382 SYNOPSIS. 



§ 1. Corolla very irregular or regular. Pistil apocarpous. Albumen 0. 



23. Leguminosae. Calyx tubular or carapanulate. Petals papilionaceous in 

 the New Zealand species. Stamens 10, sheathing the ovary. Ovary of one 1-celled 

 carpel. Fruit a legume, (p. 98.) 



Garmichaelia has a very exceptional pod. 



24. Rosaceae. Calyx tubular or expanded. Petals regular. Stamens nume- 

 rous (free in Aoaena). Carpels 2 or more. Fruit various, (p. 124.) 



§ 2. Corolla regular. Stamens definite. Pistil syncarpous or apocarpous, inferior or superior. 



Albumen fleshy. 



26. Saxifrageae. Calyx inferior or superior, 5-cleft. Stamens 5 or 10. Pistil 

 syncarpous ; placentas axile ; ovules numerous. — Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves 

 opposite or alternate, simple or compound, (p. 136.) 



Stamens 2 or 3 in Donatia. 



26. Crassulaceae. Calyx 3- or 5-sepalled, inferior, free. Petals and stamens 

 sub-hypogynous. Pistil apocarpous. Follicles 1-oo-seeded.- — Small herbs. Leaves 

 opposite, quite entire, (p. 141.) 



27. Droseraceae. Calyx 6-cleft, inferior, free. Petals and stamens 4 or 5, 

 usually hypogynous. Ovary 1-celled, with parietal placentas ; ovules numerous. — 

 Small herbs. Leaves radical or alternate, covered with long glandular hairs, (p. 144.) 



28. Halorageae. Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary ; limb 4-toothed or 0. Petals 

 2, 4 or 0. Stamens 2 or 4, epigynous. Ovary 1- 2- or 4-celled, with 1 pendulous 

 ovule in each cell. Fruit small, indehiscent. — Herbs. Leaves radical or opposite 

 or whorled. Flowers minute, often unisexual, (p. 147.) 



CallitricJie has no perianth and 1 stamen in the male flower. Myriophylhim has an incom- 

 plete perianth in the male flower, as have some Ounnerae. 



§3. Corolla regular . Pistil syncarpous, wholly inferior ; ovules numerous, on axile placentas. 

 Albumen 0. Petals in one Fuchsia. 



29. Myrtaceae. Calyx-lobes 4 or 5, valvate or imbricate. Stamens indefinite. 

 Ovules few or many. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves evergreen, opposite, with pellucid 

 dots. (p. 156.) 



* Lythrarieae. Calyx-lobes valvate. Petals perigynous, rarely epigynous, 

 usually crumpled in bud. Stamens usually definite. Ovary free, rarely adnate to the 

 calyx-tube, 2-oo-celled ; cells oo-ovuled. Seeds small, exalbuminous. — Herbs, trees, 

 or shrubs. Leaves usually opposite, simple, exstipulate. (p. 166.) 



30. Onagrariae. Calyx-lobes 4, valvate. Stamens 8 ; ovules indefinite. — 

 Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves opposite or alternate, (p. 167.) 



§4. Corolla regular. Pistil syncarpous, wholly inferior ; ovules few or numerous, on parietal 



placentas. Embryo straight. 



Ovary 1-oelled, 1-ovuled, in the only New Zealand genus of Gucurhitaceae. 



31. Passifloreae. Petals persistent with the sepals. Stamens definite, adnate 

 with the stalk of the ovary ; albumen fleshy. — Climber, with tendrils. Leaves 

 alternate, (p. 181.) 



32. Cucurtaitaceae. Flowers unisexual. Stamens 3 or 5, usually variously 

 combined by their anthers. Ovary 1-celled and 1-ovuled in the only New Zealand 

 genus ; albumen 0. — Climbers or trailers with tendrils. Leaves alternate, (p. 182.) 



