XXVIlLi Lutroduction. 
Stamens perigynous, Erect shrubs with simple 
leaves and inconspicuous fluwers Rhamnee, page 101 
Stamens hypogynous. Petals cohering at the 
tips and falling off without separating. 
Climbing shrubs. é Ampelidee, p. 1038 
tf Leaves exstipulate. 
* Carpels more or less distinct or solitary. 
Anthers opening by recurred valves. Evergreen or deciduous 
shrubs with yellow flowers . . Berbcridea, p. 28 
Anthers opening longitudinally. 
Fruit leguminous. Herbs, shrubs, or trees usually having 
compound leaves and irregular flowers Leguminosa, p. 118 
Fruit not leguminous. 
One hypogynous scale on the base of each carpel. 
Succulent herbs with cymose flowers _. Crrassulacee, p. 188 
Two hypogynous scales at the base of each carpel. 
Scapigerous herbs with the parts of the flowers in 
fours. : ‘i : ‘ .  Francoa, p. 182 
Carpels without hypogynous scales. 
Albumen very abundant ; embryo minute. 
Flowers unisexual or polygamous. Climbing shrubs 
with divided leaves and purplish flowers 
Akebia and Lardizabala, p. 34 
Flowers hermaphrodite. 
Ilcrbs. Albumen solid. “ Ranunculacee, p. 1 
Shrubs. Albumen ruminated .  Anonacee, p. 27 
Albumen in small quantity or wanting. 
Carpels several, all perfect. 
Carpels enclosed in the urceolate torus. Shrubs 
with opposite dcciduous simple leaves, 
and fragrant aromatic flowers having the 
sepals and petals in several series, passing 
gradually from one into the other, Calycanthee, p. 22 
Carpels on a conical torus. Climbing shrubs 
with large simple leaves and inconspicuous 
unisexual flowers ‘ . Menispermacee, p. 
*4 Carpels consolidated. 
Placentas parietal. 
Stamens tetrad ynamous (6, 2 shorter than the others). Herbs ; 
sepals 4, petals 4. . Crucifere, p. 43 
Stamens not tetradynamous. 
Stamens indefinite. Hypogynous disk large. Shrubs 
Capparidee, p. 53 
Stamens definite. Hypogynous disk large. Herbs having 
inconspicuous fragrant flowers and an open capsule, 
: : * Resedacea, p. 64 
Stamens indefinite. Hypogynous disk very small or absent. 
Herbs with « coloured juice and showy flowers ; 
petals often crumpled ; sepals very fugacious Papaverre, p. 36 
Stamens definite. Trailing herbs with very small leaves 
and small pink flowers : : Frankeniacee, p. 61 
Placentas covering the dissepiments. Water plants Nympheacee, p. 34 
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