XIV SYNOPSIS OF ORDERS AND FAMILIES, ETC. 



Family 36. Eleagnaceae (Page 256) 



Flowers perfect or unisexual, apetalous, mostly 4-merous; 

 stamens in 1 or 2 whorls; carpel 1, with 1 basal, erect ovule; fruit 

 appearing drupe-like, enveloped in the fleshy receptacle of the 

 flower. Trees or shrubs, leaves usually with silvery or brown scales. 



Family 37. Nyssaceae (Page 258) 



Flowers perfect or unisexual, both calyx and corolla present or 

 wanting; sepals 5 or more; petals 5; stamens double the number of 

 the petals, fewer, or more; ovary inferior; 1 or 2 (6-10) celled, 

 usually 1 ovule in each cell. Trees, leaves alternate, simple. 



ORDER UMBELLIFLORAE 



Flowers cyclic with calyx and corolla, mostly perfect, epigynous, 

 4-5-merous, rarely indefinite; carpels 1-5, sometimes indefinite, with 1, 

 rarely 2 pendent ovules ; seeds with endosperms. 



Family 38. Araliaeeae (Page 263) 



Flowers mostly 5-merous, rarely 3-merous to indefinite, sepals 

 often inconspicuous; stamens seldom more than the petals ; carpels 

 indefinite-1; ovary inferior, 2-5 celled; 1 ovule in each cell; fruit 

 berry-like or drupaceous, separating into several stones. Herbs, 

 trees or shrubs witli alternate leaves, simple or compound. 



Family 39. Cornaeeae (Page 266) 



Flowers mostly perfect, 4-5-merous to indefinite, mostly with 

 1 whorl of stamens (2-3) , sometimes unisexual. Carpels (4-1) with 

 epigynous disk and usually 1 ovule; drupe 1-4 celled with 1-4 seeds. 

 Trees or shrubs rarely herbs without stipules. 



Section 2 Sympetalae. Corolla of united petals. 



A. ovary superior (partly inferior in Styraceae). 



ORDER EBENALE8 



Flowers with 2 or 3 whorls of stamens or of one whorl only by 

 abortion, seldom indefinite; petals united; ovary septate with eentral 

 placentae and 1 or more ovules in each cell. Trees, or shrubs witli 

 simple leaves. 



