KEY TO NATURAL ORDERS. 17 
Ovary a with many seeds from a PAGE, 
central p! PORTULACACE, 62 
— compound, ae genet ke 1-celled, with 
al placentze on the * 
= lin sriihe the | Sewer opens, 
fewer than the petals erbs with 
} r colored juice. PaPAVERACER, 40 
Sepals falling after blossoming, 5 in 
number. irece TILIACER, 68 
Sepals gr! beneath Aen fruit. 
Leaves sil oppoatte, th transparent 
or dark-colored ie rencinua ; 54 
2. Stamens connected with the base of the petals, and these borne on the receptacle. 
Filaments united in a tube or column; anthers 
kidney-shhped, 1-celled. MALVACEA, 63 
i 3. fal it ree 2 “) 7 ~~ a tp ily * #2 ly (per igynous). 
Petals ip many, in several rows. Shrubs. CALYCANTHACER, 135 
with stipules, alternate. ROSACEH, rae eS 
roe ers 
many: 
Shrubs, leaves opposite. 
with ieverit cells. Philadel. 
hus in BAR RAGAOR 143 
Herbs; leaves fleshy. Pod 
celled, opening by a lid. ” PoRTULACAGEE, — 62 
eceded, «2- 2-beaked. Shrubs ne 
Pod 2- 
or : : Mas 
Petals sometimes wanitiag. -HAMAMELACEA, 144 
B. Stamens 10 OR FEWER. 
1. Corolla irregular, (Pistit one.) oe | 
Leaves opposite, palmately compound. Calyx 5- ao 
toothed. Shrubs or trees, fe 87 ‘| 
Leaves alternate, with stip 
Filaments often united. _ lower petals — 
a g or joined. Pod aeagie Wich waist st 2 
only one row of seeds. : Lecumisosz, = =—_ sO 
as 
Leaves alternate, without stipules. See er = 
Flower L-spurred. Stamens 8. FrafiiofB Guz vac. eee: ” 4 
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