ANyVLVTICAL AKTIFICIAL KKV To THK ORDERS AND 

 ANOMALOUS (lENKRA IX ill IS VoLUiMK. 



Division I. rOF^Yri'yrAI..!': : calyx ami c'niolla both incsnit ; the lattrr of seiiaratc jKjtuls. 

 A. Stamen'^ nmnoroiis, nt least more than 10 and more than double tlie number of the jicLals, 

 1. Jfi/poij!nion.s, i. e. on the receptacle free from the ovary and calyx. 

 I'istils few to many distinct carpels, or rarely only one. 

 Calyx mostly deciduous : juice of herbage, colorlcs.s. ItANiTNCULACEiE, 1. 



("alyx early deciduous : juice yellowish. riatvstemon in Pai"avkI!ACK;E, 5. 



('alyx persistent : leaves peltate. Nv.mpii;KACE«, 3. 



I'istil a single simi)le carpel, forming a ]tod. Aci\cia in l<EoiiMlNO.Si«, 31. 



Pistil comimund : cells, placenta', or stigmas more than one. 

 Petals more numerous than the scjials^ 



ludefiuitely numerou.s, small, and pcisistent : niiuntic. NYMrii.F.ACE.f;, 3. 



.lu.st twice as many (4 or 6), and both usually cnducou.s. PAi'AVEriA(E-«, 5. 



Five to 16 nnd more numerous than the ])ei'si8t(*nt sepals. Poinui.ACACEie, 16. 



Petals of the same number as the sepals, 



Four, and both decidn.Mis. rAiTAliiDACEJK, 8. 



Four or less, but I'ldl, inid calyx persistent. I{k.se1)ACK*;, 9. 



Five, and the calvx iicrsistcnt. 

 Sepals valvato hi the bud : stamens inonadelplio\is. MALVACEit;, 20. 



Seitals imbricated in the bud. 



iH-aves opposite, entire, pelluiid-punctate. Hyi'Kiiicace.t:, 19. 



Leaves alternate, not pellucid-punct-ite, plane. 

 Corolla ephemeral : two outer sepals small and bractdike. Cistace^b, 10. 

 Corolla gamopctalous, tubular : sepals round. Fouquiera in Tamahiscine.«, 17-. 

 Leaves all radical, hollow ]>it(hers. SARRACKNiArE^F,. 4. 



2. rniiji/twus nr ej>ig)/ii.nii.s, Iwrne on the (eitlier free or adnato) calyx. 



Leafless mostly i)ri<'kly (bshy plants: ovary l-eelle<l. CACTArK*, 43. 



licafy llcshy iilants, with :? or more cells to the oviiry. FiroiDE*:, 44. 



Le.ily llcshy lierbs, with 1 -celled ovnry. PcuTlJl.ACACE-K, 16. 

 Not llcshy. 



Leaves opi>osite, simple : sepals and pebnls numerous. CAl.YCANTllACEi*;, 33. 



Leaves opposite, simple : senals and ])et«ls 4 or r>. KAXlFRAOArE>«, 34. 



licaves alternate, witli stipules. Kosace*, 32. 

 Leaves alteniate, without stipules. 

 Carpels 2 or more, superior, becoming follicles. Cros.sosoma in Ranunculack.*, 1. 

 Ov.iry inferior, with 3 or more parietal placenta-. 



Flowei-s mainly dioecious : ptals minute or none. Datiscace-??, 42. 



Flowei-8 perfect : petals consjueuous : leaves itmgh. Lmasacejk, 40. 



U. Stnmens 10 or los,s, or if more not exceeding twice the iium)>er of the jvotnls, or sej.als when 



the )>etals are wanting. 



1. (hary or oviiri.-s superior or mainly so (but sometimes enclosed in the calyx-tuln?). 



• Pistils more than one and distinct. 



Pistils of jiisi the satno nuiiibir us jtefnls and as sepals. 



Leaves simple, lleshy. Cka-ssi'Laceac. 35. 



Leaves pinnate. (Styles partly uiiit.d.) Limnnuthes in nEUASIACE-K, 24. 



Pistils not corresponding in number with pct.iN or sc|vi|s. 

 Stamens Uune on the receptacle. Uam'.vculack.*:. 1. 



St^imens borne on the calyx. 



Stipulis persistent : leaves alternate. Hosack.k, 32. 



Stipules caducous : leaves opjMJsite, conii>ounil. Staphvlea in SAriNnArE.K. 2H. 



Stipules none or indistinct. Saxifraoace*. 34. /? X 



