Victorian Plants. 



22. Sepals often very unequal. 



Sepals partly petaloid ; petals generally connected with the 

 staminal tube ; stamens mostly eight, filaments connate ; 

 anthers one-celled, each opening by a pore. Figure 13. 



Polygaleae. 135 



Sepals almost or quite equal ... ... ... 23 



23. Stamens indefinite in number. 



Stipules absent ; leaves generally opposite, often dotted ; 

 sepals, petals and styles usually five ; petals twisted 

 before expansion ; filaments often connate ; styles dis- 

 connected ; fruit bursting along the dissepiments. 



Hypericiiiae. 136 



Stamens definite in number ... ... ... ... 24 



24. Styles more than one, disconnected. 



Stipules present ; sepals, petals and styles usually three to 

 five; petals flat before expansion; filaments always dis- 

 connected; seeds fixed to the inner angles of the fruit. 

 Figure 12. Elatineae. 137 



Style one. 



Sepals, petals and stamens mostly five; petals often coherent; 

 filaments often disconnected ; ovulary one- to five-celled ; 

 embryo minute. Figure 10. Pittosporeae. 138 



25. Leaves always pellucidly dotted. 



Petals four to five, sometimes coherent ; styles united ; 

 fruitlets coherent, often bivalved, the husk mostly sepa- 

 rating in two layers. Figures 14 and 15. Rutaceae. 142 



Leaves generally without pellucid dots ... ... 26 



26. Stamens usually five ... ... ... ... ... 27 



Stamens usually eight to ten ... ... ... ... 29 



27. Seeds often clasped by a bright-colored arillar ap- 



pendage. 



Stipules usually absent; leaves always simple; flowers mostly 

 symmetrical; stamens inserted on a disk; fruit mostly 

 dehiscent; embryo straight. Figure 28. 



Celastrinae. 147 



Seeds without any clasping appendage ... ... 28 



