Classification of Plants 



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JJ. Stamens connate. 



Fruit a capsule, drupe or berry, 

 leaves simple or pinnate, exstipu- 

 late . . . . . MELIACEJE. 



Fruit a samara, leaves alternate 



or opposite, simple, stipulate . MALPIGHIACE^E. 

 HH. Flowers zygomorphic; stamens open- 

 ing by pores. 

 Fruit 2-celled, 2-ovuled, capsule or 



berry, stamens 8, monadelphous . POLYGALACE^;. 

 GG. Flowers imperfect, often much reduced. 

 Fruit a schizocarp, 3-celled, plants usu- 

 ally milky ...... EUPHORBIACE^. 



FF. Stamens within or on the margin of the 

 disk ; disk cushion-like adnate to base of 

 calyx ; ovary free or immersed in disk ; 

 ovules one or two ; trees or shrubs. 

 Perianth, andrcecium and gyncecium often 

 reduced. Perigyny and epigyny occur. 

 (Cohort Sapindales excluding Guttt- 

 fcrie.) 



G. Leaves simple; flowers usually perfect. 

 H. Ovules erect, micropyle facing down- 

 ward. 

 I. Fruit more or less immersed ; trees 



or shrubs often spinous. 

 Stamens alternate petals, seeds usu- 

 ally arillate CELASTRACE^;. 



Stamens opposite petals . . . RHAMNACE/E. 

 II. Fruit not immersed ; plants not spin- 

 ous ; leaves stipulate. 

 Fruit a berry; stamens 4-5, opposite 



petals; climbing .... VITACE^;. 

 Fruit of i-io drupes ; stamens many, 



anthers dehiscing by pores . . OCHNACE^. 

 HH. Ovules pendulous ; leaves usually stipu- 

 late ; flowers perfect. 



Fruit a drupe ..... OLACACE^E. 

 Fruit a drupe; flowers dioecious . . ILICACE^E. 

 GG. Leaves pinnate, rarely simple ; flowers 



frequently imperfect. 

 Fruit leathery or membranous, inflated 



capsule SAPINDACE^E. 



Fruit a drupe, often winged ; resinous . ANACARDIACE^;. 

 EE. Sepals usually valvate, more or less connate 

 and petals convolute ; stamens usually many ; 

 disk inconspicuous or none. 



