COHORTS AND OEDERS. (BY THE EDITOR.) 



Cohort VII. Geraniales. — Flowers often irregular. Disk usually annular, adnate 



to the stamens, or reduced to glands, rarely 0. Ovary of several carpels, syncarpous 



or subapocarpous ; ovules 1-2, rarely oc, ascending or pendulous ; raphe usually 

 ventral. 



30. LlNE^. Flowers regular. Sepals im- 

 bricate, eglandular. Disk of 6 glands out- 

 side the staminal tube. Ovary 3-5-celled; 

 calls 2-ovuled. Albumen fleshy. — Herbs or 

 shrubs ; leaves simple, rarely opposite, xisu- 

 ally stipulate 293 



40. Erytheoxyie^. Flowers regular. 

 Sepals imbricate, eglandular. Petals 5, with 

 a basal appendage. Ovary 2-3-celled. Drupe 

 l-seeded ; albumen scanty .^Shrubs ; leaves 

 simple, entire, alternate, stipulate, folded 

 longitudinally in bud 294 



41. OxALlDE.*!. Flowers regular. Sepals 

 5, imbricate. Petals 5. Ovary 5-celled. — 

 Herbs, rarely trees; leaves alternate, com- 

 pound, stipulate 296 



42. HuMiRiACE^. Sepals small. Disk 

 usually toothed or lobed. Stamens lO-xi ; 

 connective conical, fleshy. Ovary 5-7-celled ; 

 cells 1-oyuled. — Trees ; leaves alternate, 

 simple, exstipulate 298 



43. Malpighiacb*. Flowers regular or 

 irregular. Sepals 5, 2 or all usually 2-glan- 

 dular outside. Stamens often monadelphoua, 

 several often antherless. Ovary usually lobed, 

 of 2-3 1-ovuled carpels ; styles 3. Seed ex- 

 albuminous. — Trees or shrubs, often climb- 

 ing ; leaves usually opposite, simple or lobed, 

 stipulate or not 299 



44. CoKiABiE^. Flowers regular. Petals 

 5, small, fleshy. Stamens 10. Ovary 5- 

 lobed, of 5 1-ovuled carpels ; styles 5. Fruit 

 apocai-pous. Albumen scanty or 0.— Shrubs ; 

 leaves opposite, simple, exstipulate . . 301 



45. Zygophvllb.'e. Flowers regular or 

 irregular. Sepals 5, or 4, usually free, eglan- 

 dular. Stamens with a scale at the base of 

 the filaments. Disk usually fleshy. Ovary 

 angled or lobed; cells 2-oo -ovuled. — Herbs 

 or shrubs ; leaves usually opposite and com- 

 pound, not gland-dotted, stipulate . .303 

 ■ ? 46. BA-TIVEX. Flowers in the bracts of 

 unisexual spikes or cones. — '^ free. Calyx 

 campanulate, 2-lipped. Petals 4, clawed. 

 Stamens 4.— ? Perianth 0. Ovaries 8-12, 

 connate and adnate to the base of the bract, 

 4-celled; cells 1-ovuled. — A seaside shrub; 

 leaves opposite, fleshy, simple, exstipulate. 



306, 738 



47. Geeaniace^. Flowers often irregu- 

 lar. Sepals 5, imbricate. Petals 5, con- 

 torted. Carpels 5, adiiate to a central column, 

 forming a 5-celled ovary, produced above 

 into a beak; cells 2-ovuled. Capsule of 5 

 follicles, rolling back elastically from the 

 axis. — Herbs, rarely shrubs ; leaves opposite 

 or alternate, simple or compound, usually 

 stipulate 306 



48. Balsaminb^. Flowers very irregu- 

 lar. Sepals 3-5, caducous, posterior spurred. 

 Petals 3-5, very unequal, imbricate, caducous. 

 Stamens 5; anthei'S connate, forming a cap 

 to the ovary. Ovary 5-celled. Fruit a cap- 

 sule or indehisceut drupe. — Herbs; leaves 

 opposite alternate or whorled, simple, exsti- 

 pulate 308, 309 



49. TkoPjEoleje. Flowers irregular. Se- 

 pals unequal, posterior spurred. Petals peri- 

 gynous. Stamens 8, hypogynous. Ovary 

 3-celled ; cells 1-ovuled. — Herbs ; leaves 

 alternate, simple, exstipulate . . 308, 311 



50. LimnanthbjB, Flowers regular. Se- 

 pals 3-5, valvate or sub-imbricate. Petals 

 perigynous. Stamens twice as many, sub- 

 perigynous. Ovary 5-lobed; cells 5, 1-ovuled ; 

 style gynobasic. Ripe carpels free, indehi- , 

 scent. — Herbs; leaves alternate, much cut, - 

 exstipulate . . . . . 308, 313 



51. RuTACBiE. Flowers usually regular. 

 Petals 4-6, hypogynous. Stamens 8-10, free. 

 Disk thick. Ovai-y 3-5-lobed ; cells 2-4-oo - 

 ovuled ; styles lateral or gj'nobaaic. Fruit 

 capsular. Seeds albuminous. — Leaves alter- 

 nate, simple or compound, strong-scented, 

 exstipxilate 315 



62. Atjbaniiaceje. Flowers regular. Pe- 

 tals hypogynous, free or connate. Stamens 

 definite or 00. Disk large. Ovary not lobed; 

 cells 1-w -ovuled ; style terminal. Fruit a 

 berry. Seeds exalbuminous. — Leaves alter- 

 nate, compound, gland-dotted, exstipulate. 



315, 318 



53. DiosMEiE. Flowers regular or irregu- 

 lar. Petals 4-6, free, imbricate or valvate. 

 Stamens 4-5 or 8-10. Disk free or perigy- 

 nous. Ovary apocarpous ; style ventral or 

 basal. Fruit of cocci. Seeds albuminous or 

 not,— Shrubs; leaves opposite or alternate, 



