OF TKE SOUTH AFEICAX FLORA. xlv 



Order 34. Olacinece (p. 49). Disk annular or 4-5-lobed. 

 „ 35. Ilicinece (p. 50). Disk 0. 



Cohort IX. Celasteales. — Flowers regular or irregular, always small 

 and usually hermaphrodite. Sepals and petals 4-5. Disk cushion-like 

 and adnate to the base of the calyx. Stamens definite on the margin 

 or base of the disk. Ovary 2- or more celled, free or immersed in the 

 disk ; ovules 1-2, erect from the base of the cells, with the raphe next 

 the axis, rarely 3-6, attached to the inner angle of the cells. — Leaves 

 simple, except in Ampelidece. 



Order 36. Celastrinece (p. 51). Flowers small. Ovary sometimes sunk in 

 disk. Ovules 6-8 in CatJiastrum and Putterlichia. 

 „ 37. RhamnecB {^. hb). Ovary often inferior or adhering to the calyx. 



Petals often absent, always minute. 

 „ 38. Ampelidece (p. 57). Petals valvate, often coherhig at the tips. 



Cohort X. Sapindales. — Flowers regular or irregular, usually unisexual. 

 Disk adnate to the base of the calyx. Stamens definite or indefinite, in- 

 serted upon or within the disk. Ovary 1- or more celled ; ovules 1-2 in 

 each cell, erect from its base, or pendulous from a basal fuuicle. — Leaves 

 often compound. 



Order 39. Sapindacece (p. 58). Petals usually 1 fewer than the calyx-lobes, 

 or 0, often with a claw at the base. Stamens often 8, and disk 

 often iTuilateral. 

 „ 40. Jnacardiacece. "(p. 62). Petals or as many as calyx-lobes. 

 Stamens usually twice as many. 



Series III. Calyciflorse. — Sepals connate into a more or less distinct 

 tube, which is free or adnate to the ovary. Disk us^^ally indistinguishable 

 from the calyx-tube. Petals as many as the sepals, inserted with the sta- 

 mens on the calyx-tube or on the base of its lobes. Ovary very often more 

 or less inferior. 



Cohort XI. RoSALES. — Flowers regular or irregular, usually 5-merous and 

 hermaphrodite. Stamens definite or indefinite. Carpels 1 or more, free, 

 rarely imited more or less ; styles usually distinct, or separable. — Leaves 

 simple or compound. 



Order 41. ConnaracecB (p. 65). 



„ 42. LeffuminoscB {p. 65). Stamens indefinite in Mwo5e<^, 



„ 43. Rosacece (p. 93.) Petals in Alchemilla, Poterium, and Cliffortia. 



5, 44. SaxifragecB {^.^1). Disk large in ^/•ea;'/a. 



„ 45. CrassulacecB (p. 99). Perigynous scales opposite the carpels in 



many species. 

 „ 46. HamameUdecB (p. 102). Flowers unisexual and apetalous in 



Trichocladus. Grtihbia should perhaps be referred to Santa- 



lacea. 

 ,, 47. Bruniaceee (p. 103). Petals connate in Lonchostoma. 

 „ 48. Haloragece (p. 106). Flowers very imperfect in all the species. 

 „ 49, BalanophorecB (p, 107). Flowers extremely imperfect. The 



Order has been placed next to SantalacecB recently by Dr. 



Eichler, of Munich. 



Cohort XII. Myrtales. — Flowers usually both regular and hermaphrodite. 

 Stamens definite or indefinite, 4-5-merous. Disk or covering the ovary. 



