E. Pistil syncarpous, superior. Plac. + parietal, 
or basal. Sta. hypogynous (cf. p. 32). 
Order 18. PARIETALES. 
Flow, hemicyclic or cyclic. Per. double (pet. 
rarely wanting), mostly 5-merous. Sta. usually 00, 
occasionally few. Carp. 5 or fewer, rarely more, 4- 
united; plac. seldom basal, most often + parietal, 
i.e., though the edges of the carpellary leaves may 
be bent far inwards, they usually do not meet com- 
pletely in the middle. 
Family 60. HYPBRICINE^ (a sub-family of 
GUTTIFBR^). The British sp. are all herbs or 
undershrubs. Lea. opposite, simple, entire, exsti- 
pulate, mostly with pellucid oil-glands (dots). Flow, 
partly cyclic, usually cymose, ^ , actinomorphic. 
Per. 4 — 5-merous; sep. imbricate; pet. usually 
twisted. Sta. 00, united in 3 or 5 bundles, opposite 
the pet. Carp. 3 or 5, with 3 or 5 styles; ovary + 
3 — 5-celled; ovules I — oo, anatropous; plac. vary- 
ing from parietal, with + projecting plac., to axile. 
Fr. a septicidal capsule. Seeds exendospermous. 
Hypericum. 
Family 61. KLATINACE^. The Brit. sp. are 
small water plants. Lea. opposite, simple; stipules 
minute. Flow, small, cyclic, ^ , actinomorphic, 
3 — 4-merous, solitary, axillary. Sep. and pet. free, 
imbricate. Sta. twice as many as pet., or as many 
(inner aborted). Carp. (3-^4); ovary 3 — 4-celled ; 
ovules 00, anatropous ; plac. axile. Fr. a septifragal 
capsule. Endosperm little or none. Elatine. 
Family 62. FRANKENIACEiE. Salt-loving 
shrubs or undershrubs, with jointed stems. Lea. 
small, opposite or clustered, exstipulate. Inflor. 
cymose, in the upper axils. Flow, sessile, ^ , 
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