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BESSEY — rHYLOGENETIC TAXONOMY 137 



Family 122. Achariaceae. South African herbs and under- 



shrubs, related to the Passifloraceae; but with the petals 

 united. Acharia. (Pf. 3« a :92.) 



Family 123. Caricaceae. Papaws. Succulent-stemmed 

 tropical trees, mostly with palmate leaves and milky juice; 

 flowers pentamerous ; fruit a many seeded berry ; endosperm 

 fleshy. Carica. (Pf. 3 6a :94.) 



Family 124. Stachyuraceae. Asiatic shrubs and trees with 

 alternate leaves; sepals 4; petals 4; stamens 8; endosperm 

 fleshy. Stachyurus. (Pf. 3 6 :192.) 



Family 125. Koeberliniaceae. Leafless, thorny Texan and 

 Mexican shrubs, with tetramerous flowers; pistil bicarpellary ; 

 seeds many; endosperm scanty. Koeberlinia. (Pf. 3 6 :319.) 



Order Bhoeadales. Pistil of 2 or more united carpels, 

 mostly 1-celled, with parietal placentae ; stamens indefinite or 

 definite ; endosperm none or copious. (Species about 2856.) 



Family 126. Papaveraceae. Poppies. Mostly milky-juiced 

 plants, with alternate leaves, and regular or irregular flowers ; 

 sepals 2-3; petals 4 or more (or 0) ; stamens indefinite; pistil 

 many-carpellary ; seeds usually many; endosperm fleshy. 

 Eschscholtzia, Sanguinaria, Argemone, Papaver, Bicuculla, 

 Fumaria. (Pf.3 2 :130.) 



Family 127. Tovariaceae. Annual herbs of the tropics, 

 with alternate leaves ; 8-merous flowers, and many seeds, with 

 scanty endosperm. Tovaria. (Pf. 3 2 :207.) 



Family 128. Nymphaeaceae. Water-lilies. Aquatic herbs 

 with floating leaves, and regular flowers; petals present, in 

 1-many whorls (really acyclic); pistils closely united; seeds 

 many, endospermous. Victoria, Castalia, Nymphaea. (Pf. 

 3~:1.) 



Family 129. Moringaceae. Trees of the tropics, with de- 

 compound leaves and pentamerous, zygomorphic flowers, and 

 producing bean-like tricarpellary pods; endosperm 0. Mor- 

 inga. (Pf. 3 2 :242.) 



Family 130. Resedaceae. Mignonettes. Herbs and shrubs 

 with scattered leaves and zygomorphic flowers; sepals 4-8 



