188 FAMILIES OF FLOWERING PLANTS 
Family Ancistrocladaceae. Ancistrocladus Family. A peculiar 
group, consisting of a single genus, Ancistrocladus, with 8 species, in- 
habiting the East Indies. They are climbing shrubs with hook-like 
branches, panicled flowers with ten stamens of two different lengths, 
and a 1-celled ovary. 
