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16. Cardamine, L. 



Siliqua laterally compressed, linear; valves 

 flat, without nerve. Seeds oo, 1-seriate; fnnicle 

 filiform. 



0. 11', flowers purplish, white. 



17. Alyssum, L. 



Silicula laterally compressed, orbicular; 

 valves concave; replum broad. Seeds 1 — 2 in 

 each valve. 



. 0. 71. flowers white, yellow. 



Famii y LXV . Fumariaceae . 



Sepals 1 pair. Corolla irregular. Petals 

 more or less connate. Stamens 6, diadelphous. 



l. Dicentra, Borkh. 



Sepals small; 2 lateral petals flat, anterior 

 and posterior ones calcarate. Ovary 1-locular, 

 with 2 parietal placentas; oc-ovulate. Fruit a 

 2-valved capsule. 



7£ . flowers white, red, yellow. 



Family LXVI. Papaveraceae. 



Sepals 2 — 3 caducous. Corolla regular; pe- 

 tals 2 pairs, sometimes 3. Stamens not connate. 

 Ovary free. 



l. Platystemon, Benth. 



Sepals 3, very caducous. Petals 6, imbricate. 

 Stamens oo; filaments flattened their whole 

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