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SYNOPSIS OF NATtRAL ORDERS. 



8. OlacaleS. — Disk various or 0. Ovary entire ; ovales 1 — 3 in d. 

 solitary cell or 1 in each cell^ pendulous ; raphe dorsal^ the integuments 

 not distinct from the nucleus. Seeds solitary in the fruit or in the 

 cells ; albumen copious. 



27. OlacinecB, — Trees or shrubs, sometimes climbing. Leaves simple, 

 alternate. No stipules. Petals free or connate, usually valvate. Eruit 

 1-seeded. Seeds albuminous. 



28. lUcinece, — Trees or shrubs with alternate simple leaves. Petals 

 free, imbricate. Ovary 3-6- celled. Seeds albuminous. 



9. Celastrales. — Disk fleshy and thick, free or adnate to the 

 calyx. Stamens rarely more than the petals, inserted outside, within 

 or upon the disk. Ovary entire ; ovules 1-2 in each cell, erect ; 

 raphe ventral. 



29. Gelastracem. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, opposite or 

 alternate. Stamens 5 alternating with the petals or sometimes only 3. 

 Ovary more or less immersed in the - disk, entire or lobed. 



30. Bhcimnaceoe. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, alternate or 

 opposite. Stamens opposite the petals and equal in number. Ovary 

 entire, often inferior. 



31. Ampelidece. — Shrubs or herbs with jointed stems, often scandent. 

 Leaves alternate, simple or compound. Calyx small. Petals valvate. 

 Stamens as many as petals and opposite to them. 



10. Sapindales. — Disk various. Ovary entire or lobed ; ovules 



1- 2, rarely more in each cell, ascending, pendulous or laterally at- 

 tached. Flowers often unisexual or polygamous. Leaves usually 

 compound. 



32. Sapindaceoe, — Usually trees. Leaves alternate, compound or 

 simple. Flowers polygamous, often irregular. Stamens free, often 

 anisomerous. 



S3. Sahiaceoe. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple or com- 

 pound. Stamens often unequal in size and opposite the petals. 



34. Anacardiacece. — Trees often resinous. Leaves alternate, simple 

 or compound. Stipules 0. Flowers small. Ovary 1-celled (in Spondias 



2- 5-celled). Cells 1-ovuled. Fruit a drupe. 



Anomalous order. 



35. MoringecB. — Trees. Leaves alternate, bi-tri-pinnate. Flowers 

 bisexual. Petals unequal. Stamens 10, 5 fertile opposite to the petals 

 alternating with 5 sterile. Capsule 3-valved, pod-like. 



C. Calciflorse.^Calyx gamosepalous. Stamens usually perigy- 

 nous or epigynous, definite or indefinite. Ovary superior or inferior and 

 adnate to the calyx-tube. 



