Victorian Plants. 37 



175. Stamens numerous. 



Shrubs ; leaves comparatively large, always indented ; sepals 

 four or five; petals sepal-like or absent ; stamens crowded ; 

 anthers pointed, their cells narrow. Adriaiia. 772 



Stamens few 176 



176. Leaves ternately joined. 



Shrubs or somewhat herbaceous plants ; leaves small, 

 entire; sepals six; petals absent; stamens disunited. 



Micraiitheum. 773 



Leaves scattered ... ... ... ... ... 177 



177. Seeds one in each fruit. 



Shrubs or half -shrubs ; leaves small, entire ; sepals generally 

 six ; petals absent ; stamens disunited ; styles three, 

 undivided. Pseudantlms. 774 



Seeds several in each fruit. 



Herbs or shrubs ; leaves mostly small, entire, not seldom 

 placed unilaterally and averse to the flowers ; sepals 

 generally six ; petals absent ; styles three, usually 

 bilobed. Fhyllanthns. 775 



CUPULIFERAE. 



178. Pistillate flowers two to four within a scaly, at 

 length prickly or fringy involucre of connate bracts. 



Usually trees, often tall ; staminate flowers crowded or only 

 three or two together or solitary, their calyx lobed ; 

 stamens few, several or many ; calyx of pistillate flowers 

 adnate ; ovulary three-celled ; styles three ; fruits (nuts) 

 triangular. "Beech." FagUS. 780 



TJRTICA.CEAE. 



179. Woody 180 



Herbaceous ... ... ... ... ... ... 181 



180. Flowers cymosely disposed. 



Evergreen trees ; sepals usually five ; stamens five, erect 



while in bud ; stigmas two. Figure 24. Trenia. 781 



