92 BENGAL PLANTS. : [Artificial 
tLeaves akan ip: 91] 
Fruit of many achenes not included i in the aneen 
MO Mirae l..alisess.. Leccins., ote! 
— of many or few achenes, included in the cls 
with prickles 
Hee rem weeeee 
—[p. 91] 
Teaves 0; plants with thick fleshy flattened prickly stems. 
Teavec a 
Leaves sitemnate - te : 
Sarmentose ake armed with flattened prickles...... 309. Rae 
Erect, unarmed trees or shrubs: 
tinkies 3-nerved at base; ssicke valvate ; sa 1-celled ; 
Oe 
Leaves penninerved ; petals imbricate, rarely ye) petals 
absent :— 
Stamens in fascicles opposite the petals ; ovary of 2-5 
connate in a 1-celled chamber with parietal ovules oe 
5. Homalium 
Stamens not fascicled opposite the petals :— 
Ripe carpel solitary ; not enclosed in the calyx-tube 
306. 
ied carpels 2 or more, confluent and enclosed in the 
tube :-— 
Ovary 5-celled ; flowers panicled.........311. Erioboty! 
Ova 2-3-celled; flowers corymbose 
Be - 312. Pore 
Leayes opposite :— 
erbs with fleshy leaves; some of the leaves may be alternate — 
Sepals 2 only ; Ovary l1-celled with basal placenta ; — 
distinct Portulaca. 
Ne So lead kL eee Oe 
Sepals 5 connate in a tube; ovary 5-celled with axial placentas 
hevtgh Ce oe Cee ee 381. Sesuvium 
Shrubs or trees ; leaves never mie = opposite :— e 
Leaves stipulate 3 ovules pendulou : | 
Petals 5-6, lacerate ; ovary L-celled Sis cens, DH ei Kane z 
Petals 8-14 2-fid; ovary 2-4-celled 
Leaves without stipules ; ovules axial; rarely BRP 
{Leaves gland- dotted ; fruit a i—([p. 93] 
§Limb of calyx lon in bud, lobes subimbricated, rh 
deeply oul Separated when in flower; seeds many 
ONE a ice 882 Psidium 
