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** Petals none. 



(48) Chrysosplenium — ovary adherent to near the top, bearing 



a one-celled capsule. 



14. Rhamnaceous Plants. Ehamnace^. 



(49) Rhamnus — fruit a small berry or drupe, enclosing three or 



four small one-seeded nuts. 



15. Celastraceous Plants. Celastrace^e. 



(50) Euonymus — capsule with four (rarely 3-5) angles, enclosing 



as many cells, the valves opening along the middle of each 

 cell ; seeds solitary in the cells, enveloped in a coloured 

 fleshy arillus. 



16. Portulacaceous Plants. PoRTULACACEiE. 



(51) Montia — flowers minute, the five petals slightly united, 



split open in front. 



17. Grossulariaceous Plants. GRossuLARiACEiE. 



(52) Ribes — fruit a berry filled with juicy pulp, in which the 



seeds are suspended by long stalks. 



18. Ericaceous Plants. Ericaceae. 



(53) Arctostaphylos — calyx and corolla inferior; ovary five- 



celled, with one ovule in each cell, becoming a globular 

 berry. 



19. Vacciniaceous Plants. Vacciniace^. 



(54) Vaecinium — calyx-tube adherent to the ovary; corolla 



superior ; ovary five-celled, with several ovules in each cell, 

 becoming a globular berry. 



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