SYNOFSIS OF THE NATURAL ORDERS. 7 



of 2 dry indehiscent carpels. Evdosp. 0.— Trees or climbing shrubs, with 

 altern. exstip. simple or compound leaves. 



XL, Anacaediace^. Flowers I -or 2'Bexna,l. (7aL3-5-part. Pe^free, 

 3-5, rarely 0. Luk annular. Ovary of 5 distinct 1-ovuled carpels, or 

 carpels combined into a 2 -')-celled ovary. jDrw^e with a 1-celled 1-seeded 

 stone (2-5 celled in Sjpondias). Embryo large, endosp. 0.— Trees or shrubs,, 

 with altern. simple or compound exstip. leaves. 



The two following natural orders are of doubtful affinity : — 

 XLI. CoBlABiE^. (Coriaria). Flowers small, reg., 2-sexual. Sep. 5 

 imbr., persistent, tet. 5, keeled within. Stam. 10, free, or the altern.. 

 ones adnate to pet., anth. exserted. hish 0. Carpels 5, distinct, 1-celled, 

 whorled on a fleshy receptacle ; ovules 1 in each cell, pendulous. Fruit 

 of 5 distinct 1-celled 1-seeded nuts embraced by the enlarged fleshy pet. 

 —Glabrous shrubs with 4-angular branches. Leaves usually opp. and 

 exstip. 



XLIL MoRiNGEiE. (Moringa). Flowers large., irreg., 2-sexual, CaU 

 5-cleft, segments unequal, petaloid, deciduous from above the base, imbr^ 

 Pet. 5, unequal. Stam. on edge of disk, declinate ; fertile 5 and opp. pet. ; 

 anth. 1-celled. Ovary stalked, 1-celled; ovules many, in 2 series, on 3 

 parietal placentas. Capsule elongate, 1-celled, loculicidally 3-valved. 

 Seeds many, endosp. O.—Trees with bi-or tripinnate leaves ; stip. gland- 

 like. 



SuB-DiTisioN 3. Calyciflorse. Flowers reg., or ii-reg., 1-or 2" 

 sexual. Cal. super, or infer. Ret. distinct or united at the base' 

 perigynous. Z>isi?; rarely present. AS'^aw. perigynous or epigynous. 



Exceptions. Stam. obscurely perigynous in Legiiminosce, epipetalous in 

 Kalo.nchoi (Crassulacece). 



*Ovary super., of 1 or more free or connate carpels ; infer, in some Eosaceae 

 also in Vahlia (Saxifragacese). Styles usually as many as the carpels. ' 



XLIIT. Legtjminos^. Flowers usually irreg. and 2-sexual. Cal.' 

 lobes usually connate, often 2-lipped. Pet. 5 or fewer, rarely or connate, 

 usually very unequal (papilionaceous). Stam. normally 10, diadelph. or 

 monadelph, and declinate, or many, rarely all distinct. Ovary free, 1- 

 celled ; ovules 1 or more, on the ventral suture. Fruit a dehiscent or 

 indehiscent ] -many-seeded pod. Cotyledons large; endosp. usually 0. — 

 1 rees, shrubs or herbs, often climbing. Leaves altern., usually compound 

 stipulate. 



XLIV. EosACEiE. Flowers reg. and 2-sexual, rarely polygam. Fet. 5- 

 Stam. many, distinct. Ovary of 1 or more free or connate carpels ; ovules 

 1 or 2 in each carp. Fruit various. Endosp. 0. — Herbs, shrubs or trees. 

 Leaves altern., simple or compound, stipulate. 



XLV. Saxifbagace^. Flowers reg., 2-sexual. Cal. more or less 

 adnate to ovary, lobes 5. Pet 6. Disk epigynous. Ovary i -or 2-celled 

 (auperior in Vahlia), styles 1 or ?, ovules many, parietal or axile. Fruit a 

 *:\psule. Seeds many.— Herbs or shrubs, with opp. altern. exstip. leaves. 



