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Fl. unisexual in Menispermacece ; irregular in Viola, Impatiens, and 

 Polygala; pet. o in some RanunculacecE, Crucifercz, Violacece, Bixacecz, 

 and rarely in a few other orders. 



A. Ov. apocarpous, of 2 or more free carpels, rarely carpel solitary. 



Fl. bisexual. 

 Sep. 5 or fewer, pet. 1 -seriate. 

 Sep. deciduous ... i. Ranunculus, vol. i. p. 4. 



Sep. persistent ... 11. Dilleniace^e, i. 5. 



Sep. and pet. 2-3 seriate, or sep. i-seriate and pet. 2- or more-seriate. 

 Shrubs or trees. 



L. stipulate, sep. 5 or more 

 L. exstipulate, sep. 3 . 

 Aquatic herbs 

 Fl. unisexual, dioecious . 



B. Ov. syncarpous. 



Ov. i-celled, spuriously 2-celled in Crucifer<z. 

 Placentas parietal. 

 Endosperm o. 



Ov. spuriously 2-celled 

 Ov. 1 -celled, usually on a 

 gynophore . 

 Endosperm copious. 

 Fl. irregular. 



Stam. 5, anth. spurred 

 Stam. 8, anth. not spurred 

 Fl. regular. 



Herbs with glandular hairs xlviii. Droserace^e, ii. 145. 

 Trees or shrubs. 



Stam. many, in 1 or 5 



bundles . . xviii. Hypericace^e, i. 93. 

 Stam. 5 or more, not in bundles. 



Fr. capsular placent. 2 XII. PlTTOSPORACE^E, i. 77. 

 Fr. berried, placent. 3 

 or more . 

 Placenta free central or basal. 

 Sep. and pet. and stam. 6 each, 

 shrub .... 

 Sep. 5 or cal. 5-fid. 



Ov. inferior, scandent shrub xxi. bis. Ancistroclade^e, i. 138. 

 Ov. superior. 

 Herbs, 1. opp. . . . xiv. Caryophyllace^e, i. 84. 

 Trees or shrubs, 1. scale-like XVI. Tamariscine^e, i. 91. 



in. Magnoliace^e, i. 1 4. 

 iv. Anonace/E, i. 16. 



VII. NYMPHJEACEJE, i. 49. 



v. MenispermacejE, i. 37. 



VIII. CRUCIFER./E, i. 52. 



ix. Capparide,e, i. 54. 



x. V1OLACE2E, i. 65. 



XIII. POLYGALACE.E, i. 78. 



XI. BIXACE.E, i. 69. 



VI. BERBERIDEjE, i. 



Shrubs, 1. alt., broad 

 Ov. 2-many-celled. 

 Sep. imbricate in bud. 

 Ov. cells many-ovuled. 

 Fl. irregular 

 Fl. regular 

 L. opp. 



Stam. 3-10 free 

 Stam. many, in 1 

 bundles . 

 L. alt., trees or shrubs. 

 Sep. unchanged in fr. 

 Sep. accrescent in fr. 



LXXVIII. MYRSINEjE, iii. 67. 



Impatiens, i. 200. 



xvii. Elatine^e, i. 92. 

 xviii. Hypericace^e, i. 93. 



XX. TERNSTRCEMIACEyE, i. I07. 

 XXI. DlPTEROCARPACE^E, i. 112. 



