SYNOPSIS OF ORDERS. 
XXV 
XXII. 
XXIII. 
XXIV. 
XXV. 
XXVI. 
Bixacee. Shrubs. Leaves alternate, often lobed. Sepals 5. 
Petals large 5. Stamens numerous on a torus; anthers with 
2 pores or valves. Style 1. Capsule 2- to 5-valved. Seeds 
numerous, small arillate or woolly. 
Malvaceae. Herbs, shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate often 
lobed. Petals 5, large. Stamens numerous joined in a tube; 
anthers i-celled. Fruit capsular. 
Sterculiacee. Herbs, shrubs, trees. Flowers often unisexual 
and petals suppressed. Stamens connate; anthers bilocular. 
Fruit a capsule. 
Tiliacee. Trees, shrubs, herbs. Leaves entire. Sepals 3 
to 5. Petals as many. Stamens numerous free on a torus, 
2-celled. Ovary 2- to 10-celled, Fruit, drupe, berry or 
capsule. 
Gonystylacee. Tree. Leaves coriaceous alternate. Sepals 
valvate 5, connate hairy. Petals numerous linear simple, 
bifid or trifid shorter than the calyx. Stamens many from 
calyx base. Ovary 5- or 4-celled ; ovule 1 in a cell. Stigma 
clubbed. Fruit woody dehiscing. Seeds 1 or 2, large. 
Sub-section (ii). Disciflore. 
Calyx free from ovary. Petals in one row. Stamens definite in or round a 
fleshy disc often lobed or of glands. {Orders XXVII—XL V.) 
XXVII. 
XXVIII. 
XXIX. 
XXX. 
XXXI. 
XXXII. 
Linee. Climbing shrubs, trees, or herbs. Leaves alternate. 
Sepals 5. Petals 5. Stamens 5, 10, or 20, connate at base 
with 5 glands outside. Ovary 3- to 5-ceiled; ovules 1 to 2 in 
a cell; styles 3 to 5 more or less connate. Fruit capsular or 
drupe. 
Malpighiacee. Climbers, small trees, or shrubs. Leaves 
opposite. Sepals 5. Petals 5, clawed often toothed. Disc 
inconspicuous. Stamens 10, connate at base. Carpels 3 
(2 or 4); ovules 1 in each; styles 3. Fruit of 3-winged carpels 
or drupe. 
Oxalidacee, Trees, shrubs, or herbs. Leaves pinnate rarely 
simple. Flowers regular. Sepals imbricate, 5. Petals 5. 
Stamens 10. Ovary 5-lobed; ovules 1, 2, or many in a cell; 
styles 5, distinct. Fruit capsule or berry. 
Balsaminacee. Herbs. Leaves simple, usually opposite. 
Flowers irregular. Sepals petaloid, 3 to 5, one spurred. 
Petals 3, 2 side ones bilobe d. Stamens 5; filaments very 
short. Ovary 5-celled; ovules many. Capsule explosively 
dehiscing. 
Rutacee. Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, often com¬ 
pound, glandular. Sepals 4 or 5. Petals 4 or 5 imbricate. 
Stamens as many or twice as many. Disc between stamens 
and ovary. Carpels 4 to 5 free or connate. Styles free or 
connate. Fruit, berry or of 2 or more dehiscing cocci. 
Simarubacee. Trees or shrubs, bark bitter. Leaves pin¬ 
nate or simple. Flowers regular. Calyx 3- to 5-lobed. 
Petals 3 to 5. Disc annular or cup-shaped. Stamens as many 
or twice as many as petals. Ovary 2- to 5-lobed or carpels 
free 3 to 5 ; ovules usually solitary; styles 2 to 3, Fruit, 
drupe, capsule, or samara. 
