XIV SYNOPSIS OF THE FAMILIES 



B. Ovary inferior (partly inferior in Rhizophora). 



XLV. Cactaceae (p. 757). Flowers perfect; petals and sepals numerous; fruit a berry; 

 leaves usually wanting. 



XLVI. Rhizophoraceae (p. 763). Flowers perfect; calyx 4-parted; petals 4; ovary partly 

 inferior; fruit a 1-celled 1-seeded berry perforated at apex by the germinating embryo; leaves 

 simple, opposite, entire, with stipules, persistent. 



XLVII. Combretaceae (p. 764). Flowers perfect or polygamous; calyx 5-lobed; petals 5 

 (0 in Conocarpus) ; fruit drupaceous; leaves simple, alternate or opposite, without stipules, 

 persistent. 



XLVIII. Myrtaceae (p. 768). Flowers perfect; calyx usually 4-lobed, or reduced to a 

 single body forming a deciduous lid to the flower (Chytraculia) ; petals usually 4 (0 in Chytra- 

 culia); fruit a berry; leaves simple, opposite, pellucid-punctate, without stipules, persistent. 



XLIX. Melastomaceae (p. 776). Flowers perfect; calyx and corolla 4 or 5-lobed; stamens 

 as many or twice as many as the lobes of the corolla ; fruit capsular or baccate, inclosed in the 

 tube of the calyx; leaves opposite, rarely verticillate, 3-9-nerved, without stipules. 



L. Araliaceae (p. 777). Flowers perfect or polygamous; sepals and petals usually 5; fruit a 

 drupe; leaves twice pinnate, alternate, with stipules, deciduous. 



LI. Nyssaceae (p. 779). Flowers dioecious, polygamous, dioecious or perfect; calyx 5- 

 toothed or lobed; petals 5 or more, imbricate in the bud, or 0; stamens as many or twice as 

 many as the petals; fruit drupaceous (Nyssa), usually 1-celled and 1-seeded; leaves alternate, 

 deciduous, without stipules. 



LII. Cornaceae (p. 784). Flowers perfect or polygamo-dioecious; calyx 4 or 5-toothed; 

 petals 4 or 5; fruit a fleshy drupe; leaves simple, opposite (alternate in one species of Cornus), 

 without stipules, deciduous. 



Section 2. GAMOPETAL.E. Corolla of united petals (divided in Elliottia in Erica- 

 ceae, in some species of Fraxinus in Oleacece). 



A. OVARY SUPERIOR (inferior in Vaccinium in Ericaceae, partly inferior in Symplo- 

 caceae and Styracacece). 



LIII. Ericaceae (p. 790). Flowers perfect; calyx and corolla 5-lobed (in Elliottia corolla of 4 

 petals)', (ovary inferior in Vaccinium); fruit capsular, drupaceous or baccate; leaves simple, 

 alternate, without stipules, persistent (deciduous in Elliottia and Oxydendrum). 



LIV. Theophrastaceae (p. 804). Flowers perfect, with staminodia; sepals and petals 5; 

 stamens 5; fruit a berry; leaves simple, opposite or alternate, entire, without stipules. 



LV. Myrsinaceae (p. 805). Flowers perfect; calyx and corolla 5-lobed; stamens 5; fruit a 

 drupe; leaves simple, alternate, entire, without stipules, persistent. 



LVI. Sapotaceae (p. 808). Flowers perfect; calyx 5-lobed; corolla 5-lobed (6-lobed in Mi- 

 musops), often with as many or twice as many internal appendages borne on its throat; fruit a 

 berry; leaves simple, alternate, without stipules, persistent (deciduous in some species of 

 Bumelia) . 



LVII. Ebenaceas (p. 820). Flowers perfect, dioecious, or polygamous; calyx and corolla 

 4-lobed; fruit a 1 or several-seeded berry; leaves simple, alternate, entire, without stipules, 

 deciduous. 



LVIII. Styraceae (p. 824). Flowers perfect; calyx 4 or 5-toothed; corolla 4 or 5-lobed or 

 divided nearly to the base, or rarely 6 or 7-lobed; ovary superior or partly superior; fruit a 

 drupe; leaves simple, alternate, without stipules, deciduous; pubescence mostly scurfy or 

 stellate. 



LIX. Symplocaceae (p. 830). Flowers perfect; calyx and corolla 5-lobed; ovary inferior or 

 partly inferior; fruit a drupe; leaves simple, alternate, without stipules, deciduous; pubescence 

 simple. 



LX. Oleaceae (p. 832). Flowers perfect or polygamo-dioecious; calyx 4-lobed (0 in some 

 species of Fraxinus) ; corolla 2-6-parted (0 in some species of Fraxinus) ; fruit a winged samara 

 (Fraxinus) or a fleshy drupe (Forestiera, Chionanthus and Osmanthus) ; leaves pinnate (Fraxi- 

 nus) or simple, opposite, without stipules, deciduous (persistent in Osmanthus). 



LXI. Borraginaceae (p. 858). Flowers perfect or polygamous; calyx and corolla 5-lobed; 

 fruit a drupe; leaves simple, alternate, scabrous-pubescent, without stipules, persistent or 

 tardily deciduous. 



LXII. Verbenaceae (p. 864). Flowers perfect; calyx 5-lobed; corolla 4 or 5-lobed; fruit a 

 drupe or a 1-seeded capsule; leaves simple, opposite, without stipules, persistent. 



