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§ 5. Corolla regular or 0, Pistil syncarpous, inferior ; ovules few or numerovs, on axile placentas. 



Albumen fleshy. Embryo curved. 



83. Ficoideae. Calyx 3-oo-lobed. Petals in the New Zealand genera nume- 

 rous or 0. Stamens definite or indefinite. Fruit an indehiscent drupe, or fleshy 

 below and bursting at the top by many valves within the calyx. — Fleshy herbs. 

 Leaves opposite or alternate, (p. 183.) 



§ 6. Petals regular, often small, deciduous. Stamens 4 or 5, epigynous. Pistil syncojrpous. Ovary 



wholly inferior, with an epigynous disk ; ovules solitary in each cell. 



Petals in Meryta. 



34. Umbelliferae. Petals 5, usually imbricate. Stamens 5. Styles always 2. 

 Fruit separating into two 1-seeded carpels. — Herbs, rarely undershrubs. Leaves 

 alternate, simple or compound. Flowers small, umbelled or capitate, (p. 185.) 



35. Araliaceae. Petals 5, usually valvate. Stamens 5. Styles 2-5. Fruit 

 not separating, drupaceous or dry, 2-oo-celled. — Shrubs or trees, rarely herbs. 

 Leaves simple, or l-T-foliolate. (p. 214. j 



Meryta has no petals and has anomalous inflorescence. 



36. Gorneae. Petals 5, valvate. Stamens 5. Style 1. Ovary 1-2-celled. 

 Fruit ovoid, 1-2-celled. — Shrubs or trees. Leaves simple, (p. 223.) 



Subclass IV. CoroUiflorae or Monopetalae. Flowers with both calyx 

 and corolla. Petals combined into a lobed corolla. Stamens inserted on the tube 

 of the corolla. 



Exceptions : Corolla absent in Jasmineae. Petals free or almost free in some Campanulaceae 

 and Myrsineae. 



Stamens epigynous in Stylidieae, some Campanulaceae and Ericeae ; hypogynous in some 

 Ja,smineae. 



§ 1. Corolla epigynous, bearing the stamens. 



37. Oaprifoliaceae. Flowers panicled or solitary. Anthers free. Ovary 

 2-celled. Leaves opposite or alternate, exstipulate. (p. 226.) 



88. Rubiaceae. Flowers panicled, capitate, or solitary. Anthers free. Ovary 

 2-celled. Leaves opposite and stipulate, or whorled and exstipulate. (p. 228.) 



* Valerianeae. Flowers irregular. Corolla-lobes imbricate. Stamens as 

 many as the corolla-lobes or fewer. Ovary 3-celled, two cells 1-ovuled, one empty ; 

 style 1 ; ovule pendulous. Seed exalbuminous. — Herbs. Leaves opposite, simple 

 or divided, exstipulate. (p. 260.) 



* Dipsaceae. Flowers hermaphrodite, irregular. Corolla-lobes imbricate. 

 Stamens usually 4. Ovary 1-celled ; ovule 1, pendulous. Seed albuminous.— 

 Herbs. Leaves opposite, exstipulate. Flowers usually in involucrate heads, rarely 

 in axillary whorls, involucrate. (p. 251.) 



39. Oompositae. Flowers cpllected in involucrate heads. Anthers combined. 

 Ovary 1-celled ; ovule erect. — Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves usually alternate or 

 radical, (p. 252.) 



