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Stem woody. Style1. Fruit feebr inde- 
hiscent . . . 
Stem herbaceous or woody. " Styles 5, 
(rarely 3 or 4). Fruit membranous . 
Stamens not opposite the petals if of the same 
number. 
Carpels distinct. 
Seeds numerous . ° . . 
Seeds few . 
Carpels combined. Ovary 2- or more celled. 
Ovules erect or ascending. 
stivation of the corolla plaited. 
Fruit dry ‘ 
Zstivation of the corolla ‘imbricate. 
Fruit fleshy . : 
Ovules pendulous or suspended, or rarely 
partly ascending. 
Stamens twice or four times as many 
as the lobes of the coroila, distinct. 
Stamens equal in number to the lobes 
of the corolla. Filaments distinct. 
Anthers adnate. 
Stamens equal in number to the lobes 
of the corolla. Filaments distinct. 
Anthers versatile . - 
Some of the ovules occasionally as- 
cending. Filaments more or less 
cohering - 5 4 : : 
2. Carpels three, combined so as to form a 3- 
celled ovary. 
Stem herbaceous. 
Disk hypogynous 
Stem woody. 
No disk , ; 
Carpels two, combined or more or less dis- 
tinct. 
Stamens 2 : 
Stamens 4 or more. 
pioidal. 
Fruit a capsule, 1-celled or imperfectly 
2-celled . : ; 
Fruit drupaceous, 2- or more ‘celled 
Stamens 4 or more. Inflorescence straight. 
Leaves alternate. 
Calyx in a broken whorl . : 
Calyx in a complete whorl. 
Anthers united to the stigma 2 
Anthers free from the stigma. 
Placentas parietal ; . 
Placentas axile. 
Aistivation of corolla valvate, 
induplicate-valvate, or im- 
bricate - ‘ 
Leaves opposite, whorled, or clustered. 
Anthers united to the stigma . 
Anthers free from the stigma. 
Leaves with stipules. . 
Leaves without stipules. 
Stigma shaped like an hour-glass. 
ZEstivation of corolla contorted 
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Inflorescence scor- 
ANALYSIS OF THE ORDERS IN GAMOPETAL. 
Myrsinacee. 
Plumbaginacez. 
Crassulacex. 
Anonaceex. 
Convolvulacezx. 
Sapotacex. 
Ebenacezx. 
Aquifoliacex. 
Cordiacex. 
Styracez. 
Polemoniacezx. 
Diapensiacer. 
Oleacex. 
Hydrophyllacex. 
Ehretiacez. 
Convolvulacex. 
Asclepiudacez. 
Gentianaceex. 
Solanacex. 
Asclepiadacex. 2 
Loganiacex. 
Apocynacer. 
