Ivi FLORA OF MADRAS. 



opening by slits ; if ovary 2-celled, then with a 

 ring of connate scales above the stamens ; shrubs 



or trees CXXIX. THYMELIACEAE. 



Flowers 1 -sexual ; or if 2-sexual, then perianth ; perianth, 

 when present, single ; or if double, then the outer whorl 

 conspicuous with the stamens either all central or the outer 

 whorl of stamens alternate with the inner perianth-lobes ; or if 

 the stamens of the outer whorl opposite the inner perianth- 

 lobes, then the seed with a testa and the plant not parasitic ; 

 ovary superior ; or if inferior, then stamens opposite to and 

 more numerous than the perianth-lobes ; anthers never 

 opening by valves : 



Leafy herbs, shrubs or trees ; leaves sometimes much 

 reduced and then sap milky : 

 Terrestrial plants : 



Ovary 1-carpelled, 1 -celled ; or if syncarpous, then 

 2- or more-celled ; ovules 1-2, collateral in each cell ; 

 or if ovary imperfectly 3-4- celled with 6-8 ovules in 

 each, then flowers 2-sexual : 

 Stipules ; trees : 



Flowers bracteolate ; perianth 3, sometimes 4-lobed ; 

 stamens 6-30, connate in a column ; staminodes ; 

 ovary superior, free, 1- celled ; ovule 1, erect ; 

 fruit fleshy, at length 2-4-valved ; seed enclosed in 



a thin or fleshy aril CXXV. MYRISTICACEAE. 



Flowers without bracteoles or bracts ; perianth 



4-7-partite in <$, 2-lobed in $ ; stamens 4-7, free, 



alternating with clavate staminodes ; ovary 



adhering to the perianth, 1 -celled ; ovule 1, 



pendulous ; fruit a drupe-like nut crowned with 



the elongate, spathulate, wing-like perianth-lobes ; 



seed without aril ... .CXXVII. HEBNANDIACEAE. 



Stipules present though sometimes minute and often 



early deciduous ; or if absent, then flowers bisexual 



and perianth : 



Ovary 1 -celled, 1-ovuled ; flowers usually very 

 small : 



Seeds with copious albumen and a minute 

 embryo ; perianth almost always ; herbs or 

 shrubs : 



Flowers usually 1 -sexual, sometimes bisexual ; 

 leaves usually alternate, sometimes opposite or 



