SYN01>TICAL KEV TU THE OHDER.^. 



':■ ^"*^''<'■^"•»"S;,1:^^Sy:.;:;;,^■-''" «""■" ■»-• "■*•>• j"- -^ -«» 



* * * ^,l,fn^o''*''^"'''''''^'^"■'V'''"^';''^■■'■• '"•^'"^^^•io"« ordi.Pcions: ov;uv]-2-rHlc,l- ilbu 

 n.en „one. 1 .e.-.s or shrubs, w.th alUTnate mostly tootla-d an.I stiiullate leaves ' 



nn,,lea mUlet ' Motecious^ " "'"''"''"" "'"''' "' ^•'^^'' "■"' •"^^"'"'"""^ -"'«<^J - 



""■ ^^"^.'*f^'!',^;^^- ^^""^".^^ r^-^""' •'^•^'"•■^'■y' "itl. scaly bracts. Ovary l-celle,! uith nu 

 •■ject orthotropous ovule, becon.ing a arupclike ^vaxy nutlet. Mou'u.cious or dU^cio^s 



!)3. Salicaceae p 82. A.nents axillary or terniinnl, uith herbaceous bracts. Ovary l-ccl led 

 u ith seveial basal anatropous ovules. Fruit a capsule with cou.ose seeds Dioecious 



B. Ovary inferior. 



♦ Monoecious trees or shrubs, male flowers in aments, the pistillate solitary or few : fruit a nut • 

 albumen none : leaves alternate. 



"*■ '^"^'b.^-ominfn''V*'- 'l''^'-' ^•'T"'^""' "•'"' "" ''''' o'tLotropous ovule. Style 1. Calyv 

 ..- n,, J % " ""'"''>■' <:"^''"^"'g 'I ''0"y "ut. Leaves pinnate, without stipules ^ ^ "'^ '^ 



T dh^r; 'V?'- / 'r'i"''''''" ''"^■^''•'' ^•'""'' <^ ^" ^> "' " ^"1-lik.^ invo l.ne ■ Ovary 2-6- 



'llel. 4-12-ovule.l. beeon.ins a 1-celled l-see.led nut n a thickened senlv o^ Ijnv 



involucre. Styles 2 to 6. Anthers 2.celled. Leaves pinnately veu.ed. wltl^'adu^";^ 



!tH. Corylaceae. p. 100. Pistillate flowers in a short an.ent. Ovary imperfectly 2.celle,l with 



1, I e r;i" °'"''''; ^r' •" y'f,"^ ^■^•^^•^^'^ "^-^ *" '-^ foIiaceous.tulMUa, invol, re 

 Anther-cells separate. Leaves doubly toothed, plicate in vernation. 



* . Herbaceous : flowers perfect or .li.ecious. with cohued calyx : stamens epi^vnous • ovary 

 compound, with numerous ovules: fruit a capsule or berry : seeds albumbujus ' ' 



■''■ ^"'sH°^!^'?f '';.;• p'- rr"';? r'-f'lf; <="'.vx regular or irregular. 3-lobed, valvate 

 u^ T, n^ !^ ^^°^^- ^"1«"1<' «-cellcd. Perennial herbs. " , >«naic. 



h'^nnT' ''■ '"'■ ^"'"''' ^"'■"^''''' "''■' ■•-S"''"- "'°^^'3- <lia.cious (lowe.s. Fruit 



' r-u- n^n'llTT"' "'• '''"°''^, •■ '''■'V'''', ?^^''''' "'■"'■'"'^^ 5 ^'"'"^"s "PPO-^it*- the sepals : ovarv 1-celled 

 f- .ovuled. beconnng a 1-seeded berry or nut-like : seeds alblnninous : leaves en ti.iU^h' 



stipules. 



unous : leaves entire, without 



S>9. Santalacece, p. 10.3. Flowers perfect. Ovules 2 to 4. suspende.l from the top of a f.^e 



100 Lorrn'^l';'r''''in/'"" .' »"Mi><^l -seeded. Herbaceous llith alternate leave 

 iuu. ijoraiitnaceae. n. 104. Pmnaiti,. <) .!««:«,■<, „„ ... i i 



Loraiithaceae. p. 104. Parasitic direcious 



lutrious'Vr'"'^'^'^ ''^'^"'^' *^^"''' ^°''^'"y' ^^'^''^' oitlwtropous." Fruit a'^beny with 



SuRcr,AS.s n. GYMNOSPER.Af.?.. Ovulos naked upon a seal,., bract, or -lisk. or will.in 

 a more or less open pcriiintli. iMonoccious or ,li(ccioiis trees or slmibs, mostly ever- 

 greens, uith usually rigid needle-shaped, subulate, or scjile-like leaves. 



101. Gnetaceae, p. 108. Nearly nnked jointed dioecious shnib.s. Male flowers in aments- 



anthers opening by terminal slits. Female .subsolitary, bracteate. the ovule within an 

 m °°'°"o-"^o"i perianth, open only at the apex, becoming hanlcned-coriaceous in fniit 



102. Taxacece, p. 109. Dioecious evergi-eens. Flowers solitary, axillary. Ovule solitary' in 



fruit a bony seed within a fleshy envelope or cup-shaped disk. 



103. Coniferae. p. 111. Mostly monrecious and evergreen. Femaie flowers in scaly .aments 



becoming cones or berry-like. Ovules 2 or more at the base of each scpIb. 



