xlii FLORA OF MADRAS. 



Ovary 1 -celled ; or if 2-5-celled, then 

 leaves compound 



LII. ANACARDIACEAE. 

 Stamens opposite the petals : 

 Petals valvate : 



Leaves exstipulate ; ovules and seeds 

 pendulous ; fruit 1 -celled, 1 -seeded : 

 Flowers in open racemes or cymes ; 

 bracts, if present, very small ; ovary 

 3-5-celled ; or if 1 -celled, then trees 

 or climbers with tendrils 



XL. OLACACEAE. 



Flowers in cone-like racemes or spikes 

 (at least in bud) ; bracts patent ; 

 ovary 1 -celled; climbers without 



tendrils XLI. OPILIACEAE. 



Leaves stipulate ; ovules and seeds 

 erect or ascending ; fruit usually 2 -celled, 

 2-6-seeded, rarely 1 -celled, 1 -seeded 



XLVII. VlTACEAE. 



Petals imbricate ; styles 2-3, free or 

 connate ; leaves exstipulate 



LI. SABIACEAE. 

 Carpels syncarpous, 1 -celled : 



Climbing shrubs with hooked branchlets ; 

 leaves simple ; stamens 5-10 ; stami- 

 nodes ; ovary sessile ; styles 3 ; ovule 

 1, erect or lateral 



XXV. ANCISTBOCLADACEAE. 

 Erect trees ; leaves 2-3-pinnate ; disk large, 

 lining the calyx-tube ; stamens 5 ; stami- 

 nodes 5-7 ; ovary stipitate ; style single ; 

 ovules numerous on 3 parietal placentas 



LIU. MOBINGACEAE. 



Sepals valvate in bud ; or if imbricate or subimbricate, 

 then with valvate petals or 3-merous, 2-sexual flowers, or 

 anthers dehiscing by pores or valves, or trees with 

 balsaminous sap : 



Flowers 3-merous ; sepals free, rarely united ; stamens 

 free, usually numerous ; ripe carpels free, often stalked, 

 rarely (Anona) conjoined ; leaves simple ; pith trabe- 

 culate IV. ANONACEAE. 



