DICOTYLEDONES— DISCIFLOK.E 



305 



Sepals distinct. 



Staraens opposite to the petals. 

 Sepals 2 ..... 

 Sepals 3- -5. 



Stamens 10 or fewer. Sti- , 



pules ... I 



Stamens 5. Leaves stij^ulate. , 



Petals distinct . . ,' 



Petals minute or . 



Placentation axile. 



Stamens free. Styles 3-5 

 Stamens polyadelphous .... 

 Calyx valvate in the bud. 



Stamens columnar .... 

 Stamens free ..... 



B. Corolla partly gamopetalous, or with petals 

 slightlv united at their base .... 



Portulacacece. 



CaryophyUacece 

 [Alsinece). 



Ca ryophyUacece 

 [PolycarpecB). 



Paronychiacece. 



Elatinacece. 

 Hypericacece. 



Malvacece. 

 Tiliacece. 



PoUjgalacece. 



Series II. — Discijiorce. 

 Cohort 1. — Geraniales. 



Order 85. Linace.e, the Flax Order. — Character. — Herbs 

 or rarely shrubs. Leaves alternate, opposite, or rarely verticil- 

 late, simple, entire, exstipulate, or rarely stipulate. Inflores- 



FiG. 1073. Fig. 1074. Fig. 1075. 



Fig. 1073. Diagram of the flower of the Flax Phxnt (Liiiinn i/sita^issinv/m). 



Fig. 1074. Sporophylis of the same, showing the mouadelplious ?tamens 



suiTouudiug the pistil. Fig. Iu75. Pistil of the same, with distinct 



styles and capitate stigmas. 



cence cymose. Flowers regular, S3-mmetrical, generally very 

 showy. Calyx imbricate, with 3, 4, or 5 sepals, persistent. 

 Petals 4 — 5, unguiculate, very deciduous, twisted in aestivation. 

 Stamens 4—5, united at the base so as to form an hypogynous 



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