1000 



SYNOPSIS or THE CLASSES, 



simple or compound, gland-dotted, exsti- 

 pulate 315, 321 



54. ZANTHOXTLEa). Flowei's regular, often 

 tmisexiial. Petals 3-5, imbricate or valvate. 

 Stamens 3-6 or 6-10. Disk free. Ovary 

 apo- or syn-carpous; cells 2-ovuled. Fruit 

 various. — Trees or shrubs; leaves alternate 

 or opposite, usually compound, gland-dotted, 

 exstipulate 315, 323 



55. SiMAKUBBJS. Flowers regular, uni- 

 sexual. Petals 3-5-0, hypogynous, imbri- 

 cate, or valvate. Stamens 3-5 or 6-10-ao , 

 Disk free. Ovary of 2-5 free or connate, 

 usually 1-ovuled carpels. Fruit various. — 

 Trees or shrubs, usually bitter ; leaves simple 



or compound, not gland-dotted , . . 326 



66. OCHNACE.S). Flowers 5; regular or 

 sub-regular. Sepals 4r-5. Petals 4-5 or 8-10. 

 Stamens definite or oo, anthers with terminal 

 pores. Disk usually large, not glandular. Car- 

 pels 4-5-Qo , 1-00 -ovuled, free or connate, or 

 connected at the base only by the gynobasic 

 style, fleshy when ripe. Seeds albuminous 



or not.— Shrubs or trees; leaves alternate, 

 simple, rarely pinnate, stipulate . . . 329 



57. BtjRSDRAOE*. Flowers g, regular. 

 Calyx 3-5-fid. Petals 3-5, imbricate or 

 valvate in bud. Stamens 3-5 or 6-10. Disk 

 free or adnate to the calyx-tube. Ovary 

 entire, 2- 5-celled ; cells 1-2-ovuled. Seeds 

 exalbuminous. — Balsamic trees or shrubs; 

 leaves alternate, compound, exstipulate . 331 



58. Meliace^. Flowers regular, ^ or 

 unisexual. Calyx small. Petals 3-7, free 

 or connate or adnate to the staminal tube. 

 Stamens usually twice as many as the petals, 

 monadelphous. Disk free. Ovary entire; 

 cells usually 2-ovuled. — Trees or shrubs; 

 leaves usually compound, exstipulate . . 333 



69. CHAiLLBiiACEiE. Flowers ^ or uni- 

 sexual, regular. Sepals 5, free or connate. 

 Petals 2-lobed. Stamens 5, free or adnate 

 to the corolla. Disk various. Ovary entire ; 

 cells 2-ovuled. — Trees or shrubs; leaves 

 alternate, simple, stipulate .... 336 



Cohort VIII. Olacales. — Flowers regular, 5 or unisexual. Calyx small. Disk free, 

 cupular or annular, rarely glandular or 0. Ovary entire, l-oo -celled ; ovules 1-3 in each 

 cell, pendulous ; raphe dorsal, integuments confluent with the nucleus. Albumen usually 

 copious, fleshy ; embryo small. — Shrubs or trees ; leaves alternate, simple, exstipulate. 

 (This Cohort is closely allied to XXXVII., Santalales.) 



60. Olacine^. Petals usually valvate. 

 Ovary 1- (rarely imperfectly 2-5-) celled, or 

 with 3 unilateral cells. Fruit 1-seeded. 

 See also 115, Cornea, and 214, Santa- 

 lacece 336 



61, IiiciNEjE. Petals imbricate. Ovary 



3-00 -celled. Disk obsolete. Fruit of 3-oo 1- 

 seeded pyrenes . . . . . . 338 



62. EMPETEBiE. Sepals 2-3. Petals free, 

 imbricate. Filaments persistent. Disk 0. 

 Stigma sessile, with radiating lobes. — Small 

 shrubs with Heath-like leaves . . . 340 



Cohort IX. Celastrales. — Flowers 5 , regular ; corolla hypogynous or perigynous. 

 Disk tumid, adnate to the base of the calyx-tube or lining it. Stamens as many as the 

 petals or fewer, rarely twice as many, perigynous or inserted outside the disk or on its edge. 

 Ovary usually entire ; ovules 1-2 in each cell, erect ; raphe ventral. — Leaves undivided, 

 except in AmpelidecB and Stajphyleaeece. 



63. CBtASTEiNE.a;. Calyx small, imbri- 

 cate. Petals 4-5, sub-perigynous, spreading, 

 imbricate. Stamens 4^5, inserted at the 

 outer base of the disk ; filaments subulate. — 

 Shrubs or trees ; leaves usually alternate, 

 stipulate 342 



636. HippocKATiEiE. Calyx small, im- 

 bricate. Petals 4-5. Stamens 3, rarely 2, 

 4, 8, usually inserted on the face of the disk ; 

 filaments flattened, recurved. — Shrubs or 



trees ; leaves simple, usually opposite ; sti* 

 pules minute or 343 



C4. STAPHTLEAOEiE. Calyx large, imbri- 

 cate. Petals 5, free. Stamens 5, inserted 

 outside the disk ; filaments subulate. — 

 Shrubs; leaves opposite, compound, stipu- 

 late 344, 353 



65. SiACKH0irsiE«. Calyx small. Petals 

 5, narrow, erect, often connate. Stamens 5, 

 perigynous, inserted on the edge of the disk. 



