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(c) Stamens attached to the base of the barely united 

 petals ; style none or very short. Holly Fam. No. 

 8 (Ilicineae), page 50. 



(b) Stamens fewer than the four barely united, strap-like 

 petals (rarely of the same number). Fringe Tree in 

 Olive Fam. No. 24 (Oleaceae), page 190. 

 DIVISION III. Petals (and sometimes sepals) wanting (apetalous). 



A. Flowers not in slender, drooping, and scaly clusters, nor in scaly 



heads. 

 (a) Seed-cases three to five and separate. Prickly Ash in 



Rue Fam. No. 7 (Rutaceae), page 47. 

 (a) Seed-case one. 



(b) Sepals attached to the seed-case. 



(c) Parasitic on the branches of trees. Mistletoe Fam. 



No. 28 (Loranthaceae), page 199. 



(f) Not parasitic ; flowers small, greenish, in short spikes. 

 Oil-Nut in Sandalwood Fam. No. 29 (Santala- 

 ceae), page 200. 



(b) Sepals not attached to the seed-case, but surrounding it ; 

 flowers small yellowish ; leaves scurfy. Shepherdia 

 in Oleaster Fam. No. 27 (Elaeagnaceae), page 198. 

 (b) Sepals sometimes wanting ; when present plainly not 



attached to the seed-case. 

 (f) Young seeds, two in each cell. Maple in Soapberry 



Fam. No. n (Sapindaceae), page 66. 

 (e) Young seeds, one in each cell. 



(d) Cells of seed-case three to nine ; leaves narrow, 

 heath-like. Crow-Berry Fam. No. 33 (Empe- 

 traceae), page 226. 

 (d) Cells of seed-case three ; leaves broad. Buckthorn 



Fam. No. 10 (Rhamnaceae), page 61. 

 (d) Cells of seed-case one. 



(e) Flowers light-yellow ; three or four in a simple 

 cluster. Leatherwood in Daphne Fam. No. 26 

 (Thymelaceae), page 196. 



(e) Flowers light-yellow, many in a compound cluster. 

 Spice-bush in Laurel Fam. No. 25 (Lauraceae), 

 page 194. 



B. Flowers in slender, drooping, and scaly clusters, or in scaly 



heads, and of two sorts, with stamens only (staminate), 

 and with pistils only (pistillate). 



