ANTHOPHYTA 



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stamens 1 or 2. Cypripedium, Orchis, 

 Platanthera, Vanilla, Spiranthes. 



Class 33. DICOTYLEDONEAE. Dicotyledons. Leaves of 

 young sporophy te opposite, sometimes 

 remaining so, usually reticulate 

 veined; fibrovascular bundles of stem 

 in one or more rings. (Sp. about 

 108,800.) 



Sub-Class DICOTYLEDONEAE-AXIFLORAE. " Axis Flow- 

 ers." Axis of the flower normally cy- 

 lindrical, spherical, hemispherical or 

 flattened, bearing on its surface 

 the hypogynous perianth, stamens 

 and carpels (or the stamens may be 

 attached to the corolla). 



Super-Order AXIFLORAE-APOPETALAE-POLYCARPELLATAE. 

 Carpels typically many, separate 

 or united; petals separate. 



Order RANALES. All parts of the flower free (not united) ; 

 carpels separate; typically many. 



Family 46. Magnoliaceae. Magnolias. Trees and 

 shrubs with many petals in 1 to many 

 whorls. Magnolia, Liriodendron. 



Family 47. Calycanthaceae; 48, Monimiaceae; 49, 

 Cercidiphyllaceae; 50, Trochoden- 

 draceae; 51, Leitneriaceae. 



Family 52. Anonaceae. Papaws. Trees and shrubs 

 with 6 petals in two whorls. 

 Asimina. 



Family 53. Lactoridaceae; 54, Gomortegaceae; 55, 

 Myristicaceae; 56, Saururaceae; 57, 

 Piperaceae; 58, Lacistemaceae; 59, 

 Chloranthaceae. 



Family 60. Ranunculaceae. Buttercups. Mostly 

 herbs, normally with 5 petals in 1 

 whorl. Myosurus, Ranunculus, An- 

 emone, Clematis. 



Family 61. Lardizabalaceae; 62, Berberidaceae; 63, 

 Menispermaceae; 64, Lauraceae. 



Family 65. Nelumbaceae. Lotuses. Aquatic herbs 

 with separate carpels. Nelumbo. 



