Ctassificatioit of Plants 2 I 5 



EE. Fruit few seeded- 



As in SaxlfragacecB but seeds soli- 

 tary ; leaves simple, alternate, ex- 

 stipulate, expanded . . . Hamamelidace.-b. 

 Capsule 2-, or nut i-seeded, heath- 

 like shrubs BRUNiACE.^i. 



DD. Placentation parietal or basal. (Co- 

 hort Parietales including Guttiferse 

 and Elatinacese, Loasacea?, Be- 

 goniacese, Bixace^.) 

 E. Leaves exstipulate ; fruit a many- 

 seeded capsule, salt-loving or 

 desert plants with reduced leaves. 

 Style I, seeds smooth, calyx per- 

 sistent ..... Frankeniace.e. 



Stj'les 3, seeds hairy . . . Tamaricace.e. 



EE. Leaves stipulate. 



F. Fruit a berry or pulpy capsule, 

 trees or shrubs. 

 Flowers usually imperfect, sta- 

 mens many or 10 . . . Bixace.e. 

 Flowers perfect; stamens 3-5 

 within a fringed corona ; climb- 

 ing ...... Passiflorace.e. 



Flowers perfect; stamens 5 ; co- 

 rona wanting, petals convolute Turnerace.^. 

 FF. Fruit a dry capsule; herbs or 

 shrubs. 

 Flowers regular ; or zygomorphic ; 



anterior petal often spurred . Violace.e. 

 BBB. Perianth perigynous, occasionally epigyn- 

 ous, ovary mostly syncarpous, free from 

 or rarely united with the tubular axis, 

 mostly woody plants. 

 C. Calj'x coloured ; petals absent by abor- 

 tion or represented by glands ; leaves 

 exstipulate, ovary free from tubular 

 axis (Thymelseales). 

 D. Fruit a capsule, four parted ; sepals 

 4 ; leaves opposite. 

 Endosperm present, sepals imbricate, 



stamens 8, internal phloem absent. Geissolomace.^e. 

 Endosperm absent, sepals valvate, 



stamens 4, internal phloem present Pen.^ace.?:. 

 DD. Fruit an achene ; leaves alternate or 

 opposite. 

 Sepals 4-5 ; corona often present ; 



stamens haplo- or diplo-stemonous Thvmel.'eace,?:. 



