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XXIV. Zycopuyitacex.—L. usually compound and opposite, stipules in pairs, 
persistent, sometimes spinous. Fl, 1—2 in axils of stipules, hermaphrodite, sepals and 
petals usually 5, and stamens double the number often with a scale on the filament, 
disk fleshy. Ovary angled or lobed, with 2 or more oyules. Fr. usually of angled, 
sometimes spinous, 2-10 cocci. 
XXV. GeRaniace®,—L. alternate, imparipinnate, or simple and toothed, stipules 
O or biglandular on petiole. Fl. bisexual, regular or irregular and often spurred sepals 
and petals 83—5, stamens 5 or 10, Fr. oblong, fleshy, 5-ribbed, or capsular and 
loculicidally 5-valved. 
XXVI. Ruracex.—L. aromati3, dotted with translucent glands, stipules O. FI. 
regular, sepals and petals 4 or 5, stamens 4—5 or 8—10, filaments inserted on the 
outside of the disk. 
XXVII. Simarvusack#.—Bark bitter, L. usually compound, alternate, stipules 
deciduous or 9. FI. regular, small, often unisexual, sepals 3—5 usually connate, petals 
3--5. Stamens as many as petals or double their number, inserted outside the disk. 
XXVIII. Ocunacr#.—bL, alternate, simple, glabrous, stipulate. Fl. regular, 
bisexual. Sepals 4or 5, free, imbricate, persisting, petals 5 or more, deciduons, 
stamens 10 or many, anthers basifixed. Fr. of 3—10 one or few seeded drupes. 
XX1X. BurserAcex.—Resinous. L.alternate, imparipinnate, sometimes 1-foliolate. 
Fl. small, regular, calyx 3—5-lobed, petals 3—5. Stamens as many as petals or twice 
their number, inserted on the disk or outside at its base. Ovary 2—5 celled, ovules 2 
in each cell. 
XXX. Mewiacex.—L. usually bitter, alternate, generally pinnate, stipules O, FI, 
regular, in cymose panicles, calyx small, 4—5 cleft, petals 4-5, stamens twice the 
number of pétals, filaments generally united into a tube, disk between stamens and 
ovary, often tabular. * 
XXXI. CuHaittetiacea@.-~L. alternate, entire, simple, stipules deciduous. FI. 
_l-sexual or polygamaus, petals 5, notched or bifid, stamens 5, disk of 5 glands, 
alternating with stamens. Ovary pubesent 2—3-celled, ovules 2, collateral in each cell. 
Endosperm Q, cotyledons thick. 
XXXII. Onacacezx.—L. alternate. stipules O. FI. small, asa rule bisexual, calyx 
small or wanting, stamens opposite to petals or O. Overy at base often 2-5-celled, 
ovules pendulous from a free axile placenta. Drupe l-seeded. [In Engler u. Prantl, 
Natur!, Pflanzenfam. III. 1:231 placed near Loranthacee and Santalacee}. 
XXXIIL. Icactnacex.—L. generally alternate, stipules O. FI. small, 1-sexual or 
polygamons, calyx small or wanting, stamens alternating with petals. Ovary 1-celled. 
Drupe 1-seeded. 
XXXIV. AguiFoLiAcEx%.—lL. alternate, or (curtisia) opposite, simple, usually 
coriaceous and ever-green, stipules minute. FI. regular, usually 1-sexual, calyx 4-5- 
lobed, petal 4-5, connate at base. Stamens 4-—5, alternating with petals, disk O. Fr. 
a drupe, supported by the presistent calyx, stones 1-seeded, 2 or more. 
XXXV. Cenastracex.—L. simple, as a rule opposite, stipules minute or none FI. 
regular, small, birexual or polygamons, calyx small, 4 or 5-lobed, persistent. Disk 
large, surrounding the base of the 3—6&-celled ovary or partially enclosing it, stamens 
3--5, rarely 10, inserted on the disk. 
XXXVI. RHAMNAcEs.—Branchlets or stipules often spinescent, L. simple. FL, 
small, regular, calyx 4—5 cleft, lobes triangular, valvate in bud, disk lining or filling the 
calyx tube, petals inserted at the mouth 1f calyx-tube, Stamens opposite to petals, 
often enclosed by them. 
XXXVIL. AMPELIDACEH.—Climbers mostly, or erect, usually tendrilled, L, 
alternate, stipulate, often compound. FI. regular, calyx small, entire or 4—5 dentate, 
petals 4—5, valvatein bud. Stamens opposite to petals, inserted outside or between the 
lobes of the disk. Fr. a berry. 
XXXVITI. Saprnpace£.—L. usually alternate, compound, and exstipulate (opposite 
in Aisculus, Acer, and Turpini1z, simple in deer, Do!loncea, and occasionally others, 
stipulate in Velsunthus and Turpinia). F]). usually irregular and unsymmetrical, small, 
polygama-diwcious, calyx 4—5-lobed, petals 4—5, filth often wanting ; stamens 5 to 10, 
often 8 inside a usually unilateral disk, ovary usually 3 (2 in Acer) celled, often lobed 
or winged ; fruit capsular or indehiscent of 1—3 nuts or samaras. 
XXX1X. Sapiace#.—L, alternate stipules O. Fl. small, calyx 4—5 partite, stamens 
4--5, opposite to petals, anther-cells distinct, usually adnate to a large connective. 
XL. ANACARDIACE2.—Often with caustie grey juice turning black on drying. L. 
in most genera alternate, stipules 0. Fl. regular calyx 3-5 cleft (spathaceous in Gulta) 
