SYNOPSIS OF NATURAL ORDERS. re 
LIV. TuRNeRACER.—L. alternate simple usually 2 glandular at base, stipule, small 
or O. FI. usually solitary axillary, often with peduncle adnate to petiole, calyx 5-lobed, 
petals 5 inserted ia the calyx throat, stamens 5 inserted below the petals, carpels 3 
connate in a 1-celled ovary, Fr. a 3-valved capsule, usually with many seeds confined 
to the centre of the placentas, seeds arillate with fleshy albumen and cylindric embryo, 
LY. PassrFrorace&’.—L. alternate, usually lobed. FI. regular'unisexnal in Papaya, 
bisexual in Passiflora, dicocions in Modecca. | 
LVI. Datiscacka.—(Tetrameles) L. deciduous, petiolate, broadly ovate. FI. 
dicecious, calyx deeply 4-lobed, petals O, stamens 4, Capsule crowned by the persistent 
calyx-segments, the valves terminating in the persistent styies. 
LVIL. Cacrackm.—Stems and branches succulent, prickly. Fl. regular, bisexual, 
solitary, calyx-tube adnate to ovary, petals numerous, imbricate, tamens many. Fr. 
fleshy, seeds numerous. 
LVIII. UmMpritirerm.—th. entire, alternate exstipulate. EF. in compound umbels, 
calyx-tube adnate to ovary without a limb, petals 5, stamens 5, both epigynous. Ovary 
2-celled with 1 ovule in each cell. Fr. of 2 laterally compressed carpels separated by 
a commissure, with 5 ridges, seed 1 in each carpel with cartilaginous albumen and 
small embryo. 
LIX. Aratiace®.—Balsamic, branchlets speckled: LL, alternate, simple or com- 
pound. Fl. regular, usually pentamerous and umbellate. Calyx adnate to ovary, 
usually entire, petals caducous. Stamens inserted outside the epigynous disk, anthers 
didymous. 
LX. Cornacrea.—L. entire, stipules O. Fl. regular, calyx-tube adnate to ovary limb 
persistent, segments small, peta!s 4 or 5, inserted with stamens round an epigynous 
disk, Fr. drupaceous. 
IL—GAMOPETAL/. 
Flowers in the majority of species bisexual, as a rule with both calyx and ccrolla, 
corolla gamopetalous. 
LXI. CaprirolLiacv&.—L. opposite, stipules usually O. Fl. bisexual, calyx-tube 
adnate to ovary, limb 3-5 toothed, corolla often zygomorphic, lobes 5. Stamens 
inserted on the corolla-tube. 
LXII. Rupsiacrm.—L. opposite, sometimes whorled, stipules as a rule interpetiolar. 
Fl. as a rule bisexual and regular, calyx-tube adnate to ovary, corolla inserted round 
the epigynous disk, stamens inserted on the corolla-tube, alternating with its lobes. 
Ovary as a rule 2-celled. 
LXIII. Composira.—L. asa rule alternate, stipules O. Inflorescence a dense head 
of many small fl., sessile on.a broad receptacle and enclosed in an inyolucre of whorled 
or imbricate bracts. Calyx usually a pappus of hairs on the top of the ovary, stamens 
on the corolla-tube, anthers usually connate, connective produced upwards. 
LXILV. GoopdENIAcEx®.—(Scevola). L. alternate, simple, stipules O. FI. bisexual, 
in short axillary cymes, calyx adnate to ovary, lobes 5. Corolla oblique split on the 
back, stamens 4, inserted at the base of the corolla. Fr. a drupe, crowned by the 
enlarged calyx-segments. 
LXV. CamMPpANuLAcEx.—Juice after milky. lL. alternate, simple, exstipulate. Fl. 
axillary, calyx 5-lobed, lobes slightly unequal, corolla usually oblique 2-lipped, stamens 
5, connate ina tube, carpels connate in a 2-celled ovary with many ovnoles. Fr. 
a capsule loculicidally 2-valved, seeds many minute. 
LXVI. Ericacra#,—lL. alternate, simple, stipules O. Fl. bisexual 4-or 5-merons, 
stamens as a rule twice the number of corolla-lobes, anther-cells opening at the top by 
pores or short slits. Ovary inferior or superior, 4-5 or many-celled, ovules numerous 
on an axile placenta, 
LXVII. PrumBpaginace£.—L, alternate, entire. Fl, regular, bisexual, pentamerous, 
sheathed by bracts, calyx 5-ribbed, ovary l-celled, ovule 1. 
LXVIII. Mygsinacex.—L. alternate, simple, generally gland-dotted, stipules O. 
Calyx persistent, often enlarged infr. Corolla-tube short or none, stamens opposite 
the corolla-segments. Ovary 1-celled, ovules on a free central placenta, 
LXIX. Sapotacrs.—Juice milky. Ly entire, usually alternate and coriaceous FI. 
bisexual, calyx persistent, segments 4—S, almost distinct, corolla-tube short lobes 4-24. 
Fr. a 1—--8-seeded berry, seeds oily, witha crustaceous shining testa. 
LXX. Esenace#.—L, entire, asa rule alternate, stipules O. Fl. regular, usually 
dicecious, calyx gamosepalous, persistent and generally enlarged in fr. segments 3—6, 
corolla-segments 3—6, stamens usvally twice the number of corolla-lobes, filaments 
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