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SYNOPSIS or THE CLASSES, 



75. Leguminos^;. Flowers reg^ular or ir- 

 regular. Stamens usually definite. Carpel 

 1, excentric; ovules anatropous or amphitro- 

 pous ; style terminal. Fruit various. Seeds 

 rarely albuminous. — Herbs, shrubs or trees ; 

 leaves usually alternate, compound, and sti- 

 pulate 364 



76. RosACE.a;. Flowers usually regular. 

 Petals 4-5, perigy nous and sub-epigynous, or 

 0. Stamens usually oo. Carpels l-oo , free 

 or variously connate ; ovules usually 2, ana- 

 tropous; styles ventral or sub-terminal. Seeds 

 exalbuminous. — Herbs shrubs or trees ; 

 leaves simple or compound, usually alter- 

 nate and stipulate 374 



77. Saxifrages. Flowers regular. Pe- 

 tals perigynous or epigynous. Stamens 

 usually definite. Carpels free or connate; 

 styles free ; ovules anatropous. Seeds albu- 

 minous. — Herbs shrubs or trees; leaves al- 

 ternate opposite or whorled, simple or com- 

 pound, stipulate or not . . . 389, 392 



78. Philadelphes. Flowers regular. 

 Petals epigynous, valvate or contorted. Sta- 

 mens double the number of petals or more. 

 Ovary many-celled ; styles combined ; ovules 

 many. Fruit capsular. Seeds albuminous. — 

 Shrubs ; leaves opposite, simple, exstipulate. 



393, 394 



79. BEExiACE.a;. Flowers regular. Petals 

 5, perigynous, imbricate or contorted. Sta- 

 mens 5, alternate with palmate scales. Ovary 

 5-celled ; style simple; ovules many, axile. 

 Fruit a drupe or capsule. Seeds sub-albumi- 

 nous. — Shrubs ; leaves alternate, simple, 

 coriaceous, exstipulate .... 396, 393 



80. RiBESiACEiB. (See 85i.) 



80h. BEGONiACEiB. (See No. 107.) . . 453 



81. CBPHALOTE.a!. Flowers regular. Calyx 

 6-fid. Corolla 0. Stamens 12, perigynous. 

 Carpels 6, 1-ovuled. Follicles membranous. 

 Seeds albuminous. — Scapigerous herbs with 

 crowded radical leaves, some of which are 

 transformed into pitchers .... 399 



82. FBANCOACEiE. Flowers regular. • Calyx 

 4-partite. Petals perigynous, clawed. Sta- 

 mens 8 or 10, with alternating staminodes. 

 Ovary oblong, 4-lobed at the top, 4-celled ; 

 stigma sessile ; ovules many. Capsule lo- 

 culicidal. Seeds albuminous,— Scapigerous 

 herbs ; leaves radical . (Tribe 2) 392, 401 



' This division should 

 mclidem is very close indeed. 



83. PAENASsrBJS. (See 85a.) 



84. Orassulaces;. Flowers regular. Pe- 

 tals usually free, perigynous or sub-hypogy- 

 nous. Stamens as many as the petals. Car- 

 pels as many as the stamens, distinct, with a 

 gland or scale at the base of each carpel, 

 2-00 -ovuled, follicular when ripe. Seeds ex- 

 albuminous. — Herbs, rarely shrubs, usually 

 succulent ; leaves various, exstipulate . . 403 



* * Placentation parietal or basal. 



85. Deosbraces. Flowers regular. Pe- 

 tals 4-5, marcescent, perigynous or hypogy- 

 nous. Ovary 1-celled ; styles distinct ; ovules 

 many, parietal or basilar. Capsule 1-3-celled. 

 Seeds albuminous. — Scapigerous herbs or 

 small shrubs; leaves radical or alternate, 

 clothed with stalked glands or fringed with 

 bristles 405 



85fl!. Paknassiejb. Flowers regular. Calyx 

 5-partite. Petals hypogynous or perigynous. 

 Stamens 5, alternating with fringed stami- 

 nodes. Ovary superior, 1-celled; stigma 

 sessile; ovules many, parietal. Capsule 

 3-4-valved Seeds albuminous. — Scapige- 

 rous 1-flowered herbs ; leaves radical . 392, 402 



856. RiBBSiACES. Flowers regulai'. Pe- 

 tals imbricate, and stamens 5, epigynous. 

 Ovary 1-celled; ovules parietal. Berry many- 

 seeded. Seeds albuminous. — Shrubs; leaves 

 scattered or fascicled, simple, exstipulate 



393, 398 

 * * * Ovules usually 1 or few, pendulous from 

 the top of the cell.^ 



86. HAjiAMBLipBa!. Flowers regular, § 

 or unisexual. Petals 4-5, free or 0, perigy- 

 nous or epigynous. Stamens oo in the ape- 

 talous flowers, 4-5 in the petalous, alternating 

 with staminodes. Ovary 2-celled ; styles 

 free ; ovules 2-cc . Capsule 2-valved. Seeds 

 albuminous. — Shrubs or trees; leaves alter- 

 nate, simple, stipulate . . . ' . . 408 



87. BAESAMilfLTJS. Flowers unisexual, in 

 heads or catkins, bracteate. Perianth single 

 orO. Stamens crowded amongst the bracts; 

 anthers 4-angled. Ovary 2-celled; styles 

 ftee; ovules oo. Capsules aggregated in 

 heads, 2-valved. Seeds albuminous. — Trees 

 and shrubs; leaves alternate, simple, stipu- 

 late 411, 410 



perhaps form a separate Cohort, but the affinity between Saxifragees and Hama- 



