Family 72. CORNACE^. Trees or shrubs 
(rarely herbs). Lea. usually opposite, simple, 
entire, exstipulate. Inflor. cymose. Flow, small, 
actinomorphic, usually 4 — 5-merous; (sep., pet. 
and sta. 4, carp. (2) in Brit. sp.). Style i. Fr. a 
drupe or berry. Cornus, ^Aucuha, Garry a. 
Sub-Class II. METACHLAMYDE.E. 
(Sympetalae, Gamopetalae.) 
Flow, always cyclic, predominantly 5-merous. 
Per. generally well-marked, typically double; pet. 
united, exc. sometimes in § A, rarely o ; sep. usually 
persistent, but in some families they are suppressed 
or modified. Carp, generally united. 
A, Sta. mostly hypogynous or adhering + to the 
pet., rarely epigynous, in 2 whorls or more 
rarely 1 (the inner one). Carp, usually (4 — 
5 ). (Cf. p. 38.) 
ERICALES . PRIMULALES . PEUMBAGINALES . 
Order i. ERICALES. 
Shrubs, rarely herbs or trees. Lea. simple, exsti- 
pulate. Flow. ^ , actinomorphic or nearly so, 
mostly 4 — 5-merous, obdiplostemonous or, if isoste- 
monous, sta. alternate with the pet. Pet. united or 
free. Sta. hypogynous or epigynous, rarely adher- 
ing slightly to the pet. ; anthers opening usually by 
terminal pores or short slits. Carp. (2 — 00) ; ovary 
superior or rarely inferior. 
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