PoLYGALACE/E. — Herbs or shrubs ; leaves simple, exstipulate ; 

 bracts three ; flowers falsely papilionaceous ; sepals five, irregu- 

 lar, the two inner ones usually petaloid ; petals united, usually 

 three, the anterior keel larger, and sometimes crested ; stamens 

 six to eight, monadelphous ; anthers one-celled, ovary two-celled, 

 each with a single pendulous ovule ; seeds albuminous, with a 

 straight embryo ; containing — Folygala Senega. 



KRAMERiACEiE. — Distinguished from Polygalacese, by wanting 

 the falsely papilionaceous flowers, having a simple one-celled 

 ovary, and seeds without albumen ; containing — Krameria Tri- 

 andra. 



Malvace^. — Herbs or trees, leaves alternate, palmate, and 

 stipulate ; flowers axillary ; calyx valvate ; petals twisted ; sta- 

 mens monadelphous, with reniform anthers ; ovary many-celled, 

 or of many carpels, separable when ripe ; seeds with little albu- 

 men ; embryo curved, with twisted cotyledons ; containing — 

 Gossypium, 



AuRANTiACE^. — Trees or shrubs ; leaves alternate, with oil 

 glands, articulated to petiole ; flowers fragrant ; calyx short, 

 bell-shaped ; petals three to five, with the stamens inserted on a 

 hypogynous disk ; ovary free ; fruit pulpy, many-celled ; seeds 

 exalbuminous ; containing — Citrus Bigaradia, C. Limonum, and 

 C. Limetta, also ^.gle Marmelos. 



GuTTiFERJE. — Trees or shrubs, with resinous juice ; leaves 

 opposite, coriaceous, entire ; flowers occasionally unisexual ; 

 sepals two to eight, unequal; petals regular; stamens numerous, 

 often united ; ovary one or many- celled ; fruit dry or succulent ; 

 seeds exalbuminous; containing — Garcinia Morella, and Canella 

 Alia. 



ViTACE^ — Climbing shrubs, with tumid joints, and tendrils ; 

 leaves simple or compound ; flowers small, green, racemose ; 

 calyx nearly entire ; petals four to five, induplicate ; stamens 

 opposite the petals, inserted on a disk ; ovary two-celled, ovules 

 erect ; fruit a uva ; embrj-o small, in horny albumen ; contain- 

 ing — Vitis Vinifera. 



