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Family 127. Tovariaceae. Annual herbs of the tropics, with 

 alternate leaves; 8-merous flowers. Tovaria. (Pf. Ill, 2, 207.) 



Family 128. Nymphaeaceae. Water Lilies. Petals present, in 

 I to many whorls ; pistils closely united ; aquatic herbs with floating 

 leaves. Victoria, Castalia, Nymphaea. (Pf. Ill, 2, i.) 



Family 129. Moringaceae. Trees of the tropics, with decom- 

 pound leaves and pentamerous flowers, and producing bean-like 

 pods. Moringa. (Pf. Ill, 2, 242.) 



Family 130. Resedaceae. Mignonettes. Herbs and shrubs 

 with scattered leaves; sepals 4-8 (or 2 or o) ; stamens 3-40; 

 pistil 2- to 6-carpellary. Reseda. (Pf. Ill, 2, 237.) 



Family 131. Capparidaceae. Capers. Herbs, shrubs, and 

 trees with alternate or opposite leaves; sepals 4; petals 4 (or o) ; 

 stamens 4 (or many) ; pistil 2- to 6-carpellary. Clcome, Cap- 

 paris. (Pf. Ill, 2, 209.) 



Family 132. Brassicaceae. IMustards. Herbs, rarely shrubs, 

 with alternate (or opposite) leaves; sepals 4; petals 4; stamens 

 6 or 4; pistil 2-carpellary. Sinapis, Brassica, Raphanns, Bursa, 

 Alyssum. (Pf. Ill, 2, 145.) 



Order Caryophyllales. Pistil usually of 3 or more united 

 carpels, mostly i-celled, with a free central placenta, and many 

 ovules (sometimes reduced to a one-celled, one-ovuled ovary) ; 

 stamens as many or twice as many as the petals ; seeds endo- 

 spermous, usually with a curved embryo. 



Family 133. Caryophyllaceae. Pinks. Herbs (and shrubs) 

 with opposite leaves; petals 3-5, stalked or not; ovules many on 

 a central placenta. Silenc, Lychnis, Dianthus, Alsine, Paro- 

 nychia, Illecehrum. (Pf. Ill, ib, 61.) 



Family 134. Elatinaceae. Small marsh herbs or undershrubs, 

 with small, opposite or whorled leaves ; inflorescence axillary ; 

 petals imbricated; stamens 4-10. Elatine. (Pf. Ill, 6, 277.) 



Family 135. Portulacaceae. Purslanes. Herbs, or somewhat 

 woody plants, usually somewhat succulent ; sepals usually 2 ; 

 petals 4-5 ; seeds many. Claytonia, Portulaca. (Pf. Ill, ib, 51.) 



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