and exstipulate. Flow, inconspicuous, dioecious, 
perigynous. Per. 4-cleft, valvate, fleshy. Sta. 4, 
adhering to the per. Ovary i-celled, sunk in the 
receptacle; ovule solitary, erect, much reduced. 
Fr. a (false) beriy. Seeds + endospermous. 
Viscum, \Loranthus 
Order 7 ARISTOLOCHIALES. 
Flow, cyclic, epigynous, actinomorphic or zygo- 
morphic. Per. petaloid. Ovary inferior, usually 
3 — 6-celled. Ovules 00 • [Inch RaffLesia.'] 
Family 28. ARISTOLOCHIACF.®. Herbs, some- 
times climbers. Lea. spiral, simple, stalked, cor- 
date, exstipulate. Flow. 9 • 3-lobed or 
irregular. Sta. 6 or 12 (in Brit, sp.), free, epigynous, 
or + connate with the style (gynandrous) . Carp. 
(4 — 6) ; ovules anatropous ; plac. axile. Fr. a 
capsule. Seeds endospermous. 
Asarum, \^Aristolochia.'\ 
Order 8. POLYGONALES. 
Lea. spiral, with sheathing base. Flow, actino- 
morphic. Per. single or double. Ovary superior, 
i-celled, with i basal orthotropous ovule. 
Family 29. POLYGONACFiE. Herbs (usually), 
not mealy. Lea. simple, entire, with ochreate 
stipules; margin revolute in bud. Flow, small, 
cyclic or acyclic, usually g . Per. 3 — 6, free, red- 
dish or greenish. Sta. 5 — 9, perigynous or (more 
rarely) hypogynous. Carp. (2) or (3), with 2 or 3 
styles. Fr. a nut, triangular, enclosed in some of 
the enlarged per. segments. Seeds endospermous. 
Rumex, Oxyria, Polygonum, ^Rheum, 
Fagopyrum, Coccoloba.] 
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