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A SYNOPSIS OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. 



B. Embi'yo arched ; albumen 



scant 2. Axacampseros. 



BE. Embryo more incurved or 

 annular, including the 



albumen 



c. Sepals usually decid- 

 uous 3. Talindm. 



cc. Sepals persistent, at 

 least usually in Cal- 



andrinia 



D. No. of sepals 5-8.. 4. Lewisia. 



DD. No. of sepals 2 



E. Shape of sepals 

 roundish heart- 

 shaped, scarious. .5. Spragcea. 

 EE. Shape of sepals 

 ovate, herbaceous. 

 P. Stamens .3. rarely 5.6. Montia. 

 FF. Stamens definitely 5.7. Claytonia. 

 FFF. Stamens indefinite- 

 ly 5-many 8. Calandri.via. 



23. tamariscace.t;. 



a. Petals free or hardly coal- 

 esced at the base : fls. 



racemose or spicate 1. Ta.marix. 



AA. Petals coalesced into a tube ; 



fls. thyrsoid-panicled. . . 2. Fouquiera. 



24. HYPEUICACE.E. 



A. Fls. 4-merous 1. AsrvRUM. 



AA. Fls. 5-merous 2. Hypericum. 



23. guttifetrace.t:. 



A. Style very short or none : 

 ovules solitary in each 



locale of the ovary 1. Garcinia. 



AA. Style elonsated : ovules in 

 the whole ovary 1, 2. or 



4 



B. Ovary 1-loeuled : l-ovuled.2. Calophvllilm. 

 BE. Ovary 2— 4-loculed, 4- 



ovuled 3. Mammea. 



2G. TERNSTRCEMIACE.E. 



a. Anthers basiflxed 



E. Calyx of 5 sepals sub-con- 

 nate at the base, at 

 length fleshy and ad- 

 hering to the ovary. . . 1. Visnea. 

 BE. Calyx inferior : sepals 



free 



c. Fls. rather large : pet- 

 als coalesced at base : 

 anthers glabrous : 



ovules 2—4 in each 

 1 o c u 1 e. pendulous 



from the apex 2. Ternstrcemia. 



cc. Fls. m e d i u m-sized : 

 petals free or hardly 

 coalesced : anthers 

 pilose : ovules indefi- 

 nite, in the middle of 



the locule 3. Cletera. 



CCC. Fls. small, dioecious : 

 petals coalesced at 

 base : anthers gla- 

 brous : ovules indefi- 

 nite in the middle of 



the loc\ile 4. ECKYA. 



AA. Anthers versatile 



B. Peduncles with an inde- 

 finite no. of fls. : fr. 

 rarei.v subdehiscent, 

 usually pulpy inside... 

 C. Fls. 5-merous : sepals 

 hardly imbricated : 

 styles indefinite. ...5. Actinidia. 

 CC. Fls. 4-merous ; sepals 

 strongly imbricated : 



styles simple C. Stachycbds. 



BE. Peduncles 1-fld. : fr. a lo- 



culicidal capsule 



c. Radicles inferior 



D. Ovules ascending ; 



seeds lens-shaped ; 

 embryo straight. ... 7. Sthabtia. 

 DD. Ovules laterally af- 

 fixed ; seeds fi a t, 



winged on back : 

 cotyledons flat and 

 radicle inflexed. . ..8. Schima. 

 cc. Radicles superior. . . . 

 D. Ovules indefinite: 



seeds winged 



above 9. Gordonia. 



DD. Ovules few in each 

 locule : seeds not 

 winged 10. Camellia. 



27. MALVACE^. 



a. Fruit a capsule loculicidally 

 dehiscent (in Adansonia 

 indehiscent. and woody).. 

 B. Style branches as many as 

 the locules of the 

 ovary: staminal column 

 laterally antheriferoua 

 the apex truncate or 5- 

 toothed. or rarely an- 

 ther bearing 



c. Seeds usually kidney- 

 shaped: stigmas or 

 style branches finally 



spreading 



D. Bract lets 5 - m a n y, 

 rarei.v 0. or reduced 

 to teeth : style 

 branches finally 



spreading 1. Hibiscus. 



DD. Bractlets or 3 : 

 stigmas distinct, 

 free, radiating. ...2. Lagdnaria. 

 cc. Seeds obovoid or 

 angled : style club- 

 shaped at apex, un- 

 divided or with short 



erect branches 



D. Bractlets 3-5, small..3. Thespesia. 

 DD. Bractlets 3, large, 



cordate. 4. GOSSYPIDM. 



BE. Style entire or divided in- 

 to very short branches 

 as many as the locules 

 of the ovary : staminal 

 column various, but 

 generally divided and 

 antheriferous at the 



apex 



C. Staminal column sepa- 

 rated above into 

 numerous filaments.. 

 D. Capsule 5-v a I v e d, 

 densel.y woolly 



within 5. BOMEAX. 



DD. Capsule woody, not 

 woolly within. . . . 



E. Calyx 5-cut 6. Adansonia. 



ee. Calyx truncate 7. Pachiha. 



cc. Staminal column 5-cut 

 or 5-toothed. the 

 branches bearing 2-3 



anthers 



D. Column outside below 

 the middle annu- 

 lately .5-10-lobed. .8. Chorisia. 

 DD. Column not annulate. 9. Ekiodendbon. 

 AA. Fruit composed of carpels 

 which separate at matu- 

 rity 



b. Staminal column anther- 

 bearing outside trun- 

 cate or 5-toothed at the 

 apex : style branches 



10 



C. Bractlets 5-8. herbace- 

 ous or setiform : car- 

 pels with or without 



1-3 awns 10. Pavonia. 



CC. Bractlets indefinite, her- 

 baceous or setiform : 

 carpels fleshy outside, 

 connate into a berry, 

 later separating. ...11. Malvaviscus. 

 CCC. Bractlets 4-6. large and 

 colored : carpels 

 naked, muticous. ... 12. Gcethea. 

 eb. Staminal column bearing 

 anthers at or near the 

 apex 



