98 26. EOSACBJB. 



Styles distinct, often lateral. Fruit various. Seeds nearly 

 without albumen, embryo straight. — L. alternate, usually com- 

 pound, with stipules. 



Suborder I. AMYGDALE^. 



Fruit a drupe. Calyx deciduous, inferior, quite free from the 

 solitary ovary. Stipules free. 



1. Pbtestus. Drupe fleshy, indehiscent ; its nut smooth or 

 furrowed. 



Suborder II. ROSEiB. 



Carpels several, distinct from each other and from the calyx. 

 Stipules united to the petiole. 



Tribe I. SFIRMIDjE. Carpels (follicles) several, not included 

 in calyx-tuhe ; seeds 1 — 6, suspended from the inner edges 

 , of the follicles. Sep. persistent, in one row. 



2. Spik^a. Oal. 5-cleft. Stam. many, inserted with the 

 pet. on a disk adhering to the calyx. roUicles 1 or more, 

 usually distinct. Seeds 2 — 6. 



Tr. n. SANGUISORBEyE. Carpels 1—3, enclosed in the 

 dry calyx-tube, which is narrowed at the top. 



3. Sangtjisobba. Fl. perfect. Cal. 4-cleft, with 2 or 3 

 scales at its base, tube quadrangular. Pet. 0. Stam. 4, 

 opposite to the segments of the calyx. Nuts 1 — 2. Style 

 terminal. Stigma capitate, covered with oblong spreading 

 prominences. Seed suspended. 



4. PoTBEiXTM. Fl. monoscious or polygamous. Cal. 4-cleft, 

 with 3 scales at its base, tube quadrangular. Pet. 0. 

 Stam. 20—30. Nuts 2—3. Style terminal. Stigma 

 brush-like, with filiform divisions. Seed suspended. 



5. Ageimonia. Fl. perfect. Calyx B-cleft, without scales ; 

 tube turbinate, armed with hooked bristles above. Pet. 5. 

 Stam. 12 — 20, inserted with the pet. into a glandular ring 

 in the throat of the calyx. Nuts 1 — 3. Style terminal. 

 Seed suspended. 



6. Alchbmilla. n. perfect. Cal. 8-parted, the alternate 

 parts smaller, contracted at the throat, unarmed. Pet. 0. 

 Stam. 1 — 4, inserted into a ring in the throat of the calyx 

 and opposite to the smaller segments. Nuts 1 — 5. Style 

 basal. Seeds ascending. 



