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A SYNOPSIS OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. 



Iv 5-lobed : fr. many 



seeded 1. Theophkasta. 



BB. Corolla rotate-campanvi- 

 late, deeply D-cut : fr. 



few-seeded 2. Jacquinia. 



A. Staminodes : corolla 

 gamopetalous or poly- 

 petalous : fr. 1-seeded. ... 

 B. Corolla imbricated : fls. 

 fascicled, lateral or ax- 

 illary. 3. MVRSINE. 



BE. Corolla convolute: pan- 

 icles terminal or termi- 

 nal and axillary 4. Aedi.sia. 



87. SAP0TACB.13. 



A. Corolla lobes, salyx seg- 

 ments, stamens and stam- 

 inodes (when present,) is- 



omerous 



B. Staminodes t) : seeds usu- 

 ally albuminous : tls. 5- 

 merous, rarely 6-7-mer- 



ous 1. Chrysophyllcm. 



BB. Staminodes small usually 

 affixed higber than sta- 

 mens, sometimes few or 

 : seeds not albumin- 

 ous : fls. 4-5-merous. . . 2. Luct:MA. 

 EBB. Staminodes alternate 

 with stamens, rarely af- 

 fixed higher : seeds al- 

 buminous 3. SiDEROXYLON, 



AA. Corolla lobes and calyx seg- 

 ments isomerous : sta- 

 mens twice as many or 



more 4. Isonaxdra. 



AAA. Corolla lobes usually 2 or 

 3 times as many as calyx 



segments 



B. Calyx segments 1 series. 5. Bumelia, 

 BB. Calyx segments 2 series. .6. MIMUSOPS, 



88. STYRACACE.E. 



A Stamens numerous, in sev- 

 eral series 1. Symplocos. 



AA. Stamens 10, in 1 series 



B. Fr. becoming Icelled: 

 seed mostly solitary 



filling the cell 2. Styrax. 



BB. Fr. 1-4-celled, pointed 

 with the persistent 

 base of the style : seeds 

 single in each cell, im- 

 perfectly filling the 



cell 



c. Inflorescence panicled 

 drooping, subtermi- 

 nal ; fls. 5-merous. ..3. Pterostybax. 

 cc. Inflorescence often lat- 

 eral : fls. often 5-mer- 

 ous 4. Halesia. 



80. ebenace.t; 



A. The fls. usually hermaph- 

 rodite: stamens in 1 ser- 

 ies 1. ROYENA. 



AA. The fls. dioecious 



B. Fls. usually 3-merous : 



stamens 3- 2. Maba. 



BE. Fls. usually 4-,'5-mer- 

 ous : stamens 4-8, us- 

 ually In 2 series : styles 

 or style branches 1-4. .3. Diospyros. 



90. oleace.t:. 



(Summary of Tribes) 



1. JASMINK Tribe. Fruit didymous or septici- 

 dally divisible into two: corolla lobes strongly 

 imbricate:: ovules laterally affixed near base: seeds 

 erect, not albuminous : radicle inferior. 



2. Lilac Tribe. Fruit terete or compressed 

 parallel to the septum, locullcidally dehiscent: ovules 

 pendulous from apex of cells : seeds winged, pendul- 

 ous : radicle superior. 



3. Ash Tribe. Fruit entire, dry, indehisccnt, 

 winged, a samara, compressed contrary to the sep- 

 tum: ovules twin, pendulous irom apex of cell: seeds 

 pendulous, albuminous ; radicle superior. 



4. Olive Tribe. Fruit fleshy and indehisccnt, a 

 drupe or rarely a berry, not lobed : ovules twin, 

 laterary aflixed near apex: seeds solitary, suspended 

 or pendulous, albuminous; radicle superior. 



1. Ja.smi.ne Tribe. 



Fr. fleshy, indehisccnt, didy- 

 mous or by abortion 



. 1. JA.SMINCM. 



2. Lilac Tribe. 



A. Corolla lobes imbricate. . . . 



b. Ovules 3-4 in a cell : 



seeds albuminous: 



corolla lobes shorter 



than tube 2. Schrebera. 



BB. Ovules 4-10 in a cell : 

 seeds albuminous: 

 lobes many times long- 

 er than tube 3. Forsythia. 



AA. Corolla lobes induplicate- 

 valvate : tube long or 

 short : ovules 2 in a cell : 

 seeds albuminous 4. Syringa, 



.1. .\sii Tribe. 



A. Lvs. usually pinnate: fr. 

 elongate, with a terminal 

 wing, generally 1-seeded 



liy abortion 5. Fraxinds. 



AA. Lvs. undivided : fr. ovate 

 or orbiculate surround- 

 ed by a wing, usually 2- 

 celled and 2-seeded 6. Foxtanesia. 



4. (5LIVE Tribe. 



A. Corolla of nearly distinct 

 petals which are long 



and linear 7. Chionanthus. 



AA. Corolla lobes imbricate, 



lu'oad and obtuse 



B. Endocarp of drupe thinly 



crustaceous 8. Phillyrea. 



BE. Endocarp of drupe bard 



and somewhat woody.. 9. Osmanthds. 

 AAA. Corolla lobes in duplicate- 



valvate 



B. Fr. a drupe ; endocarp 

 hard, thick or thin : in- 

 florescence a X i 1 1 a r .v 



rarely terminal 10. Olea. 



BB. Fr. a berry hardly drupa- 

 ceous ; endocarp mem- 

 branous or thinly cori- 

 aceous : panicles termi- 

 nal 11. LlGUSTRDM. 



01. LOGANIACE.E 



A. Style 2-fid. branches linear, 



2-fid 1. GEL.SEMIUM. 



AA. Style simple 



B. Corolla lobes valvate. ...2. Spigelia. 

 BE. Corolla lobes imbricate... 



c. Anthers exserted 3. Chilianthcs. 



cc. Anthers included 4. Buddleia. 



92. GENTIANACE.E. 



A. Lvs. alternate or radical, 



(Menyanthes Tribe) 



B. Fr. indehiscent 1. Li.mnanthemum, 



BB. Fr. dehiscent 



c. Capsule usually 4- 



valved at apex 2. Villarsia, 



cc. Capsule irregularly sub- 



2-valved at apex. ...3. Menyanthes. 

 AA. Lvs. opposite (sometimes 

 the lower ones alternate 



in Swertia Tribe) 



B. (>vary perfectly 2-celled ; 

 placent.'p solitary in 

 each cell, often thick, 



