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e. Flowers spirocyclic or of 5-4 whorls. Syncarpy the 

 rule {Apocarpy in the more primitive, 

 exotic families). Tendency for gynaeciu7n 

 to become sunk in flower-axis 



Order 



f. The flowers are cyclic and the sinking of the gynaecium 

 into the hollow flower-axis is general : 

 connatio7i of gynaeciti?n and flower-axis 

 predomi7iates . . . . . 'ji i-j\ 



Order 1 9. Myrtiflorae 



Fam. I. Thymelaeaceae . 



Fam. 2. Elaeagnaceae 



Fam. 3. Lythraceae .... 



Fam. 4. EpiLOBiACEAE(Oenotheraceae) 



Fam. 5. Halorrhagaceae . 



Fam. 6. Hippuridaceae 

 Order 20. Umbellales 



Fam. I. Araliaceae .... 



Fam. 2. Umbelli ferae 



Fam. 3. Cornaceae .... 



Subclass 2. METACHLAMYDEAE 



A. Polypetaly, as well as sympetaly, 

 occurs. Two whorls or one 



