SYNOPSIS OF NATURAL ORDERS. 7 
Araliacee.—Corolla usually valvate in bud. Fruit succulent, not separating. 
Cells usually more —_ 2. Trees, shrubs, or rarely herbs, with alternate 
‘leaves. Stipules n 
Cornacee.—Fruit recent 2-celled. Corolla usually valvate in bud. 
albuminous. Trees or shrubs, with usually opposite leaves. Stipules 
n 
Sup-ctass Il. GAMOPETALAI, 
(Petals united.) 
§ 1.—Corolla epigynous. 
* Stamens attached to the corolla. 
15. gad cay emg anor regular or irregular, Stamens as many as 
— Ovary inferior, 2- to many-celled, w with 1 or numerous 
aS n each cell. "Albumen present, very rarely absent. 
Caprifoliacea: —Anthers free. Ovary 2- = many-celled with 2 to many 
ovules in each cell. Flowers regular stamens Sime Pg 
many as corolla-lobes. Shrubs or hari often climbing, rare y trees, 
without real stipules. Leaves opposite 
Rubiacee- -Flowers usually “agre anaes isomerous. Anthers free. 
2- y-celled, with one, 2, or many ovules in each 7 Trees; 
shrubs, or aces ith sedi leaves and free or connate stipu 
16. AsTERALES.— Flowers i i or hie oor io unisexual, vay olleted 
yt amperes d heads. corolla-lobes, ra 
ls et i oelad ‘homulid (ee f 2-3-celled, with one cell “only 
pts ate 
Composit -hathr united in a tube round the style. Ovary seceiees with 
® single erect Seeds without ibacaes. Flowers in heads, at 
rT dy a a sandy receptacle. Calyx limb none or reduced to feathery — 
or me 
* & Stamens free from the corolla. 
7. Campanates.— Flowers usually irregular, rarely unis eR or collected 
& , 
Goodenoviee.—An inden under the signa: SES as in — 
lacee. Herbs or shrubs, rarely trees, with alternate or radical leaves. 
§ 2. Corolla sintiis or perigynous. 
* Flowers usually regular. 
18. ErtcatEs.—Corolla hy: nous. Stamens as many or or twice as many as 
1- to many-celled, ith 
‘Seeds 
corolla-lobes, epipeta or hypogynous. Ovary 
1 to many ovules in a cell ; stigma Rs entire, or 
e. 
Ericacee.—Stamens twice as many as corolla-lobes. hasbees cliad. 
ing in terminal pores, free or connate. Ovary inferior or — ith 
ur inaaty colle i coals ioe Seeds albuminous. Shrubs or trees, 
as Se aves. 
acridee—Stamens as maaay ar evcolla lobes snd sliermnte with Shans, 
— rarely fewer. _—- -celled. Ovary superior, with 5 or fewer cells. 
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