SYWOPSIS or' THE NAIITKAL OEDERSt XXXI 



' Stamens 6 — 12, epigynous. Style : short. " iStigma ra- 

 diant. Ovary 3 — 6-ceIled, many-seeded. 



Ixx. ■ AHstolotchicuieee. 

 _ Stamens'S— 10. Styles 2. Ovary 1-ceIled, 2-bealted,! 

 ' ' many-seeded, opening, like a cup. ' i ; , 



'i' ■■'''■'■' ''''■■• < '■'• ■' ' ■•''■ , ■xxxvi-.'Saxifta^aceeB.l 

 o4* Sepals petal-like, deciduous, • Anthers extrorse. "i 



■ '■■ "'■ ■ ' , i. RanunmdacetB (Caltha). 

 Sepals petaUlike, persistent. Anthfers introMe. ■ : ii . ' 



'""'^'■' ' '' . ■'■'■' ' i. Manunculacete (Vsiom&). 



o5' Fruit ■sepa*a,tii(g^ into several carpels. No perianth; .v . .50' 



_ Fruit not separating into carpels- , , . . .'-.t'.' .>. ,■ ' .57 



'56 Carpels 4, not bursting. ■ Stamen 1. ' ■ ' 



. :n>!,i -CI ii i.j.jt.ir . Ixxiv. CalUirichacecs, 

 CarpetoS or'2, opening, 'separating with elasticity. 



■ ' •'"""''Ji'i'lxidi. JE>^hOrbiaee<e.' 



57 Leaves with stipules 58 



Leaves without stipules j'j '..',.. ;i.>-.''. .:.' .i.'.ij/f .59 



58 Stipules SheElthing the stem Ixvi. Polygonaeice. 



Stipules attlUsheli to the petiole, ■'■i- i,iii,i::. - tm- ;i 



''■'■''■'■'' ■ • -i'l xxvi. -ffiosaeeeB (Sanguisorbese). 

 "2 Stipules free, deciduous. • Ovary l-cellsd/i ■<'■ '■ - :-< :'' 



^ ' ■■;■', ■ • ; ' ' ' Ixxv. Urtkaceee, I 



Stipules &ee, deciduous. ■ Ovary 2-celled. .1 



' .' Ixxvi. Ulmacea. 



59 Fiowefs nlonoecious or dioecious ;.........;, ...L (30 



Flowers perfect or polygamous- .1 ... . 61 



60 Fruit fleshy. ■ Mile fl? 'each of 'one 2-celled nkked sta* 



fflten, crowded together on a spadix. 



■'h'ii.-n\<. '•_ ..: 1 i^cii.'A>>!acecB'(Aie3S!). 

 Frviit fleshy. Stamens 2 or 3. Perianth of scales im- 

 bricated in several rows . . '. . . .' . '. Ixxi. Mmpetraeece. 

 Fruit dry: StamensS or more. Perianth'tulnilbiri ' •' ; 



■ IxvU. JSleeagnacece. 



Fruit- dry. Stamens 12— 20; ' Perian-thlO— 12-cleft. 

 ly-x-iii. ■ Cerataphi/lldoece. 



61 Perianth hardened oVer-the'fruitK"'.> ,' '''-!■ <; <' 1 .•■■I'f 



xiv. CaryephyUacea (SclerahtheBe). 

 Perianth not hardeiied overthe'fruit!.'. . . .;. . . .(Ili.^/j" ' 62 

 Perianth hone. Fruit compressed linear and leaflike' at 

 the'end. '. : .1. .'.xlix. ' 0feac«« (Fr^xrnus). 



62 Perianth 3 — 5-cleft, herbaceous; stamens from its base. 



Ixv. sOhem^odiavem.' 



Perianth 3-cleft, scarious. Stamens hypogynous. 



Ixiv. Amarardhacece. 

 Perianth tubular. Stamens perigynous. 



Ixviii. Thymeleaceee. 

 Perianth 6 — 8-parted, herbaceous. Stamens hypo- 

 gynous bcxix. Trilliacece. 



