98 KEY TO PLANTS. 
166 (@) Ovule in each complete cell of the ovary, 
or in a 1-celled ovary 1.* 167. 
(2) Ovules in each complete cell of the ovary 
or ina l-celled ovary 2 or more. 179. 
167 (z) Stamens as many as the petals and oppo- 
site to them. 168. 
(0) Stamens as many as the petals, and 
alternate with them, or fewer, or more 
numerous. 169. 
168 (a) Ovary 1-celled. Style simple, with an 
entire stigma. Ovule fused with the 
substance of the ovary before its fecunda- 
tion. Radicle of the embryo superior. 
Shrubs or trees, usually parasitical 
shrubs growing upon trees. 
Loranthaceae. 
(6) Ovary 2-4-celled. Style simple, with a 
lobed stigma or with several stigmas, or 
divided more or less. Ovules erect. 
Radicle of the embryo inferior. Ter- 
restrial shrubs or trees. Rhamneae. 
169 (a) Style 1, simple or cleft at the apex only, 
or sessile stigma 1. 170. 
(2) Styles 2 or more, free or connected at 
*In Loranthaceae the ovule is not to be distinguished 
from the substance of the ovary at the time of flowering. 
