2 The Flowering Plants of Western India. 



9. CRUCIFERJE. Stamens 6, tetrad ynamous, petals 4, 

 arranged crosswise. 



14. CARYOPHYLLE^;. Herbs with opposite entire leaves and 



stems swollen at the joints ; stamens 5, 8, or 10. 



15. PORTULACE2B. Herbs with entire leaves, and scarious 



hairy appendages at the joints ; stamens 8 to 12, 

 perigynous. 



16. TAMARISCINEJB. Shrubs with minute leaves, stamens 4 



to 10. 



17. ELATINE^E. Small, inconspicuous herbs, stamens 4 to 



10. 



19. DIPTEROCARPE^, Leaves alternate, stamens 10, fruit 



winged. 

 Also some genera of CAPPARIDE^ and BIXINE/E. 



(c) Flowers regular, stamens united into a column or tube. 



20. MALVACE^; (except tribe JBombacece), sepals 5, petals 5, 



twisted. 



(d) Flowers irregular. 



8. FUMARIACE^E. Herbs with divided leaves, sepals 2 



deciduous, stamens 6 in two bundles. 

 11. VIOLACE,E. Sepals, petals, and stamens 5. 

 13. PoLYGALE^s. Leaves simple, entire, stamens 4 to 8 



united into a sheath. 



II. DISCIFLOBJE. Flowers generally with a conspicuous 

 disk, on or about which the stamens, which are nearly always 

 definite, are inserted. In the eighteen orders included in this 

 division, the flowers are mostly regular. 



(a) Flowers regular ; disk conspicuous. 



27. RUTACE^. Leaves dotted, sepals and petals 4 or 5, 



stamens very various. 



28. SIMARUBE^B. Like the last, but leaves not dotted. 



29. OCHNACE^. Sepals 4 or 5, petals as many, or ten, sta- 



mens various, sometimes indefinite. 



30. BURSERACE^:. Trees or shrubs with compound leaves ; 



sepals and petals 3 to 6, stamens as many or double. 



31. MELIACE^E. Trees or shrubs, generally with pinnate 



leaves ; stamens united into a tube. 



32. CHAILLETIACE.E. Trees or shrubs with alternate leaves; 



sepals, petals, and stamens 5. 



