Conspectus of Polypetalous Orders. 3 



33. OLACINE^E. Trees or shrubs with alternate leaves ; petal s 



3 to 6, stamens 3 to 15. 



35. CELASTRINE^B. Trees or shrubs, sepals, petals and 



stamens 4 or 5 (except tribe Hippocratece). 



36. RHAMNE^E. Like the last, but the petals and stamens 



are inserted on the calyx tube. 



37. AMPELIDEJS. Like Celastrinese, but generally climbing 



shrubs, with leaves usually lobed or compound. 



39. ANACARDIACEJ;. Trees or shrubs with milky or acrid 



juice ; sepals, petals, and stamens generally 4 or 5. 

 Also some genera of SAPIEDACE.E. 



(b) Flowers regular ; disk inconspicuous or none. (In this 

 case the orders are practically Thalamifloral.) 



23. LINE.E. Sepals, petals, and stamens 5, styles 3 to 5. 



25. ZYGOPHYLLE.E. Sepals and petals 5, stamens 5, 10, or 15. 



26. G-ERANIACE/E (except tribe Balsaminece). Leaves com- 



pound; sepals and petals 5, stamens 5, 10, or 15. 



34. iLiciNEJi;. Trees or shrubs, leaves alternate, stamens 4 



or 5. 



(c) Flowers irregular. 



24. MALPEIGIACE.E. Trees or shrubs, sepals and petals 5, 



stamens 10, fruit winged. 



26. GERANIACE^;, tribe BALSAMINEJB. Sepals coloured, one 

 spurred, stamens 5, very short. 



38. SAPINDACE^E (with exceptions). Sepals and petals mostly 



4 or 5, stamens 5 to 10. 



40. MORINGEJB. Soft wooded trees with compound leaves ; 



flowers somewhat papilionaceous ; fruit pod-like. 



III. CALYCIFLOKJE. Stamens (and petals) inserted on 

 the calyx. The great majority of the twenty-two orders in- 

 cluded in this division have regular flowers and definite 

 stamens ; but the latter are not so often five as in the last 

 division. 



(a) Flowers regular, stamens definite. 



41. CONNARACE^E. Trees or shrubs with compound leaves ; 



stamens 5 or 10. 



42. LEGUMINOSJS, tribe MIMOSE^. Stamens usually 10. 



44. SAXIFRAGES. Sepals and petals 4 or 5, stamens double 

 as many. 



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