SYNOPSIS OF 0BDER8 AND FAMILIES, ETC. IX 



Family 11. Urtlcaceae (Page 127) 



Flowers apetalous, regular; stamens inflexed, as many as the 

 oalyx lobes; avary usually superior, I, celled, 1 ovnled ; stigma 

 feathery ; fruit an achene or a drupe; leaves alterniate or opposite. 



Sub-division II. Petalae 



Both calyx and corolla present (except in Trochodindraceae, 

 Lauraceae, Liquidambnr in Hamamelidaceae, Euphorbiaceae, and in 

 some species of Acer.) 



Section 1. Polypetalae. Corolla of separate petals. 



A. Ovary superior (partly inferior in Hamamelidaceae : mlexlox 

 in Malus, Sorbus, Crataegus, and Amelavchier in Eosacene.) 



ORDER RANALES 



Flowers spiral or cyclic, rarely naked, mostly with perianth, peri- 

 gynous to epigynons; stamens mostly numerous; carpels indefinite to 1; 

 free, rarely united. Herbs and woody plants. 



Family 12. Tpochodendraceae (Page 128) 



Flowers monoecious, without perianth! or apetalous; carpels 

 2-many; fruit winged and indehiscent or a follicle; leaves alternate 

 without stipules. 



Family 13. Cercidiphyllaeeae (Page 132) 



Flowers unisexual, dioecious; stamens numerous ; carpels 2-5; 

 fruit'a many-seeded pod. 



Family 14. Magrnoliaceae (Page 130) 



Flow-ers perfect, sepals and petals in 3's or a multiple of 3; 

 fruit cone-like ov fleshy, composed of numerous cohering carpels; 

 leaves alternate, deciduous or persistent, with stipules. 



ORDER ROSALES 



Flowers cyclic, rarely spirally arranged with sepals and petals, rarely 

 without petals, hypogynous to epigynous; stamens numerous; carpels 

 sometimes free, sometimes united ; ovules indefinite. Herbs, shrubs or 

 trees with alternate le.-ives, witliout stipules. 



