XXX GUIDE TO PLANT FAMILIES 



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 FAMILIES AND 



II. Calyx absent. SPECIES 



Globose. Embryo curved. 



ULMACE^E .... xxxiv 

 Globular, with mark of stigma near base. 



MENISPERMACE.E . . xxxv 

 Aromatic trees or shrubs. 

 Oblong or obovoid drupe. 



Benzoin in LAURACE.E xxxv 

 Fleshy, globular drupe. 

 Fleshy cotyledons. Prunus, except P. 



serotina in DRUPACE.E xxxviii 



Dry Drupes 



Exocarp covered with white wax. 



MYRICACE.E .... xxxiv 

 Small, 1-seeded. ANACARDIACE.E . . xxxviii 



(C) FRUIT A POME 



Fleshy or berrylike. 



Two to five papery carpels, each 2-seeded. 



POMACES .... xxxvii 



excepting Amelanchier 



and Crataegus. 

 Small, 10-celled, 1 seed in each cell. 



Amelanchier in 



POMACE^E XXXVii 



Drupe-like, 1 to 5 bony carpels. 



Cratsegus in POMACES xxxvii 



(D) AGGREGATE FRUITS 



Cone-shaped. The berrylike seeds hanging 

 by a thread from each carpel, which 

 opens when ripe along the back. 



MAGNOLIACE.E . . . xxxiv 



