4 SYNOPSIS OF NATURAL ORDERS. 
Linee. — small, — or none. ie _s —. each or connate. 
usually 2 in bumen fles Herbs 
or snake, rarely ates sea alternate aie Buipnles Foc edeat 
Malpighiacee. Shep = with ~ on their back. Disk not large. 
Ovary lobed o solitary. Fruit-carpels often winged ; 
albumen none. ie S, soften aidan, rarely trees, with usually opposite 
leaves. Stipules present. 
Geraniacee.—Disk reduced to 5 glands or obsolete. Stamens 5 or a multiple 
of 5, all or only part Sueno - bearing. Ovary angular or lo 
or 2, ops more, in er cell. Albumen none or rarely fle shy. Herbs 
or 
Rutacee.—Disk within the stamens. uy entire or lobed, or the carpels 
distinct, oon Se styles = Ovules 1 or 2 in ck cell. Trees, 
shrubs, so scandent, y herbs, wi ith ¢ opposite or alternate simple 
or ecoed gland “dotted | nae hep petiole nbweleya painted with the 
blade. Stipules no 
Simarubea. ae a usually pilose or with an adnate scale. Ovary 
lobed. Ovules usually teed — 2) in each cell. Trees or shrubs, 
bitter to the taste, with alternate glandless simple or compound leaves. 
= Ochnacee.—Stamens 10 or inde _anthers — often elongate. 
Ovary deeply lobed. Fruit-carpels distin ct, drupaceous. Trees or shrubs, 
with alternate simple louvres, the petiole = jointed. jae present 
Burseracee.—Disk free or adnate st » — Ovary en ee 
2 0} r 1 in each cell. Albumen r fleshy. T so a with 
baltamie jie puso and alternate 3- to ‘|-foliolate or compound glandless leaves. 
tipules 
Meliacee. —Stamens 8-10, usually connate in a one tube, and the 
anthers sessile or nearly so, rarely free or nearly so. Ovary entire. 
Ovules 2, 4, to 10 i in each ar Trees or = with pastor gf or very 
rarely simple glandless leaves. Stipules 
Chailletiacee. —Petals 2 cleft. Ovary ihe Oni 2 in each cell. Trees 
or shrubs, with si pied alternate leaves. Stipules present. 
8. OvacaLEs.— Disk Ovary entire. Ovules 1 to 3 in a 
sikieacy cell, or rli in pee cell, ert, pendulots, with a dorsal r eg the inte- 
_ guwments not distinct from om the nucleus. Seeds solitary in the fruit or 
tn the cells. ‘Alenia ® copious. 
Olacinee. connate, usually Ovary 1 or _imperfectl 
3- to 5-celled. Ovules usually solitary in the ells. Fe Laicisk: 
—— rarely wanting. shra metimes dimbing with 
alternate sate leaves. Stipules none 
Tite —Piials free, imbricate, saely wanting. Ovary 3- to 6-celled. 
° Pane oo cases Trees or shrubs, with alternate simple leaves. Stipules 
9. — — Disk Seshy and thick, sr or adnate to the calyx. Sta- 
mens rarely more than petals, ins outside, within or upon the disk. 
ee ~_ eatin: costes lor2in aa Salt erect, with a ventral raphe. 
 Celastracee.—Calyx-lobes oe imbricate in bud. Stamens usually 
oes and Janeen - a or only 3. Ovary entire or eee § 
= —— mek opposite or alternate leaves. Stipul es 
