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5 ; pistil 3-carpellary with 3 parietal placentae. Rinorea, Hyban- 

 thiis, Viola. (Pf. Ill, 6, 322.) 



Family 119. Malesherbiaceae. South American branching 

 herbs or undershrubs, with pentamerous flowers. Malesherbia. 

 (Pf. Ill, 6a, 65.) 



Family 120. Turneraceae. Herbs and shrubs with alternate 

 leaves ; flowers perfect ; sepals and petals dissimilar ; stamens 

 definite; ovary free; endosperm copious. Turnera. (Pf. Ill, 

 6a, 57-) 



Family 121. Passifloraceae. Passion Flowers. Climbing herbs 

 and shrubs (a few trees) with alternate leaves; flowers perfect; 

 sepals and petals similar, distinct ; stamens definite ; ovary free ; 

 endosperm fleshy. Adcnia, Passiflora. (Pf. Ill, 6a, 69.) 



Family 122. Achariaceae. South African herbs and under- 

 shrubs, related to the Passifloraceae; but with the petals united. 

 Acharia. (Pf. Ill, 6a, 92.) 



Family 123. Caricaceae. Papaws. Succulent-stemmed trop- 

 ical trees, mostly with palmate leaves ; flowers pentamerous ; fruit 

 a many seeded berry. Carica. (Pf. Ill, 6a, 94.) 



Family 124. Stachyuraceae. Asiatic shrubs and trees with 

 alternate leaves ; sepals 4 ; petals 4 ; stamens 8. Stachyurus. 

 (Pf. Ill, 6, 192.) 



Family 125. Koeberliniaceae. Leafless, thorny Texan and 

 Mexican shrubs, with tetramerous flowers ; pistil bicarpellary. 

 Koeberlinia. (Pf. Ill, 6, 319.) 



Order Rhoeadales. Pistil of 2 or more united carpels, mostly 

 i-celled, with parietal placentae; stamens indefinite or definite; 

 endosperm none or copious. 



Family 126. Papaveraceae. Poppies. ' Mostly milky-juiced 

 plants, with alternate leaves ; sepals 2-3 ; petals 4 or more (or o) ; 

 stamens indefinite ; pistil many-carpellary. Eschscholtzia, San- 

 guinaria, Argcmone, Papavcr, Bicnculla, Fwnaria. (Pf. Ill, 2, 

 130-) 



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