64 ABTIFICIAI. KEY TO THE TAMILIES- 



II II Anthers not forming a central and prominent 

 cone. 



I Ovary below the perianth ; petals united. 



Leaves pinnate Samhucus, 321 



Leaves simple. 

 Leaves opposite. 

 Leaves with interpetiolar stipules. 



Hardy shrub, with lai-ge white benies Snowberry, 325 



Hot-house plants, without white berries Cinchonacca (some), 323 



Leaves without stipules Honeysuckle family, 323 



Leaves alternate. 



i. Herbaceous plants, with blue or white flowers Bell-flower family, 286 



ii. Evergreen climbing shrub. Flowers in umbels .. Ivy, 345 

 iii. Deciduous and non-climbing shrubs. Flowers in 



racemes or solitary Currant family, 329 



J I Ovary or ovaries free, inside the perianth. 



Flowers consisting of calyx only. 

 a. Leaves opposite ; flowers green, minute, in terminal 



cymes Scleranthus, 160 



6. Leaves opposite ; flowers pinkish, axillary (sea-coast 



plant) Glaux, 542 



c. Leaves opposite ; flowers large and gay (garden 



plants) Marvel of Peru, 165 



d. Leaves alternate. 



Leaves with ocreate stipules Rhubarb family, 133 



Leaves without stipules. 



Flowers scarious, surrounded by imbricated 



bracts, usually coloured Amaranth family, 163 



Flowers herbaceous, green, without bracts . . . .Spinach family, 100 

 Flowers with both calyx and corolla. 



I. Ovaries numerous ; coroUa wliite Frogicort, 85 



n. Ovaries 5, large and distinct ; stigmas sessile .... Stonecrop family, 125 



in. Ovaiies 2, large and divergent Saxifrage family, 224 



lY. Ovary solitary, or apparently so. 

 Style or stigmas 2 to 5. 



Calyx plaited Thrift family, 273 



Calyx not plaited. 



Small tree, with pinnate leaves Bladdernut, 157 



Herbaceous plants. 



1. Stigmas long and slender Carnation family, 140 



2. Stigmas capitate Flax family, 104 



3. Stigmas sessile Pamassia, 225, 540 



