A Sy)iopsis of Plant Phyla 8i 



ent or o; petals 3 to 5 or o; pistil i- to 4-celled; ovules i or 2, 

 ascending; endosperm usually o. Paullinia, Sapindiis, Talisia, 

 Litchi^ Koclrcutcria, Dodonaca. (Pf. Ill, 5, 2j/.) 



Family 253. Hippocastanaceae. Trees and shrubs, with op- 

 posite, palmately compound leaves ; flowers irregular ; sepals 5 ; 

 petals 5 ; stamens 8-5 ; pistil superior, tricarpellary. Acsciilus. 

 (Pf. Ill, 5, 27s.) 



Family 254. Aceraceae. Trees and shrubs, with opposite, sim- 

 ple or compound leaves ; sepals mostl}- 5 : petals 5 or none ; pistil 

 superior, bicarpellary, winged in fruit. Acer. (Pf. Ill, 5, 258.) 



Family 255. Sabiaceae. Trees and shrubs of the tropics, with 

 alternate, simple or compound leaves; disk small; petals present; 

 pistil 2- to 3-celled ; ovules i or 2, horizontal or pendulous ; endo- 

 sperm o. Sabia, Mcliosnia. (Pf. Ill, 5, 367.) 



Family 256. Icacinaceae. Tropical trees and shrubs, with al- 

 ternate or opposite leaves; sepals 5-4; petals 5-4; stamens 5-4; 

 pistil superior, of 5 or 3 carpels. Icacina. (Pf. Ill, 5, 233.) 



Family 257. Melianthaceae. Tropical trees and shrubs, with 

 alternate leaves, and pentamerous, zygomorphic flowers. Meli- 

 anthus. (Pf. Ill, 5, 374.) 



Family 258. Empetraceae. Heath-like shrubs, with small 

 leaves ; flowers small, mostly dioecious, solitary or in heads ; pe- 

 tals present ; stamens 2-3, 2- to 3-celled ; pistil 2- to many-celled ; 

 seeds solitar}^, endospermous. Corema, Empetrum. (Pf. Ill, 5, 



123.) 



Family 259. Coriariaceae. Shrubs with opposite, sessile 

 leaves; 5 sepals; 5 petals; 10 stamens; 5 to 10 carpels, slightly 

 united. Coriaria. (Pf. Ill, 5, 128.) 



Family 260. Anacardiaceae. Trees and shrubs, inostly trop- 

 ical, with alternate, usually compound leaves ; disk usually annu- 

 lar; petals 3 to 7 or o; pistil i- to 5-celled ; ovules solitary, pen- 

 dulous (or erect) ; endosperm scanty or o. Mangifera, 

 Anacardium, Schinus, Cotinus, Metopiuni, Rhus. (Pf. Ill, 5, 



138.) 



Family 261. Juglandaceae. Trees and shrubs with alternate, 

 compound leaves; disk forming a capsule; pistil i-celled, infe- 

 rior; ovule I, erect, orthotropous ; endosperm o. Engelhardtia, 

 Jiiglans, Hicoria. (Pf. Ill, i, 19.) 



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