KEY 



B 



Stamens not more than 10. 

 (1) Trees, shrubs, or woody vines, 

 (a) Fruit a drupe. 



Stamens 2, rarely 3-4 . ... 



Stamens as many as the petals. 

 Flowers bisexual. 

 Stamens 4, alternate with the petals 

 Stamens 5, alternate with the petals 

 Stamens ■t-S, opposite the petals . 

 (6) Fruit a berry. 



Stamens alternate with the petals. 

 Inserted on the calyx, leavfs simple 

 Inserted on a disk surroundtiig the ovary; 

 leaves compound . ... 



Stamens opposite the petals . . . . 



(c) Fruit a 2-seeded capsule or a key. 



Leaves compound 



(d) Fruit a 2-celled, many-seeded capsule ; flowers 



large, yellow . .... 



(e) Fruit a 3-5-celled capsule; flowers small, green- 



ish, or brown-purple ; leaves simple 

 (/) Fruit 5-lobed, the 5 carpels separating when ripe; 

 flowers rather large, white, or of showy colors ; 

 leaves simple . ... . . 



(g) Fruit a 1-3-celled capsule, leaves compound, 



flowers zygomorphic 

 (h) Fruit a 3-celled bladdery capsule, leaves com- 

 pound, flowers actinomorphic 

 (i) Fruit a legume .... . . 



(2) Herbs. 

 (a) Ovary single, 1-celled, simple or compound. 

 * Corolla actinomorphic or nearly so. 



Sepals and petals 4-5; stamens 5, 10, or 12, 



distinct. 

 Leaves alternate. 

 Stigma single . . . . 



Stigmas 4 or 2 . ... 



Leaves opposite, punctate, flowers yellow . 

 Leaves opposite, flowers white or red 

 Sepals and petals 4^5 ; stamens 5, united . 

 Sepals 2, petals 4-5 



Family 



79. Olive 



. 189 



44. Saxifrage . . .109 



47. Pea or Pulse . 126 

 44. Saxifrage . . .109 

 66. St. John's-wort . 160 

 31. Pink . . 77 



68. Passion Flower . 163 

 30. Purslane ... 76 



