petals convolute ; stamens usually many ; 

 disk inconspicuous or none. 



L 



IL 



HH. 



GG. 



Meliace^. 

 Malpighiace^. 



POLYGALACEiE. 

 EUPHORBIACE^. 



Celastrace^. 

 Rhamnace^. 



VlTACE^. 

 OCHNACE^. 



Olacace^. 

 Ilicace^. 



Sapindace^. 

 Anacardiace^. 



