62 SYMPETALAE 



697. Sepals free. Corolla deeply divided. Stamens 10. Filaments united 



in a cup at the base. Styles 5. Herbs or undershrubs, rarely shrubs. 



Leaves alternate. Flowers hermaphrodite. 108. Oxalidaceae. 



Sepals united below. Filaments free or united in several bundles. Shrubs 



or trees 195. Ebenaceae. 



698. Leaves exstipulate, undivided. Styles 2 — 8, free or united at the base. 



Shrubs or trees 195. Ebenaceae. 



Leaves stipulate, rarely exstipulate, but then style i, undivided. 699 



699. Corolla with valvate aestivation. Style simple. Shrubs or trees. Leaves 



undivided 145. Scytopetalaceae. 



Corolla with contorted, calyx with valvate aestivation 700 



700. Anthers i-celled 142. Malvaceae. 



Anthers 2-celled ." 144. Sterculiaceae. 



701. (685.) Stamens as many as and alternate with the divisions of the corolla, 



or fewer 702 



Stamens as many as and opposite the divisions of the corolla, or more. 708 



702. Stamens fewer than the divisions of the corolla, 4. Flowers irregular. 



Albumen scanty 703 



Stamens as many as the divisions of the corolla 704 



703. Anthers opening by a transverse slit. Stigma i. Ovary 3 -celled. Leaves 



whorled. Shrubs Bowkeria, 208. Scrophulariaceae. 



Anthers opwiing by two longitudinal slits. Stigmas 2. 



210. Pedaliaceae. 



704. Carolla with valvate or folded aestivation 705 



CoroÄla with imbricate or contorted aestivation 706 



705. Leaves opposite or whorled. Calyx and corolla with valvate aestivation. 



Ovary 5 — 7-celled. Embryo straight. Shrubs. 



Roussea, 96. Saxifragaceae. 

 Leaves alternate. Corolla with folded aestivation. Embryo curved. 



207. Solanaceae. 



706. Stamens free from the corolla or adhering to it at the base. 



189. Ericaceae. 

 Stamens attached on the middle or the upper part of the corolla-tube. 707 



707. Fruit a capsule. Disc wanting. Stamens 4. Leaves without stipules. 



Plantago, 218. Plantaginaceae. 



Fruit a berry or a drupe. Leaves opposite or whorled, provided witn 



stipules or connected by transverse lines at the base. Shrubs or trees. 



198. Loganiaceae. 



708. (701.) Stamens 3 — 12 709 



Stamens numerous 714 



709. Flowers unisexual. Fruit a berry. Trees or shrubs 710 



Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous 711 



710. Flowers monoecious. Calyx subentire. Corolla of the male flowers 



with a long tube, of the female ones with free petals. Staminodes 



