16 ANALYTICAL KEY. 



Floicer retjular : tityhs various — 



Styles or their divisions twice :is in:iiiy as paoe 

 the placentib : leaves ^lainluhii-bii'stly, 



SINDICW F. 173 

 Styles as many as the placeiitse : leaves awl- 

 shaped or scale-shaped, 



TAMARISK F. 81 

 Style and stigma one: stamens 5: leaves 



coriaceous . PITTOSPORUM F. 69 

 Style and stigma one, or sessile stijjmas ,i: 



stamens not 5 . ROCKROSE F. 69 

 With one cell, one erect ovule, aud 3 styles or stiijmas, 



CASHEW F. 112 

 With one cell and many ovules ou a central placenta, 



I'INKF. 73 

 With two cells and several or many ovules in the center, 

 but becoming 1-celled : stamens 4-12. mi tlie calvx, 



LOOSKSTKIFE ' F. 177 

 With tioo cells and a single hanginr/ ovule In each cell — 

 Flowers ii regular : stamens 6 "or 8, diadelphous or 

 mouadelphous : anthers opening at the apex, 



POLYGALA F. 114 

 Flowers regular, with narroiv petals: sh)-ubs or 

 trees — 

 With alternate simple leaves and 4 stamens 



with anthers . WITCH-HAZEL F. 174 



With opposite leaves aud 2 (rarely 3 or 4) stamens, 



OLIVE F. 279 

 With more than two cells, or tvhen only two cells with 2 

 or more ovules in each cell — 

 Seeds very numerous in each of the 3-5 cells of the 

 pod : style 1 : stamens on the receptacle, 



HEATH F. 2()2 

 Seeds numerous, or few on a stalk bursting out of 

 the pod : style 1 : stamens on the calyx, 



LOOSESTRIFE F. 177 

 Seeds indefinitely numerous : styles 2 or more, or 

 splitting into 2 : stamens on the cahrx, 



SAXIFRAGE F. 164 

 /Seeds several orfeio, at least the ovules 3-12 in each 

 cell — 

 Shrubs, with opposite leaves of 3 or 5 leaflets, and 



a bladdery pod BLADDERNUT SUBF. 109 

 Herbs, with alternate or radical leaves of 3 or 

 more leaflets : flower regular, 



(Oxalis) GERANIUM F. 93 

 Herbs, w'ith simple alternate leaves : flower 



irregular (Impatiens) GEIiAXIUiM F. 93 

 Shrubs, with simple leaves: seeds in a pulpv aril, 



STAFF TREE F. 103 

 Seeils and ovules only one or two in each cell — 



Tree, with twice pinnate leaves, and anthers 

 within the tube of united tilanients, 



MELIA F. 101 

 Shrubs or herbs, with stamens monadelj^hous only 

 at base, and aromatic-scented leaves, 



GERANIUM F. 93 

 Herbs, with alternate leaves, mostly of pungent 

 taste and odor, no tendrils wlien climl)ing: 

 stamens separate . . GEKANIUM F. 93 

 Herbs, with alternate and compound insipid 

 leaves, climbing by a hook or tendril in the 

 flower cluster, 



(Cardinspermnm) SOArBERRY F. 108 

 Herbs (or one sjiecies shiuliliy), with simple and 

 entire scentless iea\('s, and .stamens often 

 slightly nionadelphous at the base, 



FLAX F. 92 



