CONSPECTUS OF ORDERS AND FAMILIES 



X^merous *'" Flowers dnhlanmleoii.- 

 or sepals passing into | WTo^l melons 



Orders: I. Ranales (p. 97); II. Anstolochiales (p. 100) III. 



b. Flowers cyclic and ovary syncarpous 



indefinite, anthers never opening by valves ana nowers no 

 3-merous except often in the gynseceum. 



Orders: IV. CaryOphyllales (p. 101); V. Polygonahs (p. 103). bee 



2. Ovules more than 1, usually many in the OVM 



2-merous, usually regular. Stamens many in 

 0^ '"\T Thtales (p. 104) ; VII. Parietales (p. 106). 



''"I Ov^ltx^ o^Tom the inner angles 1-2 <<* 2-several " 



