'S SYJVOFSIS OF THE NATV BAL OBDERS. 



XLVI. CBASSULAGBja (Kalanchoe). Flowers reg. and 2-sexual. Gal. 

 4-lo'bed. Gor.'tuhe inflated; lobes 4, spreading. 8tam. 8, in 2 series, 

 -on the coroUa-tu'be. Glands of dish 4, hypog. Carpels 4, adnate to base 

 -of cor.-tube ; ovules many. Fruit of 4 many- seeded follicles.— Herb with 

 opp. fleshy exstip. leaves. 



^'*- Ovary infer., or included in calAuhe, syncarpous ; style undivided ; 

 cells 2-or more-ovuled. 



XL VII. Ehizophore^ (CaralHa). Flowers reg., 2-sexual. Cal. super ; 

 lobes 4— 8. Pei. as many as cal.-lobes, margin dentate. 8tam, twice as 

 many as pet., inserted with them outside an annular crenulated disk. 

 Ovary 4-celled, with 2 pendulous ovules in each cell. Fruit indehiseent, 

 1-seeded.- 0. integerrinia is an evergreen tree with opp. .stipulate shining 

 coriaceous leaves. 



XL VIII. CoMBEETACE^. Floivers reg., 1-or 2-sexual. Cal. super., 

 limb tubular ; lobes 4 — 5, valvate. Fet. -t, 5 or 0. Stam. 8 or 10. Ovary 

 1-celled ; ovules 2 — 5, pendulous. Fruit indehiseent, 1-seeded. Cotyledons 

 large, endosp. 0. — Trees or shrabs, with simple exstip. leaves. 



XLIX. MYRTACE-a;. Floivers reg., 2-sexual. Cal. super.; limb short, 

 4— 5-lobed. Pet. 4 or 5, free or united in a cap. 8 tarn, many, epigynous. 

 Ovary 2— 4-celled, cells many-ovuled, style simple. Fruit indehiseent, 

 l-many-seeded ; endosp. 0. — Trees or shrubs, with simple usually gland- 

 dotted leaves ; stip. small or 0. 



L. Melastomace.^;. Flowers reg., 2-sexual. Cal. super.; limb tubular 

 ■3— 5-lobed. Pet. 3 — 5, contorted in bud. Stam. 3, 8, or 10, on the cal.-tube ; 

 anth. opening by pores at the summit, connective, often appendaged. 

 Ovary 3— 5-celled, cells many-ovuled, style simple. Fruit a many-seeded 

 tjapsule.— Herbs with opp. exstip. leaves. 



LT. Ltthrace^. Flovjers 2-sexual. Cal. infer, (super, in Punica) ; 

 lobes 3— 6, rarely more, valvate, persistent. Pet. as many as cal.-lobes, 

 rarely 0, crumpled. Stain, def. or many, inserted on cal.-tube. Ovary 

 1— 6-celled or (in Punica) many-celled ; ovules usually many, style 

 simple. Capsule many-seeded. Endosp. 0.— Trees, shrubs or herbs, ^vith 

 opp. entire exstip. leaves. 



LII. Onageace^. Flowers reg., 2-sexual. Cal. super, or 5 super.; 

 lobes 3—6, valvate. Pet. 3 — 6, rarely 0. Stam. as many as or twice the num- 

 ber of pet., epigynous. Ovary 2— 5-celled ; ovules usually many (solitary 

 in each cell in Trapa). Fruit a many-seeded capsule (indehiseent and 

 1-seeded in Trapa).— Herbs, often aquatic, or undershrubs. Leaves 

 altern., stipulate in Trapa. 



*** Ovary infer., or super., syncarpous, 1-celled or 3-celled by fusion of 

 placentas ; styles distinct, or connate below. 



LIII. SAMYDACEiE (Casearia). Flowers reg. Cal. infer., 4— 5-lobed. Pet. 

 0. Stam. 8, connate, with alternating staminodes, hypogynous. Ovary 

 1-celled ; ovules many, parietal, stigma 3-fid. Capsule soft, loculicidally 

 3-valved. Seeds arillate, endospermous. —Shrubs or small trees, with 

 altern. simple leaves ; stip. minute, deciduous. 



