SYNOPSIS OF NATDKAL OTIDRTIS. 



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1 1 . Ros ALES. — Flowers regular or irregular, usually hermaphrodite. 

 Stamens more or less distinctly perigynous. Styles distinct. 



36. Oonnaracew. — Trees or shrubs. Lea\es 1-3-foliate or pinnate, 

 'Flowers regular. Stamens deBnite. Carpels hirsute, 1-5, free. 



37. LeguminoscG. — Trees, shrubs or herbs. Loaves usually alternate, 

 compound. Flowers irregular (regular in Mimosece). Carpel 1, free. 



38. Bosacew, — -Trees, shrubs or herbs. Leaves alternate, simple or 

 'compound. Flowers regular. Ovary of 1 or more free or combining 

 carpels, often adherent to the calyx-tube. 



12. Myrtales. — Leaves simple. Flowers regular or nearly so, 

 lusually hermaphrodite. Pistil syncarpous, inferior (or free in some 

 Rhizophorese) ; styles 1-5. 



39. 'RhizojphomceoB. — Trees or shruhs. Leaves opposite, coriaceous. 

 Stipules deciduous. Flowers regular. Petals usually fringed. Stamens 

 twice as many as petals or more. Ovary usually inferior. 



40. Oombretacem. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate or opposite. 

 No stipules. Ovary inferior 1-celled. Fruit winged or angled, 1-seeded. 

 Albumen 0. 



41. MyrtacecB. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves usually opposite, translu- 

 cent, glandular-dotted, entire. Stamens indefinite, Oyary inferior, with 

 axile placentation. 



43. Melastomaoece, — Herbs or shrubs. Leaves opposite, entire, with- 

 out stipules. Petals twisted in bud. Stamens 10 or fewer, perigynous ; 

 anthers opening at the apex by pores or slits. Ovary inferior. Seeds 

 ©xalbuminous. 



43. Lythracece. — Trees, shrubs or herbs. Leaves opposite or alternate, 

 No stipules. Calyx free, lobes valvate in bud. Stamens definite or 

 indefinite; anthers dehiscing longitudinally. Fruit a -capsule. Seeds 

 «xalbuminous. 



13. Passiflorales. — Flowers regular or irregular. Stamens peri- 

 gynous (rarely hypogynous). Pistil syncarpous ; ovary free or adnate, 

 1-celled with parietal placentation, or 3 -celled with axile placentation. 



44. Samydaceoe. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, distichous. 

 Stipules deciduous. Flowers regular. Stamens definite or indefinite. 

 Ovary free. Fruit a 1-celled capsule. Albumen fleshy. 



45. Batiscacece. — Trees, rarely herbs. Leaves alternate. Stipules 0. 

 Flowers unisexual, petals often absent. Ovary inferior often open at the 

 apex. Placentas and styles as many as calyx-lobes. Seeds numerous, 

 minute, 



46. CactecB* — Shrubs or herbs, with succulent stems and minute 

 leaves. Flowers large, bisexual. Stamens indefinite. Fruit fleshyv 



14. UmbellalES,— Flowers regular, 2 or many celled: 1 ovule 

 pendulous in each cell. Styles distinct or connate at the base, sur- 

 rounded by the disk. Stamens often definite. Albumen copious ; 

 embryo minute or longer and straight. 



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