Family 53. AQUIFOLIACB^. Trees or shrubs. 
Lea. spiral, mostly evergreen, simple ; stipules 
minute or o. Inflor. cymose. Flow, polygamous or 
dioecious, actinomorphic, 4 — 5-merous. Pet. usually 
united at base. Sta. 4 — 5, alternating with and 
slightly adnate to pet. Carp. (4 — 6), seldom more, 
with I or 2 pendulous anatropous ovules in each. 
Fr. a drupe. Seeds endospermous. Ilex, 
Family 54. CELASTRACF^. Trees or shrubs. 
Lea. opposite or spiral, simple; stipules minute, 
caducous, or o. Flow, small, greenish, ^ or poly- 
gamous, actinomorphic, 4 — 5-merous. Per. double, 
imbricate. Cal. 4 — 5-lobed. Pet. 4 — 5. Sta. usually 
4 — 5, inserted on the edge of a broad disc. Carp. 
(2 — 5), each with i or 2 (rarely more) basal ascend- 
ing ovules. Fr. a loculicidal capsule (in Brit, genus). 
Seeds usually endospermous, often with brightly 
coloured aril. Euonymus, ^Celastrus.'j 
[Staphyleace^. Trees or shrubs. Lea. opposite, 
pinnate, stipulate. Inflor. racemose. Flow. 5- 
merous, actinomorphic. Sta. 5, inserted outside 
the disc. Carp. (2 — 3), with few or many ovules, 
partly free above; plac. sutural. Fr. a bladdery 
capsule, 2 — 3-celled, each cell with several endosper- 
mous seeds. Staphylea.] 
Family 55. ACERACE^E. Trees or shrubs. Lea. 
opposite, petioled, simple, palmately veined and 
lobed (or pinnate in Negundo), exstipulate. Inflor. 
racemose. Flow, polygamous, actinomorphic. Per. 
double, 4 — lo-merous. Sta. 4 — 10, usually 8, in- 
serted on a thick-lobed disc. Carp. (2), rarely (3), 
each with 2 nearly orthotropous ovules. Fr. a 
double (or treble) samara, at length separating 
when ripe. Seeds exendospermous. 
Acer (incl. Negundo), 
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