SYNOPSIS OF NATURAL ORDERS. 3 
4. ee ee —Sepals 5 , 4, or 2, — or Rrsoptes Petals 5, aos | 
sometimes minute. , 
nary ie nas with usually a free ants pianaitis ibm posi 
mbryo curved, rarely straight. 
Tumariscinee. — and pow — 4 to 6. Stamens as many or twice 
many. Placentas 3-4, fr comose. or 
shrubs, with arnt testo He ee scale-like alternate leaves. 
5. ee — Sepals 2 to 6 or more, imbricate. Petals as many, ra rel 
tamens indefinite. Ovary usually syncarpous, with pal, 
placsibdivon: 
a —Flowers small, usually hermaphrodite. a gece ane denies Herbs i 
or ii gers 2 opposite leaves. Stipules ee 
Hypericinee.—Flowers hermaphrodite. Stamens seg often polyadel- 
—. Eh wee = sega a with opposite or rarely alternate leaves. 
Stipules 
—— et usually dioecious or polygamous. Stamens indefinite 
or variously connate. Trees or shrubs, often abounding in a yellow 
inous juice, with te leaves. Stipules none. 
Ternstroemiacee.—F lowers hermaphrodite. Stamens indefinite, free, 
nate at base. Trees or shrubs, with alternate leaves. Stipules scastical 
wan 
Tintorciwetin —Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx-lobes usually enlarged in 4 
Trees, rarely shrubs, sometimes scandent, with alternate leaves. ae 
often large. oe 
Stipules 
6. MaLvaLEs. a or calyx-lobes valvate in bud. eRe as many as 
sepals. amens monadelphous or free. Ovary syncarpous, 
with ote siuicainial. : 
* Anthers 1-celled. 
ase nee Ste gr gS rarely free, and in this case definite and 
alternating with the sepals. Herbs, trees, or shrubs, sometimes scandent, 
with alternate leaves. Stipules present. 
* * Anthers 2-celled. 
Sterculiacee—Stamens delph indefinite or definite, with or without 
alternating staminodes. Trees, shrubs, or herbs, with alternate leaves. 
Stipules usually present. 
Tiliacee—Stamens indefinite, free or shortly connate at base. Trees or 
shrubs, rarely herbs, with iterate saatel. Stipules usually ia 
twice as many as mae or Pay Hho paren or arc 
Le. t, di ided into cells with avxile 
apocarpous, — 
sometimes en: Ovules sssaatly Lor 2% is geo —— a 
| pendulous, with a aire? raphe. . 
