GAMOPETALAE. sy) 
62 (a) Plants destitute of green colour. Leaves 
reduced to scales. Ovary 12-28-celled, 
entire. Herbs. Style and stigma 1. 
Stamens 5-8. North America. 
Lennoaceae. 
(0) Plants of a green colour. Leaves per- 
fectly developed. Ovary 3-10-celled, 
rarely many-celled, but then either 
divided or stem woody.* Style undi- 
vided or 2-4-partite. 63. 
63 (a) Anthers dehiscing by 1 longitudinal slit. 
Corolla valvate in aestivation. Flowers 
solitary, spicate or racemose. Shrubs or 
trees. Stamens 5. Stigmal. Austral- 
asia and South Asia. E'pacrideae. 
(6) Anthers dehiscing by 2 longitudinal slits, 
or 2 apical pores. Corolla imbricate, 
contorted, plaited, or induplicate in 
aestivation; in the latter case inflores- | 
cence cymose. 64. 
64 (a) Anthers attached at the base, opening 
laterally or at the top. Corolla con- 
torted in aestivation. Shrubs or trees. 
Flowers unisexual or polygamous. 
Ebenaceae. 
* Compare some Liieae, the petals of which are some- 
times slightly coherent at their edges. They have a her- 
baceous stem, five stamens, and a 5-partite style. 
