SYNOPSIS OF THE FAMILIES it 



Capparidaceae. Flowers regular. Petals and sepals usually 4. Stamens 

 many. Ovary sessile or stalked, i celled; ovules many, on 2-5 parietal pla- 

 centas. Fruit capsular or a berry. Endosperm o. Trees, shrubs or herbs, 

 with alternate simple or compound leaves. Stipules spinescent in Capparis. 



Resedaceae. Flowers irregular. Sepals and petals 4-7 each. Stamens 

 indefinite. Ovary i celled, of 2-6 carpels ; ovules parietal ; stigma sessile. 

 Seeds exalbuminous. Herbs with alternate leaves and small greenish white 

 flowers. 



Cistaceae. Flowers regular. Sepals 3-5. Petals 5. Stamens indefinite. 

 Ovary i celled, of 3 carpels; ovules parietal; styles 3. Seeds albuminous. 

 Shrubs, with usually stipulate leaves, showy flowers and fugaceous petals. 



Violaceae. Flowers irregular. Sepals, petals and stamens 5 each. Ovary 

 i celled; ovules parietal ; style i. Capsule 3 valved, loculicidal. Seeds albu- 

 minous. Herbs with alternate, stipulate leaves. 



Polygalaceae. Flowers irregular. Inner sepals petaloid. Petals adnate 

 to the staminal sheath. Stamens 8 ; anthers i celled. Ovary 2 celled, 2 ovuled ; 

 style i. Leaves alternate or subopposite, exstipulate. Flowers small, often 

 blue. 



Frankeniacea;. Flowers regular, small. Sepals, petals and stamens 4-6 

 each. Ovary i celled, of 2-5 carpels; ovules parietal; style i. Littoral herbs 

 with small opposite exstipulate leaves. 



Caryophyllaceas. Flowers regular, often small, white or pink. Sepals 

 and petals 4 or 5 each. Stamens 8 or 10. Ovules many. Styles 2-5. Seeds 

 albuminous ; embryo curved. Leaves opposite, stipulate or not. 



Portulacaceae. Flowers regular, small. Sepals 2. Petals 4 or more. 

 Stamens 3 or more. Ovules 2 or more. Style i, 2-3 fid. Seeds albumin- 

 ous ; embryo curved. Leaves entire. 



Tamaricaceai. Flowers regular, very small. Sepals and petals 4-5 each. 

 Stamens 4 or more. Ovules 2 or more. Styles 3-4. Shrubs with minute 

 exstipulate leaves. 



Hypericaceae. Flowers regular, often showy, yellow. Sepals and petals 

 5 each. Stamens many, united in bundles. Ovary more or less completely 

 3-5 celled, cells many ovuled. Styles 3-5. Seeds exalbuminous. Herbs or 

 shrubs with opposite exstipulate leaves, often gland-dotted. 



Malvaceae. Flowers regular, often showy. Sepals 5, valvate, persistent. 

 Petals 5, twisted in bud. Stamens monadelphous, anthers i celled. Ovary 

 many celled. Albumen scanty or o. Embryo crumpled. Herbs or shrubs with 

 alternate stipulate leaves. 



Tiliaceae. Flowers regular. Sepals 5, valvate, deciduous. Petals 5, 

 stamens indefinite ; anthers 2 celled. Ovary 2-10 celled, cells 2 ovuled, style i. 

 Seeds albuminous. Trees with alternate, stipulate leaves. 



Sub-division II. Disciflorae. Stamens usually definite, inserted upon or 

 inside or outside of a development of the floral axis which forms a ring at the base 

 of the ovary, or is broken up into glands. Ovary superior. 



Linacese. Flowers regular, usually showy. Sepals 4 or 5. Petals 4-5, 

 convolute in bud. Stamens usually 4-5. Ovules 1-2. Styles 3-5. Seeds al- 

 buminous. Herbs with narrow, entire, exstipulate leaves. 



(jeraniaceas. Flowers regular or not, often showy. Sepals 3-5. Petals 

 3-5, imbricate in bud. Stamens definite. Ovary 3-5 lobed and celled. Styles i or 

 more. Albumen scanty or o. Cotyledons plaited or convolute. Herbs with op- 

 posite or alternate leaves. 



