xiv SYNOPSIS OF THE FAMILIES 



XXXVIII. Sterculiaceae (p. 676). Flowers perfect; calyx 5-lobed ; petals ; fruit 

 a 4 or f)-valved dehiscent capsule ; leaves simple, alternate, with stipules, persistent. 



XXXIX. Theaceae (p. 677). Flowers perfect ; sepals and petals 5 ; fruit a 5-celled 

 woody dehiscent capsule, loculicidally dehiscent ; leaves simple, alternate, without stipules, 

 persistent or deciduous. 



XL. Caiiellaceae (p. 680). Flowers perfect ; sepals 3 ; petals 5 ; filaments united into a 

 tube ; fruit a berry ; leaves simple, alternate, without stipules, persistent. 



XLI. Kceberliniaceae (p. 681). Flowers perfect ; sepals and petals 4, minute ; leaves 

 bract-like, alternate, without stipules, caducous. 



XLII. Caricaceae (p. 682). Flowers unisexual or perfect; calyx 5-lobed; petals 5; 

 fruit baccate ; leaves palniately lobed or digitate, alternate, without stipules, persistent. 



B. Ovary inferior (partly inferior in fthizophora) . 



XLIIL Cactaceae (p. 684). Flowers perfect ; petals and sepals numerous ; fruit a berry ; 

 leaves usually wanting. 



XLIV. Rhizophoraceae (p. 691). Flowers perfect; calyx 4-parted ; petals 4; ovary 

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

 embryo j leaves simple, opposite, entire, with stipules, persistent. 



XLV. Myrtaceae (p. 693). 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 

 Chytraculia) ; fruit a berry ; leaves simple, opposite, pellucid-punctate, without stipules, 

 persistent. 



XLVI. Combretaceae (p. 700). Flowers perfect or polygamous; calyx 5-lobed; 

 petals 5 (0 in Conocarpus) ; fruit drupaceous ; leaves simple, alternate or opposite, without 

 stipules, persistent. 



XL VII. Araliaceae (p. 704). Flowers perfect or polygamous ; sepals and petals usu- 

 ally 5 ; fruit a drupe ; leaves twice pinnate, alternate, with stipules, deciduous. 



XLVIII. Cornaceae (p. 706). 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 

 ofCornus), without stipules, deciduous. 



Section 2. Gamopetalse. Corolla of united petals (divided in Elliottia in 

 Ericacece, in some species of Fraxinus in Oleacece.) 



A. Ovary superior (inferior in Vaccinium in Ericacece, partly inferior in 

 Symplocacece and Styracece). 



XLIX. Ericaceae (p. 718). 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). 



L. Myrsinaceae (p. 733). Flowers perfect; calyx and corolla 5-lobed; stamens 5; 

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



LI. Theophrastaceae (p. 735). Flowers perfect, with staminodia ; sepals and petals 

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



LII. Sapotaceae (p. 736). Flowers perfect ; calyx 5-lobed ; corolla 5-lobed (G-lobed 

 in Mimusops), 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). 



LIII. Ebenaceee (p. 748). Flowers perfect, dioecious, or polygamous ; calyx and co- 

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

 stipules, deciduous. 



LIV. Symplocaceae (p. 752). Flowers perfect; calyx and corolla 5-lobed; ovary 

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

 cence simple. 



