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ki:y To tfik families of class I. 



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3. Stametu borne on the cal;/x, or where the culjx [whin coherent) tepuratea /rum the oennj. 



Petals many, in Hpvornl rown. 



Uhrutm with (>])|in.sii(! HJriiplc IcavfA anil dingy-purple tiuwcrs, 

 LeatleNM fle.sliy plantN, of HinKular Hliapes, 



Water-plantM, with the hii-jje HoweiH and leaveH Huatiny; on the surface, 

 Petals 4 or 5, rart'ly 6. 



Leaves witli stipules, alternate, 



Leavi'H without stipulf!*. Podn inany-seeded. 



Style and «ti;,'iiia i. Pod surroumied by the free calyx, 

 Styles or stii;mii.s 3 to 8. Calyx colicrent below with the ovary. 



Shrubs : leaves opposite. Pod with several cells. IMiiladelphus in SAXIKKA(iR 

 Herbs: leaves Heshy. Pod i-ctdled, opening by a lid, PuilHLANK 



Carolina- A LLHi'icK F. 156 



Cac-ti'h F. 157 



WatkrLii.y F. i2\ 



KosK F. 130 



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t32 



'31 



124 



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B. Stamens 10 or kkwku. 



1. Corolla irreijular, (Pistil I.) 



Leaves oppo.site, palniately compound. Cilyxs-toothed. Shrubs or trees, Horsk-chestnut F. 143 

 Leaves alternate, with stipules. 



Filaments often united, but not the anthers. Two lower petals approaching 



or joine<l. Pod simple, with only one row of seeds, 

 Filaments short : anthers 5, united. Lower petal with a sac or spur at the 

 base. Pod with 3 rows of seeds on the walls, 

 Leaves alternate, without stipules. Flower generally i-spurred or 2-spurred. 



Stamens 5, short ; their anthers a little united. Pod bursting at the touch, Palham I". 140 



Fruit of 3 thick and closed pieces, Indian-Chf-ss F. 140 



PULHK F. 145 

 ViOI.KT F. 130 



Stamens 8, separate 



Stamens 6, in 2 sets. Flower closed. Pod i -celled, 



2. Corolla regular, or nearhj so. 



Stamens just as many as the petals, and standing one before each of them. 

 Pistils more than one, and separate. Petals 6. Flowers dicecious, 

 Pistil with T ovary but with 5 separate styles, 

 Pistil and style i (the latter sometimes cleft at the summit). 



Anthers opening by uplifted valves or doors. Petals 6 or 8, 

 Anthers not opening by valves, but lengthwise. 



Woody vines. Calyx minute : petals falling very early, 

 Shrubs. Calyx larger, its divisions 4 or 5, 

 Herbs. Ovary and pod i-celled. 

 Sepals 2 ; petals 5 : stigmas 3, 



Sepals as many as the petals : style single : stigma 1, 

 Stamens as many as the petals and alternate with them, or twice as many, 

 or of some unequal number. 

 Calyx with its tube adherent to the surface of the ovary. 



Stamens 3, united with each other more or less. Flowers mODoecioas, 

 Stamens distinct, as many or twice as many as the petals. 



FUMITOUY F. 127 



MoONSKKH F. 12a 



Lkadwout F. 177 



Gourd F. 15a 



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