SYNOPSIS OF THE NATURAL ORDEES. 
xxxiii 
9 Sfciraens a.s many as, or twice the number of the 
petals, inserted at the base of the calyx. No 
stipules xxxiv. Crassnlacece. 
Stamens 20 or more, inserted on the calyx. Leaves 
with stipules xxvi. Rosacea^ (in part). 
10 Leaves with stipules 11 
Leaves without stipules 12 
11 Stamens 10, mon- or diadelphous ....xxv. Legtiminosce. 
1 2 Stamens many free. Fruit of 1 or more follicles. 
i. Hanunculacece (in part). 
Stamens 6, in two bundles v. FumariacecB. 
13 Corolla regular. Petals 4 14 
Corolla regular. Petals 5.... 15 
Corolla regular. Sepals and petals many, gradually 
passing into each other iii. Nr/mphoeaceoB. 
Corolla irregular 16 
14 Sepals 2. Stamens many iv. PapaveracecB. 
Sepals 4. Stamens tetradynamous vi. Cruciferce. 
la Sepals equal, distinct, imbricate. Stamens 5. 
X. Droseracece. 
Sepals distinct ; 3 inner twisted in the bud ; 2 outer 
smaller or wanting. Stamens indefinite, many. 
viii. Cistacece. 
Sepals equal, more or less united below. Stamens as 
many or twice as many as the petals, from a shield- 
like disk xxviii. Tamariscacece. 
16 Leaves with stipules. Sepals 5. Stamens 5, free. 
ix. Violacece. 
No stipules. Sepals 2 or wanting. Stamens 6, in two 
bundles. Ovary closed ..v. Fumariaceoe. 
17 Calyx imbricate in the bud 20 
Calyx valvate in the bud, or with distant lobes. Calyx 
and corolla regular 18 
15 Stamens united into a column xv. Malvacece. 
Stamens free 19 
19 Stamens liypogynous xvi. Tiliacece. 
Stamens perigynous, opposite the petals and equalling 
them in number xxiv. Rhamnacece. 
Stamens inserted in the tube of the calyx, alternating 
with, or twice as many as, but below the petals. 
xxvii. Lythracem. 
20 Corolla regular '. 21 
Corolla irregular xx. Balsaminaceoe. 
21 (]!alyx tubular xiv. C ar t/ophyllaceoi (tiileneee). 
Sepals distinct or slightly connected below 22 
22 Ovary 1 -celled 23 
