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Ov. half inferior (perigynous) Saxifragaceae 
Ov. wholly superior (hypogynous) 88 
88. Petals attached between sepals at top of 
calyx cup Lythracese 
88. Petals attached to stem within base of calyx 
cup Caryophyllacese 
Trees with large palmately compound Ivs. Hippocastanaceae 
Not as above 90 
90. Ov. 1-celled 91 
90. Ov. 2-celled, 2-seeded Polygalaceae 
90. Ov. 5-celled, several seeded; stems transpar- 
ent Balsaminaceae 
Ov. with 1 row of seeds; fls. mostly shaped like a 
sweet pea Leguminosae 
Ov. with 2 opposite rows of seeds ; sep. and pet. 4 Capparidaceae 
Ov. with 3 rows of seeds ; fl. violet or pansy 
shaped Violace^ 
92. Tendril-bearing vines Cucurbitaceae 
92. Not tendril-bearing 93 
Ovules and seeds more than 1 in each cell 94 
Ovules and seeds only 1 in each cell 96 
94. Stam. attached to calyx 95 
94. Stam. attached to a flat disc which covers 
the ov. Celastraceae 
Stam. 4 or 8; ov. long 
Stam. 5 or 10; ov. broad 
Onagraceae 
Saxifragaceae 
96. Stam. 5-10 97 
96. Stam. 2, 4, or 8 98 
97. Trees or shrubs; Ivs. simple 
97. Trees or shrubs; Ivs. compound 
97. Herbs; fr. berry-like, juicy 
97. Herbs; fr. dry, splitting into 2 parts 
Rosaceae 
Araliaceae 
Araliaceae 
Umbelliferae 
98. Shrubs; style and stig. 1 
98. Shrubs; stig. more than 1 
98. Herbs; style 1 
98. Fine leafed aquatic; stig. 4 
Cornaceae 
Hamamelidaceae 
Onagraceae 
Haloragidaceae 
99. Ov. superior (hypogynous), in center of fl. and 
separate from perianth 100 
99. Ov. inferior (epigynous), appearing below per- 
ianth as a swelling at apex of stalk 127 
100. Stam. more numerous than lobes of corolla 101 
100. Stam. as many as. corolla lobes, and directly 
in front of them 105 
100. Stam. between the corolla lobes, or fewer 
than the lobes 106 
101. Trees; stam. attached to base of corolla; styles 
4 Ebenaceae 
101. Herbs 102 
102. Petals all alike 103 
102. Petals very different from one another 104 
