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MONOCHLAMYDEAE. 37 
valvate in bud. Leaves exstipulate. 
Shrubs or trees. Flowers hermaphro- 
dite. Style and stigma entire. Aus- 
tralasia and South America. Proteaceae. 
(6) Stamens provided with filaments, inserted 
on the perianth-tube or free from the 
perianth, 5 or more, very rarely 3-4, but 
then perianth-segments imbricate in bud. 
Leaves compound or reduced to phy]l- 
lodes, usually stipulate. Style and 
stigma entire. Leguminosae. 
46 (a) Ovules attached to a basal or central 
placenta. Herbs, rarely undershrubs or 
shrubs. 47, 
(6) Ovules attached to 2 or more parietal 
placentas. Trees or shrubs (or woody 
climbers). 48. 
47 (a) Leaves opposite. Fruit dehiscing longi- 
tudinally into valves. Herbs or under- 
shrubs. Stamens 1-10. Styles several, 
or style 1 with several stigmas. 
Caryophylleae. 
(0) Leaves alternate. Fruit dehiscing trans- 
versely or irregularly, or indehiscent. 
Perianth 5-partite. Stamens 4-5, con- 
nate below. Ovules attached to basal 
funicles. Amarantaceae, 
