Classification of Plants 



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JJ. Stamens connate. 



Fruit a capsule, drupe or berry, 

 leaves simple or pinnate, exstipu- 



late 



Fruit a samara, leaves alternate 

 or opposite, simple, stipulate 

 HH. Flowers zygomorphic ; stamens open- 

 ing by pores. 

 Fruit 2-celled, 2-ovuled, capsule or 

 berry, stamens 8, monadelphous 

 GG. Flowers imperfect, often much reduced. 

 Fruit a schizocarp, 3-celled, plants usu- 

 ally milky ...... 



FF. Stamens within or on the margin of the 

 disk ; disk cushion-like adnate to base of 

 calyx ; ovary free or immersed in disk ; 

 ovules one or two ; trees or shrubs. 

 Perianth, andrcecium and gyncecium often 

 reduced. Perigvnv and epigyny occur. 

 (Cohort Sapindales excluding Gutti- 

 fera^.) 

 G. Leaves simple; flowers usually perfect. 

 H. Ovules erect, micropyle facing down- 

 ward. 

 I. Fruit more or less immersed ; trees 

 or shrubs often spinous. 

 Stamens alternate petals, seeds usu- 

 ally arillate ..... 



Stamens opposite petals 

 II. Fruit not immersed; plants not spin- 

 ous; leaves stipulate. 

 Fruit a berry; stamens 4-5, opposite 

 petals; climbing .... 



Fruit of i-io drupes; stamens many, 

 anthers dehiscing by pores 

 HH. Ovules pendulous ; leaves usually stipu- 

 late ; flowers perfect. 

 Fruit a drupe ..... 



Fruit a drupe; flowers dicecious . 

 GG. Leaves pinnate, rarelv simple ; flowers 

 frequently imperfect. 

 Fruit leathery or membranous, inflated 

 capsule ...... 



Fruit a drupe, often winged ; resinous . 

 EE. Sepals usually valvate, more or less connate 

 and petals convolute ; stamens usually many ; 

 disk inconspicuous or none. 



Meliace.^^. 

 AIalpighiace.e. 



POLVGALACE.E. 



EUPHORBIACE-E. 



Ceeastrace.e. 

 Rhamnace.e. 



VlTACE.E. 

 OcHNACE-t. 



Olacace-e. 



Ilicace.e. 



Sapindace.e. 

 Anacardiace.e. 



