SYNOPSIS 



NATURAL ORDERS OF BRITISH PLANTS* 



The number prefixed to each Order indicates the page where the 

 description of the Genera will be found. 



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I. PHANEROGAME.E or FLOWERING PLANTS. 

 Class I. DICOTYLEDONES. 



Wood of stem youngest at the circumference. Cotyledons 2 

 or more. 



Subclass I. ANGIOSPERM.E. 



Seeds inclosed in seed-vessels. 



Subdivision I. Fl. with a calyx and corolla, polypetalous, in- 

 ferior. 



A. Ovaries many, distinct or united, each bearing a style ; or 

 solitary with 1 lateral placenta. 



I. Corolla regular. 

 a. Sepals distinct. Stam. hypogynous. 



1. RANUNCULACE^E. Anth. opening by 2 longitudinal clefts. 

 13. BERBERIDACE^. Anth. opening by a valve from the 



bottom to the top. Carpel solitary. 



6. Sepals more or less combined below. 



125. CRASSULACE.E. Stam. as many as, or twice the number 



of, the pet., on the base of the calyx. 

 87. ROSACES (part). Stam. 20 or more, on the calyx. 



II. Corolla irregular. 



34. RESEDACE^E. Cal. persistent. Ovary 3-lobed, 1-celled, 



open at the end. Stam. 1024. 

 69. LEGUMINOS^;. Ovary 1-celled, closed. Fr. a pod. Stam. 



10, 1 2-adelphous. 



2. RANUNCULACE^E(part). Ovaries 1 or in ore, closed, follicles. 



Stam. many, free. 



