The Flowering Plants of Western India. 



45. CRASSULACE^E. Fleshy herbs or undershrubs, sepals and 



petals 4 to 8, stamens double as many. 



46. DROSERACE-E. Glandular herbs, petals, sepals, and 



stamens 4 or 5. 



47. HALORAGE^. Small herbs with minute flowers, often 



very imperfect. 



48. RHIZOPHORE^E. Trees or shrubs, mostly of salt water 



swamps ; stamens 8 to 30 ; (in one genus indefinite). 



49. COMBRETACE^E. Trees or shrubs, stamens 4 to 10, fruit 



generally winged. 



51. MELASTOMACE2B. Stamens 8 to 10 ; anthers with a con- 



nective. 



52. LYTHBACE-E. Stamens very various, sometimes indefi- 



nite, ovary free at the bottom of the calyx tube. 



53. ONAGRACE^B. Stamens various, often 8 or 10, ovary 



very notably inferior. 



Kote. Hooker calls the flowers sub-irregular. 



54. SAMYDACE-E. Trees or shrubs, flowers small and un- 



attractive ; stamens numerous. 



55. PASSIFLORE^;. Generally twining, stamens 5, calyx with 



a corona, ovary superior. 



56. CUCURBITACE^:. Twiners with unisexual flowers, 



stamens generally 3, style one with 3 thick stigmas. 



58. DATISCACE.E. Stamens 4, inserted round a disk, petals 



none. 



59. FICOIDEJ:. Succulent herbs, petals small or wanting, 



stamens sometimes indefinite. 



61. ARALIACE^J. Stamens 5 to 7 inserted round a disk ; 



styles more than one. 



62. CORKAGES. Like the last, but no disk and one style. 



(&) Flowers regular, stamens indefinite. 



42. LEGUMINOS-E, tribe ACACIE.E. Trees or shrubs. 



43. ROSACES. Sepals and petals 5. 



50. MYRTACE.E, Trees or shrubs with dotted leaves and 



conspicuous disk. 



(c) Flowers irregular. 



42. LEGUMINOS-E, except suborder Mimosece. 



57. BEGONIACE^:. Succulent herbs with unequal-sided 



leaves, unisexual flowers, and no petals. 



60. UMBELLIFER^. Herbs with small flowers in umbels, 



generally with a conspicuous disk. 



