ANALYSIS OF THE NATURAL ORDERS. 9 



Stamens 8. Carpel and style 1 BURSERACE.E. 35 



yy Filaments 10, united into a tube or cup. Flowers in panicles MELIACE^E. 27 



yy Filaments 6 10, distinct. Flowers small, white, in racemes BURSERACE.E. 33 



yy Filaments 610, distinct. Fls. small, white or hoary, paniculate. . SAPINDACE<E. 87 

 yy Filaments 5, distinct.. (*) 



* Leaves pellucid-punctate RUTACE^E. 31 



* Leaves opaque. Ovary 1-celled, 1-seeded ANACARDIACE.E. 36 



zz Petals 4, yellow, strap-shaped, appearing in late Autumn HAMAMELACE^E. 47 



zz Petals 4 ?, cyanic (rarely yellow), rounded or short.. (t) 



t Style 0, the stigmas 1, 4, or 5, sessile. Drupe 4-ti-seeded ORDER 74 



t Styles (or stigmas) 3, but the drupe only 1-seeded ANACARDIACE.-E. 3<j 



t Styles 3, capsule many-sdcd. Lvs. minute and scale-form. .TAMARISCINE.E. 24 bis 

 t Style !,..(*) 



$ Capsule 3-seeded. Seeds with a scarlet aril CELASTRACE^E. 38 



% Caps. GO-seeded. Clusters fragrant. Lvs. evergreen. Cult...PiTTO3POBACK.. 

 J Capsule with few or many seeds. Native shrubs ORDEB 73 



B. COHORT 2. GAMOPETALOUS EXOGENS. 



| Stamens (6 GO) more numerous than the lobes of the corolla.. (9) 

 | Stamens (2 12) fewer than the corolla lobes or of the same number.. (2) 

 2 Ovary inferior,=adherent to the tube of the calyx.. (3) 

 2 Ovary superior, = free from the tube of the calyx.. (4) 

 3 Stamens cohering by their anthers..(c) 

 3 Stamens entirely distinct, .(d) 



4 Flowers regular and the stamens symmetrical .. (5) 

 4 Flowers regular and the stamens reduced to 2 or 4. .(ri) 

 4 Flowers irregular. Stamens (except in 3 or 4 species) unsymmetrical. .(0) 

 5 Stamens opposite to the lobes of the corolla (and distinct).. (e) 

 5 Stamens alternate with the corolla lobes (rarely connate)., (b) 

 6 Shrubs, trees, with the carpels or stigmas 3 ..(/) 

 6 Herbs 1-10-carpelled, or shrubs 2-carpelled..(7) 

 7 Ovary 1, deeply 4-parted or 4-partible, forming 4 achenia. .(g) 

 7 Ovaries 2, distinct (often covered by the stamens) . . (h) 

 7 Ovary 1 compound, * one-celled.. (&; 



* two-six-celled, .(m) 



9 Flowers irregular (rarely regular and the fruit a legume).. (a; 

 9 Flowers regular and the fruit never a legume ( 165).. (6) 



a Flowers 1- or 2-sided, with 1 or 2 blunt spurs. Stamens 6, in 2 set-?... ORDER 10 

 a Flowers 1-sided, no spur..(*) 



* Leaves compound. Frui t a legume ORDER 43 



* Leaves simple. Fruit 2-celled, 2-seeded ORDER 42 



* Leaves simple. Fruit 5-celled ERICACEAE. 73 



6 Corolla lobes convolute in bud. Stamens GO, united into 1 tube ORDER 23 



b Corolla lobes imbricate in bud. Stamens GO, in 1 or several seis ORDER 26 



b Corolla lobes imbricate or valvate. . (u) 



u Stamens 1024. Styles 5 12 ORDER 46 



t* Stamens 5 10. Style 1. Capsule 5-celled ERICACEAE. 73 



v Stamens 8-- GO. Style 1. Nut 1-5-seeded STTRACACT^S. 76 



u Stamens 8. Stylet 4. Berry 8-seeded EBENACE^. 71 



u Stamens 8. Style 1. Drupe 1-seeded OtACACE^. 80 (p. 447), 



