546 Key to the System of 



Plants with normally six stamens- 

 Most of Cruciferae, Pseudanthus, Rumex, Polygonum, Alisma, Damas- 

 nium, Triglochin, Livistona, most of Amaryllideae and of Liliaceae, 

 Juncus, Luzula, Eriocaulon. 



Plants with normally eight stamens 



Polygala, Comesperma, Acronychia, Boronia, Correa, Tetratheca, 

 Zygophyllum, Polygonum, Muehlenbeckia, Aphanopetalum, Epilobium, 

 Myriophyllum, Haloragis. 



Plants with their stamens all opposite to the petals or to the 

 corolla-lobes 



Statice, all of Rhamnaceae, of Santalaceae, of Proteaceae and of 

 Loranthaceae, Vitis, Myrsine, all of Primulaceae, Sowerbaea, Xyris. 



Plants with their filaments all or nearly all connate 



(a) Together with the style Candollea, Leeuwenhoekia, all of 

 Orchideae. 



(b) Around the style Pelargonium, Geranium, Erodium, all of Mal- 

 vaceae, Brachychiton, Passiflora, all of Asclepiadeae, Sisyrinchium, 

 Patersonia, Calostemma. 



(c) Aside of the style Hibbertia (here seldom), Platylobium, Bossiaea, 

 Templetonia, Hovea, Goodia, Trigonella. Lotus, Psoralea, Indigofera, 

 Goodia, Glycyrrhiza, Swainsona, Zornia, Desmodium, Lespedeza, 

 Kennedya, Glycine. 



(d) Unaccompanied by any style Sarcopetalum, Stephania, Plagian- 

 thus, Ricinocarpus, Bertya, Sicyos, Melothria. 



Plants with their anthers connate 



Cheiranthera, all of Compositae, Isotoma, Lobelia, Brunonia, Dampiera, 

 Solanum, all of Asclepiadeae, Lyonsia, Halgania, Utricularia, Polypom- 

 pholyx, Calectasia, Althenia, Cymodocea. 



Plants with their stamens and their pistils separate in all or 



many of the flowers- 

 Clematis, Atherosperma, Hedycarya, Ceratophyllum, Sarcopetalum, 

 Stephania, Dodonaea (partially), Brachychiton, Plagianthus, all of Euphor- 

 biaceae, Australina, Casuarina, Didymotheca, Codonocarpus, Rumex, 



