xxnu 
SYNOPSIS OF THE KATTJBAL OEDEES. 
Stamens usually 8. Petals 5. Fruit -nanged, separating 
into two capsules. .xviii. Aceracece. 
Stamens 8—10. Capsule 5-Gelled, 5-valved. 
xlvii. UncacecB (Pyiolese and Monotropese). 
•31 Ovary 1-celled ; placentas parietal. Stamens and petals 
4—5, alternating xxxv. GrosstdartaceeB. 
Ovary 2 — many-celled; placentas- central. Or ?C pome. 32 
32 Stamens many, indefinite. Fmit a 1 — 5-seeded pome, 
xxvi. RomcccB (Pomese). 
Stamens as many as and alternating with the petals, or 
twice as many 33 
Stamens as many as and opposite to the petals, with 
which the filaments or anthers are adnate. 
xl. Loranthaceee. 
33 Petals imbricate in the bud. 34 
Petals valvate in the bud 35 
Petals twisted in the bud. Sepals valvate. Style 1. 
xxix. Onagraccce. 
34 Petals 5. Stamens 5. Stj'les 2. Inflorescence umbellate. 
Seeds solitary xxxvii. UmheUiferce. 
Petals 4 — 5. Stamens 5 — 10. Styles 2. (Calyx some- 
times inferior.) Capsule 2-valved. Seeds many. 
. (Fruit with, two horns.) xxxvi. Sa.vifrac/acea. 
Petals 4. Stamens 4 — 8. Styles 4. Fruit of 4 hai-d 
nuts i/^n'y.. Haloragacece. 
.35 Fruit a berry. Styles several. Leaves alternate. 
xxxviii. Araltacea. 
Fruit a drupe. Style 1., Leaves opposite. 
. xxxix. Comacea. 
36 Stamens inserted beneath an epigynous disk. 
xh-ii. Ericaccee (Vacciniese). 
Stamens inserted with the corolla and free from it ... . 37 
Stamens inserted on the tube of the corolla or between 
its lobes 38 
37 Filaments free xh-i. Campamilaceee. 
Filaments united into 3 bundles . .xxxi. Cucurbitacea. 
38 Anthers united. Howers in a head . .x\y. Compositce. 
Anthers free 31) 
30 Flowers in a head. . Calyx double • . .xliv. Dipsacaceee. 
Flowers corymbose or cymose . . • 40 
40 Fruit a double indehiscent pericai-p, 2-celled, 2-seeded. 
xlii. Ritbiacea. 
Frait dry, with 1 perfect cell, 1-seeded ; and often 2 
empty cells. Stamens 1 — 3 . . . .xliii. Valerianacecc. 
Fruit fleshj', with 1 or several seeds. Stamens 4 — 5. 
xli. Caprifoliacea:. 
41 Ovary and fruit 4-lobed, separating into 4 smalll-seeded 
. nuts. Style from base of o'N'ary 42 
