140 KEY TO PLANTS. 
Anthers opening at the top. Ovary 
several-celled. Vacciniaceae. 
(6) Stamens as many as corolla - lobes, or 
fewer. 100. 
100 (2) Stamens as many as corolla-lobes and 
opposite to them. 101. 
(0) Stamens as many as corolla-lobes and 
alternate with them, or fewer. 108. 
101 (a) Corolla-lobes imbricate in bud. Ovules 
numerous. Ovary 1-celled, with a free 
central placenta. Shrubs, growing on 
the ground. Asia, Africa, Australasia. 
Myrsineae. 
(4) Corolla-lobes valvate in bud. Ovules 
1-3. 102. 
102 (a) Terrestrial shrubs or trees (growing on 
the earth). Stigma 3-lobed. Ovary 
imperfectly 3-celled. Ovules 3. Tropics. 
Olacineae. 
(6) Parasitical shrubs, growing upon trees. 
Stigmaentire. Ovary perfectly 1-celled. 
Ovule 1, more or less fused with the sub- 
stance of the ovary. Loranthaceae. 
103 (a2) Ovary containing only 1 ovule (but 
sometimes 3-celled with 2 empty cells). 
104. 
(6) Ovary containing 2 or more ovules. 110, 
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