372 THE PLANT PHYLA 
Family 268. Anacardiaceae. Sumachs. Trees and 
shrubs with alternate pinnate leaves; 
and small flowers with superior or 
inferior, 1 to 5-celled pistil—Rhus, 
Mangifera, Cotinus. 
Family 269. Juglandaceae. Walnuts. Trees and 
shrubs, with alternate, pinnate leaves; 
and small much reduced flowers 
with inferior, 1-celled pistil—Juglans, 
Hicoria. 
Family 270. Betulaceae. Birches. Trees and shrubs 
with alternate, pinnate leaves, and 
diclinous flowers in aments; pistil 1 
to 2-celled, superior or inferior.— 
Betula, Alnus, Corylus, Ostrya, Car- 
pinus. 
Family 271. Fagaceae. Beeches. Trees and shrubs 
with alternate, pinnate leaves and 
diclinous flowers in aments; pistils 2 
to 6-celled, inferior.—Fagus, Castanea, 
Quercus. 
Family 272. Myricaceae; 273, Julianaceae; 274, Pro- 
teaceae. 
Order UMBELLALES. Flowers regular, usually perfect, 
disk adherent to the mostly bicar- 
pellary pistil which is inferior and 2- 
celled; ovules 1 in each cell. 
Family 275. Araliaceae. Ginsengs. Mostly trees 
and shrubs; pistil 2 to 15-carpellary; 
fruit a berry.—Aralia, Hedera, Panax. 
Family 276. Apiaceae. Parsleys. Mostly herbs; 
pistil bicarpellary; fruit dry, splitting 
vertically; inflorescence umbellate.— 
Sanicula, Coriandrum, Apium, Cicuta, 
Pastinaca, Foeniculum, Ferula, Hera- 
cleum, Daucus. 
Family 277. Cornaceae. Cornels. Mostly shrubs and 
trees with usually opposite leaves; 
pistil 2 to 4-carpellary; fruit a drupe. 
—Cornus, Nyssa. 
