SYNOPSIS OF THE NATURAL OBDEES. 9 



LIV. CucTJBBiTACE^. Flowers veg., 1-sexual. Male :—Cal.-tuhe 

 short, 5-lobed. Pet. 5, usaally connate. Stam. 3, rarely 5, on the cal.- 

 tube ; an'h. free or connate, cells usually eondu plicate. F'EM.:—Gal.-tube 

 wholly adnata to ovary (except in Actinostemma), limb. 5-fid. Staminodes 

 3 or 5. Ovary 1-celled ; placentas 3, fleshy, often meeting in the centre, 

 stigmas 3, ovules usually many. Fruit fleshy, rarely dehiscent. — Herbs 

 with spiral tendrils. Leaves altern., simple, lobed or compound. 



LV. Beg-oniace^ (Begonia). Flowers monoecious. Male perianth of 

 2 outer valvate opp. sepaloid segments, and of 2 inner smaller segments 

 or 0. Stam. many, usually 1-adelph. Fern, perianth oi 2 — 5 segments. 

 Ovary infer., 3-celled ; ovules many, on axile placentas ; style -branches 3. 

 ]Prw/t a 3-gonous capsule, winged at the angles. Seeds many, minute.— 

 Succulent herbs with altern. stip. leaves. 



LVI. FicoiDE^. Floiuers reg., usually 2-sexual. Sep. 5, infer. Pet. 0. 

 Stam. perig. or hypog. O-yar^ 2 — 5-celled, or of 5 free 1-ovuled carpels. 

 Fruit a capsule, or of 5 free indehiscent carpels. Seeds reniform ; embryo 

 ^curved round mealy endosp.— Herbs with simple opp. or whorled leaves. 



LVII. Umbellifee^. Flowers in umbels, usually reg., 2-sexual or 

 l)olygam. Cal. super.; limb 5-fid. or 0. Pet. 5, often inflexed, free, valvate 

 or imbr. Stam. 5, epig. Ovary 2-celled, crowned with a large epig. disk ; 

 cell*^ with 1 pendulous ovule, styles 2. Fruitlot '2 indehiscent carpels, 

 pendulous from the summit of the carpophore, each 5-ridged, and often 

 traversed by oil-canals.— Herbs with altern. simple or compound exstip. 

 leaves ; petioles usually dilated at base. 



LVin. Abaliace^. Flowers reg., 1-or 2-sexual. Oal. super., limb 

 small or 0. Pet. 5 -6, valv. Stam. as many as pet., epig. Ovary 2-or more- 

 celled, crowned with a disk ; ovules solitary and pendulous in each cell, 

 styles as many as the cells, distincb or united. Fruit a drupe or berry, 

 with 1 or more 1-seeded cells. Endosp. fleshy.— Trees or shrubs, often 

 climbing. Leaves altern., simple or compound : stip. adnate to 

 petioles or 0. 



LIX. CoENACE.aE. Flowers reg., 2-sexual. Ca\ super ; limb 4— 10-fid. 

 Pef. -t— 10, valvate. Stam 4— 8 or more, epig. Disfc epig. O-o a?"?/ 1-celled 

 or ^—3-celled at the base, style simple; ovule 1, pendulous. Fruit z, 

 berry or drupe. fincZosp. fleshy. —Trees or shrabs, with altern. leaves; 

 ■stip. <>. 



Division II. — Gamopetalae. Flowers usually 2-sexuaI, reg. or 

 ii-reg. Cal. super, or infer. Pet. connate, forming an entire or cleft 

 corolla, rarely free to a little above the base. Stam. inserted on cor., 

 rarely hypog. or epig. 



Exceptions. Limb of cal. obsolete in some BuBiACEiE, and in many of 

 the CoMPOsiTiE.- Flowers with free pet. occur in: CANPANULACF.a:, 

 JNlYESiNE^, EBENACE2E and OLEACEiE. -Cor.-lobes in 2 series in Mim- 

 usops (Sapotace^). Cor. scarious in PLANTAGiNE^.-Stam. indef. in 

 Syinplocos (Styeace^), and in some Ebenace^.— Stam. free and 

 hypog. in Plunhago o^ndiVogelia (Plumbagine^).— IuAsclepiadaceje 

 the pollen adheres in masses (pollinia) as in the Orchideoe. 



