1046 APPENDIX. 
** Ovary syncarpous. Placentas basal. 
VI. Caryophyllez. Sepals 4-5. Petals the same number. Sta- 
mens 4-5, or 6-10. Ovary 1-celled; ovules many; styles 2-5. 
Seeds albuminous ; embryo curved.—Herbs ; leaves opposite, entire ; 
stipules present or wanting. (p. 61.) 
VII. Portulaceze. Sepals 2. Petals 4-5. Stamens 3 or more. 
Ovary 1-celled; ovules 2 or more; style 1, 2-3-fid. Seeds albu- 
minous; embryo curved.—Herbs; leaves opposite or alternate, 
entire; stipules present or wanting. (p. 70.) 
xe Ovary syncarpous. Placentas axile. 
VIII. Elatinee. Sepals 2-5. Petals the same number. Sta- 
mens equal in number to the petals or twice as many. Ovary 
2-5-celled ; ovules many; styles 2-5.—Aquatic herbs; leaves oppo- 
site, stipulate. (p. 73.) 
IX. Hypericinee. Sepals 5. Petals 5. Stamens numerous, 
free or polyadelphous. Ovary 3-5-celled; ovules numerous; styles 
3—5.—Herbs or shrubs; leaves opposite, exstipulate, usually gland- 
dotted. (p. 74.) 
X. Malvacez. Sepals 5, persistent. Petals 5, contorted in 
bud. Stamens monadelphous; anthers l1-celled. Carpels either 
several connate into a ring or forming a 5-10-celled capsule, rarely 
reduced to 1.--Herbs or shrubs or small trees, often with stellate 
down; leaves alternate, stipulate. (p. 798.) 
XI. Tiliacee. Sepals 5, deciduous. Petals 5. Stamens free, 
or connate at the base only; anthers 2-celled. Ovary 2-10-celled. 
—Trees or shrubs ; leaves alternate or opposite, stipulate. (p. 81.) 
Subdivision II. Discifloree.— Sepals distinct or connate, free 
or rarely adnate to the ovary. Disc usually conspicuous, expanded 
into a ring or cushion either free or adnate to the ovary or calyx 
or to both, rarely broken up into separate glands. Stamens usually 
definite, inserted upon the disc or at its outer or inner base. Ovary 
superior. 
Exceptions.—Disc reduced to minute glands in 12, Linee@; and 13, Gerani- 
ace@; altogether wanting in 21, Coriariee. 
XII. Linew. Flowers regular. Sepals 4-5. Petals 4-5, con- 
volute in bud. Stamens usually 4-5. Ovary 3-5-celled; ovules 
1-2 in each cell; styles 3-5. Seeds albuminous.—Herbs; leaves 
alternate, entire, usually exstipulate. (p. 86.) 
XIII. Geraniacee. Flowers regular or irregular. Sepals 3-5. 
Petals 3-5, imbricate in bud. Stamens usually 10. Ovary 3-é- 
lobed and -celled; ovules 1 or 2 or rarely many in each cell.— 
Herbs; leaves opposite or alternate, stipulate or exstipulate. 
(p. 87.) 
