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SYNOPSIS OF THE CLASSES, 



75. LEGFMINOS.E. Flowers regular or ir- 

 regular. Stamens usually definite. Carpel 

 1, excentric; ovules anatropous or amphitro- 

 pous ; style terminal. Fruit various. Seeds 

 rarely albuminous. Herbs, shrubs or trees ; 

 leaves usually alternate, compound, and sti- 

 pulate . . 364 



76. ROSACES Flowers usually regular. 

 Petals 4-5, perigynous and sub-epigynous, or 

 0. Stamens usually oo. Carpels l-oo , free 

 or variously connate ; ovules usually 2, ana- 

 tropous; styles ventral or sub-terminal. Seeds 

 exalbuminous. Herbs shrubs or trees; 

 leaves simple or compound, usually alter- 

 nate and stipulate 874 



77. SAXIFRAGES. Flowers regular. Pe- 

 tals perigynous or epigynous. Stamens 

 usually definite. Carpels free or connate ; 

 styles free ; ovules anatropous. Seeds albu- 

 minous. Herbs shrubs or trees; leaves al- 

 ternate opposite or whorled, simple or com- 

 pound, stipulate or not . . . 389, 392 



78. PHILADELPHE.E. Flowers regular. 

 Petals epigynous, valvate or contorted. Sta- 

 mens double the number of petals or more. 

 Ovary many-celled ; styles combined ; ovules 

 many. Fruit capsular. Seeds albuminous. 

 Shrubs ; leaves opposite, simple, exstipulate. 



393, 394 



79. BREXIACEJE. Flowers regular. Petals 

 6, perigynoufl, imbricate or contorted. Sta- 

 mens 5, alternate with palmate scales. Ovary 

 5-celled ; style simple; ovules many, axile. 

 Fruit a drupe or capsule. Seeds sub-albumi- 

 nous. Shrubs ; leaves alternate, simple, 

 coriaceous, exstipulate . . . . 896, 393 



80. RIBESIACE.E. (See 806.) 



80A. BEGONIACE.B. (See No. 107.) . . 463 



81. CEPHALOTE^;. Flowers regular. Calyx 

 6-fid. Corolla 0. Stamens 12, perigynous, 

 Carpels 6, 1-ovuled. Follicles membranous. 

 Seeds albuminous. Scapigerous herbs with 

 crowded radical leaves, some of which are 

 transformed into pitchers .... 399 



82. FRANCOACE.E. Flowers regular. Calyx 

 4-partite. Petals perigynous, clawed. Sta- 

 mens 8 or 10, with alternating staminodes. 

 Ovary oblong, 4-lohed at the top, 4-celled ; 

 stigma sessile ; ovules many. Capsule lo- 

 culicidal. Seeds albuminous. Scapigerous 

 herbs; leaves radical . (Tribe 2) 392, 401 



PAGB 



83. PARNASSIEJJ. (See 8oVi.) 



84. CRASSULAOEa:. Flowers regular. Pe- 

 tals usually free, perigynous or sub-hypogy- 

 nous. Stamens as many as the petals. Car- 

 pels as many as the stamens, distinct, with a 

 gland or scale at the base of each carpel, 

 2-oo -ovuled, follicular when ripe. Seeds ex- 

 albuminous. Herbs, rarely shrubs, usually 

 succulent ; leaves various, exstipulate . . 403 



* Placentation parietal or basal. 



86. DROSERACE.R Flowers regular. Pe- 

 tals 4-5, marcescent, peripynous or hypogy- 

 nous. Ovary 1-celled ; styles distinct ; ovules 

 many, parietal or basilar. Capsule 1-3-celled. 

 Seeds albuminous. Scapigerous herbs or 

 small shrubs; leaves radical or alternate, 

 clothed with stalked glands or fringed with 

 bristles 406 



S5a. PARNASSIE.E. Flowers regular. Calyx 

 6-partite. Petals hypogynous or perigynous. 

 Stamens 5, alternating with fringed stami- 

 nodes. Ovary superior, 1-celled; stigma 

 sessile ; ovules many, parietal. Capsule 

 3-4-valved Seeds albuminous. Scapige- 

 rous 1-flowered herbs; leaves radical . 392, 402 



856. 1 1 1 i-.i >i M r.i. Flowers regular. Pe- 

 tals imbricate, and stamens 5, epigynous. 

 Ovary 1-celled ; ovules parietal. Berry many- 

 seeded. Seeds albuminous. Shrubs; leaves 

 scattered or fascicled, simple, exstipulate 



393, 398 



Ovules usually 1 or few, pendulous from 

 thetopoftht cell* 



86. HAMAMELIPES. Flowers regular, $ 

 or unisexual. Petals 45, free or 0, perigy- 

 nous or epigynous. Stamens oo in the ape- 

 talous flowers, 4-5 in the petalous, alternating 

 with staminodes. Ovary 2-celled; styles 

 free ; ovules 2-oo . Capsule 2-valved. Seeds 

 albuminous. Shrubs or trees; leaves alter- 

 nate, simple, stipulate 408 



87. BALSAMIFLU.E. Flowers unisexual, in 

 heads or catkins, bracteate. Perianth single 

 orO. Stamens crowded amongst the bracts; 

 anthers 4-angled. Ovary 2-celled; styles 

 free; ovules oo. Capsules aggregated in 

 heads, 2-valved. Seeds albuminous. Trees 

 and shrubs; leaves alternate, simple, stipu- 

 late 411, 410 



, ' This division should perhaps form a separate Cohort, but the affinity between Saxifragea and Huma- 

 mclidca is very close indeed. 



