Classification of Plants 



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CC. Perianth epigynous. 



Fruit a fleshy berry, green parasites 



on trees LORANTHACE.E. 



Fruit a woody berry, fleshy root 



parasites . . . . . HYDNORACE^. 

 Fruit i-seeded, root parasites, im- 

 perfect BALANOPHORACEJE. 



AAA. Perianth double, except Section C, under 

 BBB; sepals forming calyx, corolla petaloid 

 (HETEROCHLAMYDEOUS). 

 B. Perianth hypogynous or slightly peri- 

 gynous ; receptacle not concave or 

 tubular. 



C. Carpels apocarpous ; flowers spiral, 

 spirocyclic or cyclic (Cohort Ran- 

 ales). 

 D. Carpels many ; stamens many ; 



flowers perfect. 

 Ovules many-i ; fruit usually 



multiple, trees or shrubs . . ANONACE^. 

 Ovules i, fruit achenes, herbs, or 



climbing shrubs . . . RANUNCULACEJE. 

 DD. Carpels few, stamens few, flowers 



dioecious. 

 Fruit a drupe, stamens monadel- 



phous, climbing shrubs . . MENISPERMACE^:. 

 CC. Carpels syncarpous. 



D. Placentation parietal, sepals free. 

 (Cohort Rhoeadales, excluding 

 Nymphaeaceas, Bixaceae, and 

 Droseraceae). 

 E. Stamens many, rarely few. 



Fruit a large berry, water plants NYMPH.SACE./E. 

 Fruit a capsule, dehiscing by 



pores, herbs with latex . . PAPAVERACEJE. 

 Fruit a capsule or berry, trees 



or shrubs .... BIXACE^. 

 EE. Stamens few; leaves alternate 



ex-stipulate. 

 F. Herbs. 



Stamens 6, 1 capsule inflated; 



climbing .... FUMARIACE^E. 

 Stamens 6, tetradynamous ; 



fruit a siliqua . . . CRUCIFER^. 

 Stamens 3-8 ; fruit a gaping 



capsule .... RESEDACE^. 

 1 Or two, each branched into three. 



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