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1tt Stamenft exceeding the petals in number^ but not twice as many. 

 Ovary 1-celled. Petals 4 ; stamens 6. 



Sepals 2. Flowers irregular. Embrj'O minute in fleshy al- 

 bumen FCMARIACBiB. 



4. Flowers regular. Embryo large. Albumen none.. Capparidacb^. 



Ovary 2-celled. 



Petals 3. Stamens 8, monadelphous Poltgalace.*:. 



4. 6. Fruit a silique or silicic C'RUCiFEita:. 



Ovary 3-celled. Leaves opposite. 



Petals 5. Stamens 9. Leaves simple, dotted Hypericace^. 



4. 7. palmately T-foliolate Sapindace.*. 



Ovary 3^-celled. Leaves alternate. 



Petals 5-S. Stamens 10. Fruit indehiscent, 3-4-winged Cyrillace^. 



tttt Stamens {the fertile ones) as many as the petals. 



Ovaries more than one. 



Flowers monoecious. Stameni> united into a 5-lobed disk Schizandre^. 



dioecious. Anthers 4-celled. Leaves simple Menispermace^. 



2-celled. pinnate, dotted Rutaceje. 



perfect. Style terminal. Ovules pendulous RANUNCULACBiE. 



Ovary solitary, 1-celled. 



Flowers irregular. Fruit a legume. Albumen none Leguminos^. 



Capsule 3-valvcd. Albumen fleshy Violacb.*!. 



Flowers regular. 



monoecious, the fertile ones apetalous. Fruit utricular. EuPHORBiACEiE. 



perfect. 



Stamens opposite the petals. 



Anthers opening by uplifted valves Berberidace^. 



opening lengthwise. 



Stamens and petals 3. Stigma many-parted CiSTACBiE. 



Leaves a pair, opposite. Capsule 3-valved, few-seeded Portulacace^. 



Leaves alternate, numerouj". Capsule 2-valved BrTTNERiACEiE. 



Leaves at tiie base of a naked stem. Fruit 



a utricle. Plumbaginace^. 



Stamens alternate with the petals. 



Leaves opposite, dotted, exstipnlate. Albumen 



""lie Htpericace^. 



Leaves opposite or whorled, dotless, stipulate. 



Albumen Illecebre^. 



Leaves alternate. Capsule 1-celled. 



compound. Fruit a legume Mimosa. 



Sterile stamens none Droseraceje. 



Ovary solitary. 2-celled. Trees or shrubs. 



Fruit a double samara. Leaves simple, opposite Acerace^. 



single samara. trifoliolate. alternate Rutace^. 



a berry. palmately 5-foliolate Vitace^. 



Flowers flicecious, clustered. Stamens 2 Empetraceje. 



Ovaries 4-celled, aggregated into a head. Dioecious BATiDACEiE. 



Ovary 5-celled. Style single. Petals stalked Byttneriace^. 



Ovary 5-celIed, or falsely 10-celled. Styles 5. Petals sessile LiNACRfi. 



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