Victorian Plants. 



44. Calyx dry, often shining or whitish or bright-colored. 



Calyx divided into sepals or lobed ; stamens five or fewer ; 

 stigmas one to three ; fruit usually enclosed within the 

 calyx, mostly with one seed, irregularly dehiscent or 

 circumcised ; seeds fixed to the base of the fruit-cavity. 

 Figures 34 and 35. Amaraiitaceae. 197 



Calyx membranous or somewhat succulent, without any 

 lustre, usually greenish. 



Leaves usually scattered, often succulent ; calyx often 

 deeply lobed ; stamens five or fewer ; stigmas two or 

 three ; fruit usually enclosed within the calyx, never 

 regularly dehiscent ; seed one, fixed to the base of the 

 fruit-cavity ; embryo annular or coiled. Figures 36, 37, 38. 



Salsolaceae. 200 



45. Seeds several or many, fixed to the walls of the fruit- 



cavity. 



Leaves opposite, whorled or fascicled ; calyx always 

 tubular ; stamens generally few ; petals provided with an 

 appendage ; embryo straight. Frankeniaceae. 210 



Seed one, fixed to the base of the fruit-cavity. 



Leaves scattered or at the stem-base crowded; calyx 

 constantly tubular ; stamens always five, opposite to the 

 petals ; embryo straight. Figure 30. 



Flumbagineae. 211 



Choripetaleae perigynae. 



46. Fruit usually one-celled, representing a solitary fruitlet 47 



Fruit usually with more than one cell or consisting of 

 coherent or separate fruitlets. (Exceptions : Thrypto- 

 mene, Actinotus) ... ... ... ... ... 48 



47. Petals present. 



Stipules often developed ; leaves simple or pinnate or re- 

 duced to dilated leafstalks ; fruit oblique, usually bivalved 

 (Pod, Legume), simple though sometimes spuriously trans- 

 verse-septate, very seldom forming from two to fifteen 

 distinct fruitlets, always free from the calyx, with a 

 solitary almost lateral style and simple stigma ; seeds 

 generally more than one, nearly always without albument. 

 Figures 45 to 51. Leguminosae. 212 



