A SYNOPSIS OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. 



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BB. Locules of the ovary 1-2 



ovuled 



c. I, vs. simple 3. Tinn.EA. 



cc. Lvs. 3-foliolate or 1-3- 



pinnate 



D. Anthers 10-lL' 4. Welia. 



DD. Anthers D 5. Aglaia. 



38. BURSERACB.T3. 



4. Cal.vx tube liroadly urn- 

 shaped, covered by the 

 torus 1. Oakuga. 



i. Calyx small, 4-G-parted. ...2. BUKSEKA. 



39. OLACACE.E. 



Stamens twice as many as 



the petals, all fertile 1. Xuien'Ia. 



40. aquifoliace.t;. 



A. Petals connate at base : 



ovary 4-5-loculed 1. Ilex. 



V. Petals free, linear : ovary 3- 



5-loculed 2. Nemopanthus. 



41. CYRILLACE.E. 



42. RHAMNACE.E. 



A. Calyx lobes persistent, the 

 often star-shaped disc 

 joining its tube to the en- 

 tire surface of the ovary : 



fr. dry, 3-winged 1. Gouania. 



AA. Calyx lobes deciduous 



B. Disc lining the shallow 

 calyx-tube, nearly or 

 quite free from the 

 ovary ; fr. drupaceous, 

 mostly fleshy and often 

 edible, with a single 1- 

 4-celled stone inclos- 

 ing as many seeds, or 

 1-seeded b.y abortion ; 

 seed coats membran- 

 ous 



c. Petals : albumen 



copious, ruminate. . .2. Reyxosia. 



cc. Petals 5 



D. Fr. winged, dry, 

 leathery : plants 

 p r i c Ic 1 y : lvs. 3- 



nerved 3. Palii;rus. 



DD. Fr. a flesh.v drupe : 

 plants prickly : lvs. 



3-nerved 4. Zizypiius. 



DDD. Fr. a drupe with 

 leathery sarcocarp : 

 plants unarmed : 

 lvs. penninerved. . ..5. Beiiche.mia. 

 BE. Disc lining the calyx 

 tube, or both adherent 

 to ovary; fr. drupace- 

 ous or becoming dr.v, 

 inclosing 2-4 nutlets 



or cocci 



c. Fr. a fleshy drupe free 

 from calyx, contain- 

 ing 2-4, separate, 



nut-lilte stones 6. Rhamxos. 



cc. Fr. becoming nearly or 

 quite dry, partly in- 

 ferior separating in- 

 to 3 nutlets : ovary 

 adnate to disc at its 



base 7. Ceanothcs. 



ccc. Fr. a capsule with mem- 

 branous covering, in- 

 ferior, separating in- 

 to 3 cocci whicli are 

 dehiscent inside. ...8. Pomaderris. 

 cccc. Fr. indehiscent, pea- 

 shaped, 3-celied. 3- 

 seeded ; ovary free. ..0. IIovexia. 



43. CELASTRACE.E. 



A. Fruit indehiscent 1. El.i;odendron. 



AA. Fruit a dehiscent capsule. 



B. Lvs. opposite 



C. Ovules 1-2, in the axis2. Euonymus. 



of the locule 



cc. Ovules 2 in the locules, 



erect 3. Pachi.stima. 



BB. Lvs. alternate 



c. Ovary confluent with 



the disc 



DD. Locules generally 1- 

 ovuled : plants un- 

 armed : fls. solitar.v, 

 clustered or cy- 



mose 4. Maythenu.s. 



DD. Locules 2-ovuled ; 

 plants often 

 armed : fls. cymosc'i. CiYhino.si'okia. 

 cc. Ovary free t>. Celasthus. 



44. stackiiousiace.t;. 



Genus unique 1. Stackhou.sia. 



45. VITACE.15. 



A. Plants climbing, mostly by 

 adhesion of dilated and 

 disc-shaped tips of the 

 tendril-branches : no dis- 

 tinct disc or free nectari- 

 ferous glands, but a nec- 

 tariferous and wholly con- 

 fluent thickening of the 

 base of the ovary, or even 



this obsolete 1. Ampelopsis. 



AA. Plants climbing by the pre- 

 hension and coiling of 

 naked-tipped tendrils : nec- 

 tariferous disc or glands 

 surrounding the ovary or 

 its base, and at least 



partly free from it 



B. Berries edible ; petals cast 

 off from the base while 

 cohering by their tips: 

 hypogynous disc of 5 

 nectariferous glands al- 

 ternate with the sta- 

 mens 2. VlTIS. 



BB. Berries inedible : petals 

 expanding: disc annu- 

 lar or cup shaped, en- 

 circling the base of the 

 ovary and adherent to 

 it below 3. Cisscs. 



46. LEEACE.E. 



1. Leea. 



47. SAPINDACE.T3. 



a. Fls. irregular 



B. Seeds albuminous : sta- 

 mens inserted at the 

 base of the disc inside : 

 lvs. alternate, pinnate.. 

 c. Calyx suljsaccate the 

 segments narrow very 

 unequal at base : 

 ovules in the locules 



2-4 1. Melianthds. 



cc. Calyx of 5 free, round- 

 ish sepals: ovules 

 numerous in 2 series 



on the placentae 2. Grevia. 



BB. Seeds not albuminous : 

 stamens inserted at the 

 liase of the ovary inside 

 the disc or unilateral : 

 lvs. rarely onnosite ex- 

 cept in Aesculus 



c. Lvs. opposite 3. Aesculos. 



cc. Lvs. alternate 



D. Ovules solitary in the 

 locules (rarely 2 in 

 Pauilinia) ; plant 



climbing 



E. Fr. bladdery, mem- 

 branous, loculi- 



cidal 4. Cardiospermcm. 



ee. Fr. a pear-shaped, 



septicidal capsule. .5. Padllinia. 

 DD. Ovules 2 or more in 



