VASCULAR PLANTS. 



5. Sida, Knntb. 



Ovary oo-locular; loculi 1-ovulate; styles as 

 many as loculi, united at base; stigmas capitate. 

 Fruit an go -seeded capsule. Seeds pendulous 

 from the apex. 



U . flowers yellow or whitish. 



ORDER XV. GERANIALES. 



Calyx free, imbricated in aestivation. Petals 

 5, contorted or convolute in aestivation. Sta- 

 mens hypogynous, definite. Ovary the com- 

 pound of a definite number of carpidia. 



Family xlvi. Geraniaceae. 



Sepals 5. Petals 5, hypogynous, alternate 

 with the sepals. Stamens 10. Carpidia 5, ver- 

 ticillate round a columnar axis, (gynophore). 

 Styles distinct at base, connate towards their 

 apex. Carpidia 5, 2-ovulate, 1-seeded, ven- 

 trally dehiscent. Leaves stipulate. 



i. Geranium, L. 



Stamens 10, monadelphous, all fertile. Styles 

 persistent. © . U • £ - 



2. Erodium, L'Her. 



Stamens 10, monadelphous, the alternate ones 

 sterile and depauperate. Styles persistent. 



0. V. 



