XIV 9YNQPSIS OF OBDERS AND FAMILIES, ETC. 



Family B6. Eleagnaceae (Page 250) 



Flowers perfect or unisexual, apetalous, mostly 4-merous; 

 iUmena in 1 or 2 whorls; carpel 1, with 1 basal, erect ovule; fruit 

 appearing drupe-like, enveloped in the fleshy receptacle of the 

 Bower. Tr.es or shrubs, leaves usually with silvery or brown scales. 



Family 37. Nyssaceae (Page 2-58) 



Flowers perfect or unisexual, both calyx and corolla present or 

 wanting; sepals 5 or more; petals 5; stamens double the number of 

 the petals, fewer, or more; ovary inferior; 1 or 2 (6-10) celled, 

 usually 1 ovule in each cell. Trees, leaves alternate, simple. 



ORDER UMBELLIFLORAE 



Flowers cyclic with calyx and corolla, mostly perfect, epigynous, 

 J ". -nierous, rarely indefinite," carpels 1-5, sometimes indefinite, with 1, 

 rarely 2 pendent ovules; seeds witli endosperms. 



Family 38. Araliaceae (Page 263) 



Flowers mostly 5-merous, rarely 3-merous to indefinite, sepals 

 often inconspicuous; stamens seldom more than the petals ; carpels 

 indefinite-1; ovary inferior, 2-5 celled; 1 ovule in each cell; fruit 

 berry-like or drupaceous, separating into several stones. Herbs, 

 trees or shrubs with alternate leaves, simple or compound. 



Family 39. Copnaceae (Page 266) 



Flowers mostly perfect, 4-5-merous to indefinite, mostly with 

 1 whorl of stamens (2-3), sometimes unisexual. Carpels (4-1) with 

 epigynous disk and usually 1 ovule; drupe 1-4 celled with 1-4 seeds. 

 Trees or shrubs rarely herbs without stipules. 



Section 2 Sympetalae. Corolla of united petals. 



A. ovary superior (partly inferior in Styraceae) . 



ORDER EBENALE3 



Flowers with 2 or 3 whorls of stamens or of one whorl only by 

 Abortion, Beldom indefinite; petals united; ovary septate with central 

 placentae and 1 or more ovules in each cell. Trees or shrubs with 

 limp li ave>. 



