20 ANALYTICAL KEY 



K. Stamens attached to the base or tube of the corolla. 



Saprophytic herbs without green foliage Monotropoideae, 626 



Not saprophytic ; foliage green. 

 Trees, shrubs, or undershrubs ; anthers mostly 2-celled. 

 Filaments united into 1-5 groups. 

 Ovary superior Ternstroemiaceae, 570 



Ovary at least partly inferior Styracaceae, 649 



Filaments free from each other. 

 Style 1 Ericaceae, 625 



Styles 4 Ebenaceae, 648 



Herbs; anthers 1-celled. 

 Filaments united into a tube Malvaceae, 566 



Filaments distinct, 2 at each notch of the corolla Adoxa, 761 



I. Stamens not more numerous than the corolla-lobes L. 

 L. Stamens of the same number as the corolla-lobes and opposite them. 

 Corolla appendaged with scales inside ; ovary 5-celled ; trees 



or shrubs Sapotacbae, 648 



Corolla not appendaged with scales inside ; ovary 1-celled ; 

 herbs. 

 Style 1 ; fruit a several-many-seeded capsule Primulacrae, 643 



Styles 5 ; fruit a 1-seeded utricle Plumbaginaceae, 643 



L. Stamens alternate with the corolla-lobes or fewer M. 

 M. Ovary free from the calyx-tube (superior) N. 

 N. Corolla regular O. 



O. Stamens as many as the corolla-lobes ?. 



P. Ovaries more than 1, or, if 1, deeply lobed Q. 

 Q. Ovaries 2, or, if 1, 2-horued. 



Stamens united Asclepiadaceae, 663 



Stamens distinct. 

 Stipules or stipular membrane or line between 



opposite leaves ; ovary 2-horned Loganiaceae, 652 



Stipules none ; ovaries 2. 

 Leaves kidney-shaped, alternate Dichondra, 669 



Leaves not kidney-shaped, chiefly opposite 



Apocynaceae, 661 

 Q. Ovary deeply 4-lobed. 



Leaves alternate Boraginaceae, 679 



Leaves opposite Labiatae, 690 



P. Ovary 1, not deeply lobed R. 

 R. Ovary 1-celled. 



Seed 1 ; corolla scarious Plantaginaceae, 743 



Seeds several-many. 

 Leaves entire, opposite Gentianaceae, 654 



Leaves toothed, lobed, or compound. 

 Whole upper surface of corolla white-bearded ; 



leaflets 3, entire Mniyanthes, 660 



Corolla not conspicuously bearded ; leaves, if 

 compound, with toothed leaflets 



Hydrophyllaceae, 676 

 B. Ovary 2-10-celled. 



Leafless twining parasites Cuscuta.Qll 



Leaves opposite, their bases connected by a stipular 



line Loganiaceae, 652 



