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Cohort 2. Olacales. — Disc cup-shaped or ringed, free, or 

 bearing the stamens and petals, or divided into glands. Ovary 

 entire. Leaves simple. 



Natural Order with these Characters. — Ilicine^ (p. 299). 



Cohort 3. Cblastbales. — Disc cushion-like or adnate to the 

 calyx. Stamens inserted around or on the margins of the disc. 

 Ovary usually entire. Leaves simple or rarely compound. 



Natural Orders with these Characters.— G'E'LAST'KWBM (p. 301), 

 EhAMNEjE (p. 303), AMPELIDBiE (p. 807). 



Cohort 4. Sapindalbs. — Disc various. Stamens inserted 

 beneath, above or around it. Ovary entire or often lobed. 

 Leaves pinnate, or rarely simple or digitate. Flowers often 

 polygamous dioecious. 



Natural Orders with these Characters. — Sapindacb^ (Aceh- 



INBjE) (p. 310), ANACARDIACE.2E (p. 319), COEIAEIE.^ (p. 321). 



Series III. Calycifloe^ (p. 322 to p. 477). 

 Calyx tube enclosing the ovary or adnate to it. Petals in one 

 series enclosed by the calyx tube. Stamens many or definite, inserted 

 on the calyx tube. Ovary inclosed by calyx tube or inferior. 



Cohort 1. EoSALBS. — Flowers regular or irregular, often herm- 

 aphrodite. Carpels solitary or numerous, free or united at the 

 base. Styles usually distinct. Leaves variously compound, or 

 simple. 



Natural Orders with these Characters. — Lbguminos.s: (p. 322), 

 EOSACE.S; (p. 356), Saxifeage^ (p. 414), Ceassulace.^ (p. 437), 

 DEOSEEACE.S; (p. 443), Hamamelide^ (p. 444), Haloeage^ 

 (p. 446). 



Cohort 2. MxETALBS. — Flowers regular or nearly so, usually 

 hermaphrodite. Ovary syncarpous, inferior or enclosed by calyx 

 tube. Style undivided. Leaves simple, entire, rarely toothed. 



Natural Orders with these Characters. — MTETACB.a: (p. 447), 

 Melastomacb^ (p. 449), Lttheaeie^ (p. 449), Ona&eaeie.e 

 (p. 451). 



Cohort 3. PassifTjOEALES. — Flowers regular or nearly so, 

 rarely irregular. Ovary syncarpous, inferior or superior, usually 

 enclosed by the calyx tube, 1-celled. Styles more or less divided 

 or entire, or distinct from the base. Leaves entire, lobed, or 

 dissected. 



Natural Orders with these Characters. — Loase.*; (p. 457), 



PASSIFLOEB^ (p. 459), CuCUEBITACEiE (p. 460), BBGONIACEiE 



(p. 462). 



Cohort 4. FicoiDALES. — Flowers regular or nearly so,, with 

 numerous petals and stamens. Ovary syncarpous, half superior or 



