Victorian Plants. 31 



143. Petals five ' 144 



Petals four 145 



144. Stamens five. 



Shrubs or trees ; leaves scattered, always simple ; calyx 

 five-cleft ; fruitlets five, blunt. Geijera. 679 



Stamens nearly always ten. 



Shrubs, rarely trees ; leaves scattered, always simple ; calyx 

 five-cleft or rarely obliterated ; fruitlets five, pointed, 

 spreading or seldom laterally coherent. Figure 15. 



Eriostemon. 680 



145. Stamens four. 



Shrubs, rarely trees ; leaves opposite, often consisting of 

 three leaflets j calyx four-cleft ; fruitlets four, spreading, 

 blunt. , Zieria. 702 



Stamens eight ... ... ... ... ... 146 



146. Petals comparatively small. 



Shrubs or semiherbaceous plants; leaves opposite, simple 

 or compound ; calyx four- cleft ; fruitlets four, spreading, 

 blunt. Boronia, 705 



Petals comparatively large. 



Shrubs, rarely small trees ; leaves opposite, always simple ; 

 calyx large, undivided or rarely four-cleft ; fruitlets four, 

 erect, laterally coherent, blunt. Figure 14. Correa. 712 



CELASTRINAJG. 



147. Fruit two- to four-valved. 



Shrubs, often climbing, or small trees ; leaves scattered ; 

 seeds one or two in each cell, much enclosed in a succulent 

 appendage. Figure 28. Celastrus. 715 



LINEAE. 



148. Sepals, petals and styles five. 



Herbs; leaves small, without any denticulation. "Flax." 



Linum. 716 



