XIV KEY TO THE ORDERS. 



MALVACEAE. Stamens monadelphotis. Calyx persistent. 



Ovaries in a ring 24 



Podophyllum, in 



BERBERIDACE/E. Calyx fugacious. Leaves large, peltate, 



deeply lobed. Fruit a large fleshy berry, 1 -celled. 8 



Pistil syncarpous. (Stigmas, styles, placentce, or cells, 

 more than one. ) 



Actaea, in 



RANUNCULACE^E, might be looked for here. Fruit a 



many-seeded berry. Leaves compound 2 



NYMPHJEACEJE. Aquatics. Leaves floating, large, deeply 



cordate 



SARRACENIACE^E. Bog-plants. Leaves pitcher-shaped. ... 10 



PAP AVERAGES. Juice red or yellow. Sepals 2, caducous. 10 



CAPPARIDACEJE. Corolla cruciform, but pod 1 -celled. 



Leaves of 3 leaflets. 1 (j 



HYPERICACE^E. Leaves transparent - dotted. Stamens 



usually in 3, but sometimes in 5, clusters 19 



CISTACE^:. Sepals 5, very unequal, or only 3. Ovary 1- 



celled, with 3 parietal placentee 18 



MALVACEAE. Stamens monadelphous, connected with the 

 bottom of the petals. Calyx persistent. Ovaries 

 in a ring 24 



TILLAGES. Trees. Flowers yellowish, in small hanging 

 cymes, the peduncle with a leaf-like bract at- 

 tached 25 



* * Stamens perigynous (inserted on the calyx). 



Portulaca, in 



PORTULACACE.E. Low herbs, with fleshy leaves. Sepals 

 2, adhering to the ovary beneath. Pod opening 

 by a lid i j:i 



ROSACES. Leaves alternate, with stipules. Fruit apo- 

 carpous, or a drupe, or a pome 38 



* * * 



Stamens epigynous (attached to the ovary J. 



Nymphaea, in 



NYMPH.<I;ACE/K. Aquatic. Leaves floating. Flowers 

 white, large, witli numerous petals gradually 

 passing into stamens 9 



