xlvi FLORA OF MADRAS. 



with sinuous or conduplicate anthers ; styles 

 united or free only at the apex ; fruit not 

 winged ; climbers or prostrate plants, usually 

 bearing tendrils . . .LXXIII. CUCURBITACEAE. 

 Flowers not symmetrical, stamens many, free 

 or united into bundles ; anthers ovoid ; styles 

 free or united only at the base ; fruit often 

 2-3-winged ; erect herbs or shrubs, usually 

 more or less succulent 



LXXV. BEGONIACEAE. 



Ovules pendulous from the apex of the carpels or 

 cells ; ovary almost always inferior, usually more 

 than 1 -celled ; ovules always few : 



Ovules 2 or more in each cell ; or if only 1, then 

 aquatic herbs with 1 -sexual flowers : 



Herbs, often aquatic ; styles 4, free ; flowers 

 often 1 -sexual with solitary ovule 



LX. HALORRHAGIDACEAE. 



Trees or shrubs ; flowers rarely 1 -sexual ; ovules 



always more than 1 in each cell ; style single : 



Ovary 2-6-celled ; or if 1 -celled, then maritime 



trees ; ovary often inferior ; or if superior, 



then petals fimbriate ; leaves opposite 



LXI. RHIZOPHORACEAE. 



Ovary 1 -celled; leaves opposite or alternate; 

 fruit often 2-5-winged 



LXII. COMBRETACEAE. 



Ovule 1 in each cell ; flowers bisexual : 



Flowers in simple or compound umbels ; leaves 

 almost always alternate, usually compound : 

 Herbs ; fruit dry, separating into two dehis- 

 cent carpels with glandular tubules containing 

 an essential oil 



LXXVIII. UMBELLIFERAE. 



Trees or shrubs, sometimes scandent ; fruit 



usually fleshy ; carpels generally more than 2, 



never separating spontaneously ; devoid of 



glandular tubules . . . .LXXIX. ARALIACEAE. 



Flowers in axillary or terminal fascicles, cymes 



or panicles, not in umbels ; fruit drupaceous, 



containing 1-4 stones ; leaves always simple, 



entire ; trees or shrubs : 



