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3 Fruit capsular. Flowers dioecioias. CLX Saltcine-s. 



4 Leaves stipi^late. 5. 



4 Leaves exstipulate. 6. 



.") Stipules sheathing ; nodes swollen. CXXXIV Poi.ygonacej;. 



J Stipules scarioiis. Flowers minute. CXXIX Illeckbeace* 



6 Perianth membranous, dry, persistent. CXXX Amaraijtace^. 



6 Perianth herbaceous. 7. 



7 Stamens 5-3(_). Fruit of many aggregated 



drupes. ' C XXXII PHYTOLACCEiE. 



7 Stamens 1-4, connate in a ring at base CXXVIII Nyotagine^. 



7 Stamens 5, on base of perianth. Ovary 



inferior. CXLIX Saktalace^e. 



B. FLOWERS IMPERFECT OR POLYGAMOUS. 



Leaves stipulate. 1. 



Leaves exstipulate. 2. 



Leaves verticillate. CLXIll CERATOPHYLLEiE. 



I Capsule 2-3-celled, few seeded, or drupe 



1 seeded. CLI Euphorbiacej:. 



1 Fruit a berry, nut, achene or samara. CLIII UinicACEiE. 



2 Fruit of aggregated drupes Undershrubs. CXXXll Phytolacce^e. 

 2 Fruit a succulent berry. Parasitical shrubs. CXLVIII Loranthacea:. 

 2 Fruit a berry seated in base of perianth. 



Trees. CXLITI Laurii^^ 



2 Fruit enclosed in herl^aceoiis perianth. Herbs 



©r undershrubs. CXXXI Chenopodiacej:. 



ACHLAMYDE^. 



Perianth ( ), tlie stamens and pistils being usually placed in the axils 



of the ]:)racts of cones or catkins. Flowers almost always minute 



and unisexual, 

 Aquatic plants attached to stones in streams. CXXXV PoDOSTEMMACEiE. 



Terrestrial X'lants. 

 Shrul)s Fruit a bivalved many seeded 



capsule. " CLX Salicine.e. 



Shrubs. Fruit dry indehiscent, covered with 



waxy scal«3s. CLVII Myricace^. 



More or less succulent plants with jointed 



stems. CXXXIX Piperacbj;. 



GYMNOSPERME^. 



Ovules naked, not enclosed in an ovary, usuMlly placed in the axils of 



the bracts or scales of a cone. 

 Flowers in catkins. Trees. CLXV Conifere^:. 



Flowers in cones. Palm or Fem-like plants. CLX VI Cycadace*. 



