CONSPECTUS OF POLYPETALOUS ORDERS 

 (EXOGENS). 



I. THALAMIFLORJE. Plants with hypogynous stamens, 

 i.e. inserted on the thalamus and below the pistil, so that they 

 remain behind when the calyx and corolla are pulled off. 



Of the orders included in this book twenty-two come under 

 this division, and in the greater part of these the flowers are 

 regular, and the stamens very numerous, or indefinite. 



Note. The numbers are those under which the orders will be 

 found. The descriptions here given do not always apply to the 

 order generally, but sometimes only to the genera and species given 

 in this book. 



(a) Flowers regular : stamens indefinite. 



1. RANUNCULACE.E. Herbs or climbing shrubs ; petals none 



(except Naraveiia), carpels many, free. 



2. DILLENIACE.&, Trees with large simple leaves ; petals and 



sepals 5. 



3. MAGNOLIACE^. Trees: sepals and petals in whorls of 3. 



4. ANONACE^E. Trees or shrubs, sepals 3_, petals 3 to 6, in 



two series. 



6. NYMPHACE^E. Water lilies. 



7. PAP AVERAGES. Herbs ; sepals 2, petals 4, soon falling off. 

 10. CAPPAEIDE^E (except some genera ivith definite stamens ;) 



sepals and petals 4, stamens often on the stalk of the 



ovary. 

 12, BIXINE.E (except Hydnocarpus). Trees or shrubs, sepals 



and petals 4, the latter sometimes wanting. 

 18. GuxTiFER-E. Trees or shrubs with yellow juice, and 



generally beautiful flowers. 



20. MALVACE.E, tribe BOMBACE^. Trees, sepals and petals 5, 



stamens sometimes united below. 



21. STERCULIACE^}. Stamens generally more or less united ; 



sepals and petals 5, or the latter wanting. 



22. TILIACE.E. Generally fibrous plants, flowers yellow or 



white, sepals and petals 5, or the latter wanting. 



(b) Flowers regular, stamens definite. 



5. MENISPERMACE^, Climbers : sepals, petals, and stamens 



usually 6. 



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