ORDERS OF PLANTS. 
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Fruit a follicle or berry, 1- or 2-seeded ; seeds exalbu- 
minous, erect; petals 0; calyx petaloid, tubular, 
irreguar, 4- to 5-lobed ; stamens 4 to 5 sessile on 
the calyx-lobes .. me iF ... Proteaceae 
Ovary of 2 carpels epanined at the hanes eae distinct ; 
calyx 4- to 5-cleft ; petals 4, 5, or 0... He . Saxifrageae 
Carpels several, distinct, each with an almost lateral style. 
Stamens definite ; seeds albuminous ... ma ... Crassulaceae 
Stamens usually indefinite; leaves stipulate ; i ot 
exalbuminous ... 34 nC: 3 Hye .. Rosaceae 
11. Ovary inferior, syncarpous ; stamens inserted on the calyx. 
(Also Portulaca). 
a. Placentas parietal. 
Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary, or if free from it witha 
distinct tube bearing stamens ; stamens few or indefi- 
nite ; ovary, cells and styles usually 3 to 5; embryo 
around the albumen __... Abs 34 a .. Fieoideae 
b. Placentas axillary. 
Ovary adnate to the calyx-tube at the base only ; 2- to 4- 
celled ; style simple ; seeds numerous, exalbuminous Lythraceae 
Fruit adnate to the calyx-tube high up beyond its base. 
Stamens 8 ; petals 4; seeds numerous, exalbuminous QOnagreae 
Stamens usually indefinite ; /eaves exstipulate, trans- 
parently dotted ; seeds exalbuminous nd ... Myrtaceae 
11. Ovary inferior, or half inferior ; stamens inserted on the 
margin of a disk lining the calyx-tube. 
Ovary 3-celled ; ovules solitary, erect; petals minute con- 
cave or 0; stamens 5, alternate with the calyx-lobes Rhamneae 
Ovary l-celled; ovules 3, pendulous; petals free or 
slightly connate; calyx-lobed inclosed within a 
calyciform involucre; stamens 3, alternate with the 
calyx-lobes ; staminodia present Be .. Olaeineae 
Ovary 1-celled ; ovules 1 to 5, pendulous ; tnis's 5 5- pied 
stamens 5, opposite to the calyx- -lobes ; fruit drupace- 
ous with one erect seed ... os i. xt, .. Santalaceae 
tv. Ovary inferior ; 2- to 4-celled with separate styles and 
stiymas ; seeds solitary, pendulous, albuminous. 
Stamens usually twice as many as petals or calyx-lobes ; 
fruits of 2 to 4 connate fruitlets bos “ .. Halorageae 
Stamens 5, opposite to the usually small incurved petals ; 
stamens and petals inserted on a terminal (epigynous ) 
disk; fruit of two connate fruitlets, usually separa- 
ting and often leaving a persistent filiform axis 
(carpophore); very rarely reduced to 1 carpel .. Umbelliferae 
