MONOCHLAMYDEAE. oF 
(6) Shrubs. Flowers in cone-like spikes, 
dicecious. Perianth of the male flowers 
2-lobed, imbricate in bud. Stigma 
sessile, 2-lobed. Ovule 1, erect. Seeds 
exalbuminous. Leaves opposite, ex- 
stipulate. America and Polynesia. 
Batideae. 
19 (a) Ovary 1, 1-celled. 20. 
@) (b) Ovary 1, several-celled, or ovaries several, 
distinct. 52, 
20 (a) Ovule 1. Zi. 
(6) Ovules 2 or more. 40. 
21 (a) Leaves stipulate. 22. 
(b) Leaves exstipulate. 27. 
22 (a) Leaves compound. Flowers hermaphro- 
dite, more rarely dicecious ; in the latter 
case shrubs with solitary or geminate 
flowers. Leaves alternate. Perianth 
3-7-lobed or -partite. Style undivided. 
Ovule suspended from the top of the 
cell. Rosaceae. 
(b) Leaves simple, rarely compound, but then 
trees (rarely herbs) with unisexual, 
capitate or spicate flowers. 23. 
23 (a) Styles 2-4, distinct or connate at the base, 
with terminal, more or less capitate or 
penicillate stigmas, more rarely 3 with 
