SYNOPSIS OF THE NATURAL ORDERS. XUl 



** Ovary many-celled. Stam. polyadelphous. 



59. HvPERICACEiB. 



*** Ovary many-celled. Stam. monadelphous. 



66. Linages. Ovary with 4 — 5 complete and 4 — 5 incomplete 



dissepiments. 



67. OxALiDACBiB. Ovary 5-eelled ; cells many-seeded. 

 62. Geraniacb^. Ovary 6-celled ; cells 1 -seeded. 



**** Ovary many-celled. Stam. free. Style 1. 



62. AcERACE^. Stam. usually 8. Pet. 5. Fr. veinged, sepa- 

 rating into 2 capsules. 

 289. Empetrace^. Stam. 3. Pet. 3. Fr. fleshy. 

 41. FRANKENIACE.S:. Stam. 5 or more. Pet. 5. Caps. 3- 

 valved. 



68. Cblastrace^e. Stam. and pet. 4 — 5, inserted in an hy- 



pogynous disk. 

 211. Ericaceae (Tr. Pyroleae and Monotropese). Stam. 10. 

 Hypogynous disk 0. 



***** Ovary many-celled. Stam. free. Styles 3 — 6. 

 41. Elatinace^. Pet. 3 — 5. Stam. 3 — 6 or 6 — 8. 



Subdivision II. Fl. with a calyx and corolla, polypetalous, 

 superior. 



A. Ovary 1 -celled; placentas parietal. 



128. GR0SSULARiACE.aB. Stam. and pet. 4—5, alternating. 



B. Ovary 2 — many-celled ; placentas central. 



a. Stamens many. 



87. Rosacea (Tr. Pomese). Fr. a 1 — 5-celled pome. 



b. Stam. as many as, and alternating with, the petals, 



or twice as many. 



I33. UmbellipeR/B. Styles 2, from a bifid epigynous disk. 

 Fr. of 2 carpels pendulous from a common axis and ad- 

 hering by their face. 



151. AraliacejB. Pet. valvate in aestivation. Fr. a berry. 



152. CoRNACE^. Pet. valvate in aestivation. Fr. a drupe. 

 116. Onagrace^. Pet. imbricate or twisted in aestivation. 



Style 1. 



129. Saxifragace^. Pet. imbricate in aestivation. Styles 2 



or more. (Fl. sometimes inferior.) Caps. 2-valved. 

 120. Haloragace^ (in part). Pet. imbricate in sestivation. 

 Styles 4. Caps, not bursting. 



