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nate. Ovules pendulous or horizontal. 
Micropyle and radicle superior. Fruits 
drupaceous. ‘Tropics. Simarubeae. 
(6) Ovary entire or slightly lobed. Leaves 
simple or digitate. 76. 
76 (a) Ovules pendulous or descending, usually 
covered by the enlarged, more or less 
scale-like funicle. Micropyle and radicle 
superior. Cells of the ovary and 
branches of the style most frequently 3. 
Fruit usually capsular. Euphorbiaceae. 
(6) Ovules erect, ascending, or horizontal. 
Micropyle and radicle inferior. 77. 
77 (a) Leaves alternate. Sepals 3. Petals 3. 
Albumen copious. Small shrubs. Leaves 
undivided, exstipulate. Stamens 2-4. 
Ovules horizontal. Fruit a drupe. 
Europe, North Asia, America. 
Empetraceae. 
(2) Leaves opposite or verticillate. Sepals 
2, 4, or more. Petals 4-10. Albumen 
wanting. 78. 
78 (a) Leaves stipulate. Segments of the calyx 
valvate in the bud. Stamens 4 Style 
1, undivided. Stigmas 1-2. Ovary 2- 
celled. Ovules erect. Fruit a berry. 
South Asia, Africa. Salvadoraceae. 
