6 SYNOPSIS OF THE NATURAL ORDERS. 



Ditk annular (0 in Amoora). Ovary 2-5-celled ; cells l-C-many-ovuledj . 

 style simple. Fruit a capsule or drupe.— Usually trees vrith altern. com- 

 pound exstip. leaves. 



** Ovules 'pendulous, rapJie dorsal. 



XXXIII. Olacine^, Flowers reg., usually 2-sexual. Cal. cup-shaped, 

 minute (obsolete in Cansjera). Pet. 3-6, valvate. Dish cup-shaped. Fertile • 

 stam. 3 or 4-5. Ovary 1-5- celled; oYules 1-3 in each cell, pendulous.. 

 Drwpe 1-celled, 1-seeded. Endos^. copious.— Usually trees or shrubs, with 

 altern. simple exstip. leaves. 



XXXIV. Ilicine^ (Ilex). Floivers dioecious, Cal. 4-lobed, imbr. Pet, 

 4, connate at base. Stam 4-5, adnate to base of corolla. Dish 0. Ovary 

 2-or more-celled ; stigma large, sessile ; ovules 1-2 in each cell, pendulous. 

 F?'Mit a drupe, with 2 or more 1-seeded stones. Endosp. fleshy. — tJsually 

 trees with altern. simple exstip. evergreen leaves. 



*** Ovules erect, raphe ventral. 



XXXV. Celastrine^. Floivers reg., 2-sexual or polygamous, Cal. 

 4 5-lobed, persistent. Pet. 4-5, imbr. or valvate. Stam. 3-5. Ovary free 

 or immersed in the large disk, 2-5-celled, with 2-or more erect ovules in. 

 each cell. Fruit dehiscent or not.— Trees or shrubs, with simple usually 

 coriaceous leaves ; stip. deciduous or 0. 



XXXVI. Ehamne^. Flowers 2-sexual, rarely polygamous. Cal. UB- 

 lobed (super, in Gouanin and Helinus), lobes valvate. Pet. small, 4-5 or 0, 

 Disk lining the cal.-tube, often with a free margin. Stam. 4-5, opp. pet. 

 Ovary 2-4-celled, with I erect ovule in each cell. Fruit indehiscent (except 

 in Helinus).— Trees or shrubs, often climbing. Leaves altern., simple, 

 atip. 



XXXVII. Ampelideje. Floivers rarely 1-sexual. Cal. cup-shapeds 

 entire or obscurely lobed. Pet. 4-5, distinct or connate, valvate. Disk 

 large, cupular or annular. Stam. 4-5, opp. to pet., free, or connate and 

 adnate to pet. Ovary 2-celled, cells £-ovuled, or 6-celled and with 1 ovule 

 in each cell. Fruit a berry. — Shrubs or herbs, usually climbing. Leaves 

 altern., stip., simple or com-o^und. 



**** Ovules ascending, or paudulous from an erect funicle, raphe ventral, 

 or reversed. 



XXXVIII. Sapindace^. Floivers often irreg, and usually polygam. 

 Be.p. 4-5, distinct and imbr., or connate into a 4-6-lobed valvate cal. Pet. 

 4-5, distinct (wanting in Schleichera and Dodoncea). Disk annular or 

 unilateral. Stam. 5-10, fil. distinct. Ovary 1-6-celled; cyules 1 or 2 in 

 each cell. Fruit capsular or indehiscent, sometimes winged.— Trees, 

 shrubs or herbs. Leaves usually altern, (opp. in Acer), simple or compound, 

 exstip. 



XXXIX. Sabiace^. Flowers often irreg,, usually 2-sexual. Cal.- 

 lobea 4-5, imbr. Pet. 4-5, often unequal. Disk small, annular or cupular, 

 3-5-toothed. Stam. 5 (only 2 fertile in Meliosma). Ovary usually 2-celled, 

 with 2 superposed ovules in each cell. Fruit a 1-celled 1-seeded drupe, or 



