Victorian Plants. 



8. Sepals mostly five or less frequently four. 



Seeds without any appendage ; albument (albumen, albu- 

 mentum) of seed carnulent or horny, unbroken. Figure 1. 



Raiimieulaceae. 108 



Sepals mostly three ; petals generally ternarily whorled. 



Ovules generally more than one ; stipules usually present. 



Figure 3. Magiioliaceae. Ill 



9. Albument of seed starchy. 



Always aquatic plants ; seeds attached to the walls of the 

 fruit-cavity ; embryo minute, lodged in a separate hollow 

 of the seed. Nymphaeaceae. 112 



Albument of seed almost carnulent ... ... ... 10 



10. Albument of seed broken. 



Sepals early contiguous at the margins or forming a lid ; 

 arrangement of sepals and petals often ternary. 



Anonaceae. 112 



Albument of seed unbroken ... ... ... ... 11 



11. Calyx generally consisting of distinct sepals. 



Seeds attached to the base or to the inner angle of the fruit- 

 cavity, generally surrounded by an appendage (arillus). 

 Figure 2. Dilleniaceae. 114 



Calyx generally lobed. 



Petals always absent ; fruitlets usually numerous. Figure 4. 



Monimieae. 115 



12. Calyx consisting of distinct sepals. 



Always climbers ; sepals and petals generally in whorls of 

 three ; fruitlets three or more ; ovule one. Figure 6. 



Menispermeae. 116 

 Calyx lobed. 



Petals always absent ; anthers opening by valves ; fruitlet 

 always solitary, often enclosed ; ovule nearly always one. 

 Figure 5. Lauraceae. 117 



13. Albument of the seed carnulent or horny or none ... 14 

 Albument of the seed starchy ... ... ... ... 37 



14. Stamens and pistils usually in the same flowers. (Ex- 



ception: Dodonaea partly) ... .... ... ... 15 



Stamens and pistils usually in distinct flowers ... ... 34 



