SYNOPSIS OF NATURAL ORDERS. 5 
Rhamnacee.—Calyx-lobes valvate in bud. area —— or none. Stamens 
— the petals. Ovary entire, often inferi Trees or shrubs, often 
candent, eats simple alternate or opposite rscrerag ” Stipules usually present. 
Ampelidee. = Be ak Cony imbricate. Petals valvate. Stamens opposite the 
petals. Ovary entire. Albumen Eo ge crag Embryo s Be Shrubs 
or herbs, fen eso it with jointed s and alternate compound or 
eiiirpils leaves, the base of the aaole sical etbaided f into a stipule. 
10. hfe —Disk various. Ovary entire or lobed. Ovules 1 or 2, 
rarely more, in each cell, ascending, pendulous or see attached. 
Flowers often unisexual or polygamous. Leaves generally compound. 
Sapindacee.—Style 1. Ovules ascending or horizontal. Trees or shrubs, 
rarely herbs, with alternate ehaatly eee leaves. 
Sabiacee.—Stamens often unequal in and some imperfect, opposite the 
petals. Trees or shrubs, with sikscnnie simple or compound leaves. 
Anacardiaceea.—Styles 1 to 4, or the stigmas almost sessile. Stamens alter- 
nate —_ the petals. Ovules solitary, suspen se r laterally oo 
Trees or usually abounding in resin neers erste er. aor 
often rea simple or compound leaves. 
C. Catycrrtorm.—Stamens and petals usually were on the 
margin of a thin disk lining the base or the le of the 
calyx-tube, and free from the ovary unless the yee ba as 
also adnate to it. Stamens definite or indefinite. Ovary 
either free and superior, or enclosed in, or inferior and adnate 
to, the calyx-tube. 
it. powers eden bet regular or irregular, usually posts topes Sta- 
or less distinetly ees ee disti 
Connaracee.—F lowers regular. Carpels free 
Ovules seconde’ 6 orthotropous. hes o or Pakeate, often race vith 
1- to 3-foliolate or pinnate leaves. 
Leguminose.—Ovary free, composed of a single excentrical carpel a a 
terminal style, the cones i inserted along ike upper re inner angle of 
cavity. scanty or none Trees, shrubs, or herbs, citing . 
or erect, with pe ratcbag or rarely opp ften comp 
Ros osace@.—Flowers usuall y regular. Stamens often definite. Ovary con- 
sisting of 1 or phar cok or afterwards combining carpels, rarely entire ; 
styles usually distinct. Ovules usually 2, anatropous Albumen usually 
none. Trees, —— or herbs, with simple or compound alternate leaves. 
present, 
Stipules 
Hamamelidee.—Trees or shrubs. Laksel oppete, Flowers achlamy- 
ak oo usually in thoes Ovaries ai carpels fewer than oe parts. 
Ovules often 1 or 2 in each cell, suspended. 
12. MrrraLes.— Flowers > octeah or almost so, usually hermaphrodite = 
Pistil syncarpous, inferior (or free in some Bhi: nahn ) 
5. Leaves simple: ; 
