D, Pistil {in Brit, sp.) always syncarpous and 
superior, often separating into mericarps when 
ripe. Plac. axile. Sta. hypogynous, less 
often pengynous (e.g., especially in Rhamnus) 
(cf. p. 30). 
0 Sep. imbricate. Sta. mostly in 2 whorls ; or if 
in I, the outer only, the inner often represented by 
staminodes (cf. p. 28). 
GERANIALES . SAPINDALES . 
Order 14. GERANIALES. 
Herbs or shrubs. Flow, cyclic, g , usually 5- 
merous. Per. double. Sta. 5, 10 or more. Carp. 
(2 — 5), often schizocarpous ; ovules i or 2 in each 
(rarely 00), pendulous, anatropous, with ventral 
raphe and micropyle directed upwards.* 
Family 45. GERANIACK-®. Herbs, occasionally 
4- shrubby. Lea. usually stipulate. Flow, actino- 
morphic (zygomorphic in Pelargonium) , often obdi- 
plostemonous. Sep. 5. Pet. 5, imbricate or twisted, 
rather deciduous. Sta. 10 (or 15), 5 or fewer occa- 
sionally reduced to staminodes, free or connate at 
base. Carp. (5), each with usually i or 2 (rarely 
more) ovules. Fr. splitting into mericarps (cocci). 
Endosperm little or o. 
Geranium, Erodium, ^Pelargonium.)^ 
Family 46. OXALIDACE^. Herbs. Lea. 
usually 3-foliolate, exstipulate. Flow, actinomor- 
phic. Sep. 5. Pet. 5, twisted. Sta. 10, united at 
base, obdiplostemonous. Carp. (5), with a few 
anatropous ovules in each. Fr. a capsule (or berry). 
Seeds + endospermous. Oxalis. 
* If there are several ovules in a cell, an occasional one 
may have a dorsal raphe and micropyle directed down- 
wards. 
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