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Cohort 6. Malvales (fir. rarely irregular; K 5, rarely 2 — 4, free or 
united, valvate or imbricate; petals as many or o; sta. usually 00, 
monadelphous; ovary 3 — 00 -loc., rarely of 1 cpl. ; ovules in inner angles 
of loculi) : . 
N.O. 32. Malvaceae. 33. Sterculiaceae. 34. Tiliaceae. 
SERIES II. DISCIFLORAE . Sepals distinct or united, free 
or adnate to ovary ; disc usually conspicuous as a ring or cushion, or 
spread over the base of the calyx -tube, or confluent with the base of 
the ovary, or broken up into glands; sta. usually definite, inserted upon 
or at the outer or inner base of the disc ; ovary superior. 
Cohort 7. Geraniales (firs, often irregular; disc usually annular, 
adnate to the sta. or reduced to glands, rarely o ; ovary of several cpls. , 
syncarpous or sub-apocarpous; ovules 1 — 2, rarely 00, ascending or 
pendulous; raphe usually ventral): 
N.O. 35. Lineae. 36. Humiriaceae. 37. Malpighiaceae. 38. 
Zygophylleae. 39. Geraniaceae. 40. Rutaceae. 41. Simarubeae. 42. 
Ochnaceae. 43. Burseraceae. 44. Meliaceae. 45. Chailletiaceae. 
Cohort 8. Olacales (flr. regular, $ or unisexual ; calyx small ; disc 
free, cupular or annular, rarely glandular or o; ovary entire, 1 — 00 -loc. ; 
ovules 1 — 3 in each loc., pendulous; raphe dorsal, integuments con- 
fluent with the nucellus; endosperm usually copious, fleshy; embryo 
small; shrubs or trees; leaves alt., simple, exstip.) : 
N. O. 46. Olacineae. 47. Ilicineae. 48. Cyrilleae. 
Cohort 9. Celastrales (flr. regular, $ ; corolla hypo- or peri-gynous; 
disc tumid, adnate to base of calyx-tube or lining it ; sta. = petals or 
fewer, rarely twice as many, perigynous or inserted outside the disc or 
on its edge; ovary usually entire; ovules 1 — 2 in each loc., erect with 
ventral raphe; leaves simple, except in order 52): 
N.O. 49. Celastrineae. 50. Stackhousieae. 51. Rhamneae. 52. 
Ampelideae. 
Cohort 10. Sapindales (flr. often irregular and unisexual; disc 
tumid, adnate to base of calyx or lining its tube; sta. perigynous or 
inserted upon the disc or between it and the ovary, usually definite; 
ovary entire, lobed or apocarpous; ovules 1 — 2 in each loc. usually 
ascending with a ventral raphe, or reversed, or pendulous from a basal 
funicle, rarely 00 horizontal; seed usually exalbuminous ; embryo often 
curved or crumpled ; shrubs or trees, leaves usually compound) : 
N. O. 53. Sapindaceae. 54. Sabiaceae. 55. Anacardiaceae. 
Anomalous orders or rather genera: 
N.O. 56. Coriarieae. 57. Moringeae. 
SERIES III . CALYCIFLORAE. Sepals united, rarely free, 
often adnate to ovary; petals 1 -seriate, peri- or epi-gynous; disc adnate 
to base of calyx, rarely tumid or raised into a torus or gynophore; sta. 
perigynous, usually inserted on or beneath the outer margin of the disc : 
ovary often inferior. 
Cohort 11. Rosales (flr. usually g , regular or irregular; cpls. 1 or 
more, usually quite free in bud, sometimes variously united afterwards 
with the calyx-tube or enclosed in the swollen top of the peduncle; 
styles usually distinct) : 
N.O. 58. Connaraceae. 59. Leguminosae. 60. Rosaceae. 61. 
