RubiacecE. 



Cor.-lobes twisted {Gardenia). 

 Intl. terminal or leaf opposed. 



Fl. dioecious 



Fl. bisexual. 

 Ov. 2-celled. 



Seeds few .... 

 Seeds numerous 

 Ov. i -celled .... 

 Infl. axillary (also sometimes in 23). 

 Fndosperm ruminate . 

 Endosperm not ruminate. 

 Fl. in bracteate spikes 

 Fl. in clusters .... 

 Ovules 2 in each cell (see also 12 and 27) 

 Ovules solitary in each cell (see also 14). 

 L. with stipules. 



Fruit indehiscent, usually fleshy. 



Cor.-lobes valvate (or rarely imbricate). 

 Ov. 2-celled (spuriously 4-celled in ^j) 

 Corolla 2-lipped .... 

 Corolla regular. 

 Ovules pendulous 

 Ovules on the dissepiment 

 Fl. in a confluent head . 

 Fl. not confluent . 

 Ovules basilar, erect. 

 Trees or shrubs ; infl. cymose. 

 Cor.-tube short, straight . 

 Cor.-tube rather long, curved 

 Cor. funnel-shaped . 

 Herb ; infl. umbellate . 

 Ov. 4- or more-celled. 

 Cor.-lobes imbricate 

 Cor.-lobes valvate. 



Ov. 12-celled .... 

 Ov. 4-celled ; stip. connate 

 Ov. 4- (or 5-) celled ; stip. not connate 

 Cor.-lobes twisted {Ixorece). 

 Fl. in copious cymes. 



Style longer than cor.; stigma 2-lobed 

 Style twice as long as cor.; stigma entire 

 Fl. solitary or in threes . . . . 

 Fruit dry, dehiscent septicidally. 



Carp. 2, very small, separating from central 



axis, indehiscent 



Carp. 2, very small, one or both ventrally 



dehiscent 



Carp. 2, large, much compressed, tardily 



separating 



Carp. 4, indehiscent 



L. without stip., whorled {Galiece). 



Corolla campanulate 



Corolla rotate 



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22. Byrsophyllum. 



Webera. 



Randia. 



Gardenia. 



25. Nargedia. 



26. 

 27. 



28. 



31. 



33- 

 37- 



39- 

 40. 



43- 

 41, 



SCYPHOSTACHYS. 



DlPLOSPORA. 



SCYPHIPHORA. 



DlCHILANTHE. 



Canthium. 



MORINDA. 

 PRISMATOMERIS. 



psychotria. 

 c has alia. 

 Saprosma. 

 Geophila. 



29. Guettarda. 



34- 



35- 

 36. 



44. 



II. 



46. 



47- 



TlMONIUS. 



Allceophania. 

 Lasianthus. 



Ixora. 



Pavetta. 



Coffea. 



Knoxia. 



Spermacoce. 



Hydrophylax. 

 Fergusonia. 



RUBIA. 



Galium. 



