34-0 Characters of the Orders. 



or indef. Disk tumid. Carp. 3-10, free, i-ovuled. Fr. of 3-8, indehisc. 

 carp. — Trees or shrubs ; 1. alt., simple, stipulate, i. 232. 



XXXII. Burserace/e.— Fl. uni- or bi-sex. Cal. 3-5 -fid, or of 3-5 

 pet., valvate or imbric. Stam. 4-10. Disk fleshy, annular, lining cal. -tube 

 or o. Ov. 2-3-celled; cells 1-2-ovuled. Fr. a 1-3-celled drupe, epicarp 

 sometimes 2-valved. Cotyled. crumpled or folded, endosp. o. — Trees; 1. 

 alt., compound, i. 235. 



XXXIII. Meliace^e. — Fl. uni- or. bi-sex. Cal. 4-5-fid, or sep. 5 

 distinct. Pet. 3-5, imbric. or valvate. Stam. 6-10; fil. usually connate 

 in a tube, rarely free. Disk annular, obscure, or o. Ov. 2-5-celled, cells 

 2- or more-ovuled; style simple. Fr. a caps., drupe, berry, or mem- 

 branous.' — Trees, rarely shrubs; 1. alt, comp. i. 241. 



XXXIV. CHAlLLETlACEiE. — Fl. polygam. Sep. 5, unequal, imbric. 

 Pet, 5, distinct, 2-lobed. Disk of scales at base of pet. Stam. 5. Ov. 

 2-celled ; styles 5. Fr. a 2-valved drupe with 2-seeded stone. Cotyled. 

 thick; endosp. o. — Trees or shrubs; 1. alt., simple; stip. persist, i. 253. 



§ 2. Ovules pendulous, raphe dorsal. 



XXXV. Olacine^e. — Fl. uni- or bi-sex. Cal. inf. or sup., 4-5-lobed 

 or o. Pet. 4-5, distinct or cohering in a tube, valvate or imbric. Disk 

 annular or cupular, perig. or epig. Stam. 3-10. Ov. 1-5-celled; cells 

 1-2-ovuled. Drupe 1 -celled, 1 -seeded. Endosp. copious. — Trees or 

 shrubs; 1. alt., simple; stip. o. i. 254. 



XXXVI. Ilicine,e.— Fl. dioecious. Cal. 4-5-fid, imbric. Cor. 4-5- 

 lobed or -partite. Stam. 4-5, hypog. or on base of corolla. Disk o. Ov. 

 3-6-celled; cells i-ovuled; stigma large, sessile. Drupe with 4-6 stones. 

 Endosp. fleshy. — Trees; 1. alt., simple; stip. o. i. 264. 



§ 3. Ovules erect, raphe ventral. 



XXXVII. CELASTRACE.E. — Fl. rarely unisex. Cal. 4-5-lobed, persist. 

 Pet. 4-6, imbric. or contort. Disk large. Stam. 2-5. Ov. free or 

 immersed in disk, 2-5-celled; cells 1- or 2-ovuled; style 2-3-fid. Fr. a 

 loculicidal caps, or a drupe or berry, or apocarp. Cotyled. flat. — Trees 

 or shrubs ; 1. simple, i. 266. 



XXXVIII. RHAMNACEiE. — Cal. rarely sup., 5-fid, lobes valvate. Pet. 

 small, 5, or o. Disk lining the cal.-tube. Stam. 5, opp. the pet. Ov. 

 2-4-celled ; cells i-ovuled; style 2-4-fid. Fr. a caps., or of 3 distinct 

 carp. — Shrubs or trees ; 1. stipulate, i. 278. 



XXXIX. Ampelide^e. — Cal. cupular, entire or 3-5-lobed. Pet. 4-5, 

 distinct or connate, valvate. Disk large, cupular or annular. Ov. 2- 

 celled, cells 2-ovuled, or 6-celled, cells i-ovuled. Fr. a berry. — Shrubs 

 or herbs ; usually climbing ; 1. alt., stipulate, i. 286. 



§ 4. Ovules ascending, or pendulous from an erect funicle, raphe 

 ventral or reversed. 



XL. Sapindace^e. — Fl. usually unisex, and irregular. Sep. 4-5, or a 

 4-6-lobed valvate calyx. Pet. 4-5, distinct. Disk annular or unilat. 

 Stam. 5, 8, 10, fil. distinct. Ov. 2- or 3-celled; cells 1-2-ovuled. Fr. 

 indehisc. or capsular, or of 1-3 indehisc. carp. — Trees, shrubs, or herbs ; 

 1. alt. or opp., simple or compound, i. 298. 



XLI. SABiACEiE. — Fl. irreg. Sep. and bracteoles together 5-13. 

 Pet. 5, unequal, 3 orbicular, concave, 2 much smaller, bifid. Disk 

 cupular, 3-8-toothed. Stam. 5, 2 fertile, opp. and adnate to smaller pet, 



