SYNOPSIS OF ORDERS. 
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XLII. Sapindace^e. Trees or shrubs, rarely climbing. Leaves alter¬ 
nate compound. Flowers small white, green, pink. Sepals 
4 to 5 free or connate imbricate. Petals o to 5, often unequal. 
Disc often unilateral. Stamens usually 8 within disc. Ovary 
entire or lobed 3- (or 1- to 4-)celled; style 1 (rarely 2 to 3), 
terminal or from between lobes; ovules 1 to 2 in cell. Fruit, 
drupe or capsule. 
XLIII, StaphYLEACE.E. Trees (or shrubs). Leaves opposite, com¬ 
pound, Flowers small, white, panicled. Sepals and petals 
5 each. Stamens 5. Disc flat or ring-like. Ovary 2- to 3- 
lobed; styles 3, free or connate. Fruit, a berry, 3-eelled. Seeds 
few or many albuminous. 
XLIV. SabiacejE. Shrubs or trees, rarely climbing. Leaves alter¬ 
nate simple or pinnate. Flowers small or minute. Calyx 
4- to 5-lobed. Petals 4 or 5 imbricate. Disc annular. Stamens 
4 or 5 opposite petals, often only 2 fertile; filaments clubbed. 
Anther connective wide; cells dehisce transversely. Ovary 
2- to 3-celled or lobed; ovules 1 to 2 in a cell; styles free or 
connate. Carpels in fruit 1 or 2 drupaceous. 
XLV. Anacardiaceje. Trees with caustic resin. Leaves alternate, 
rarely opposite, simple or compound. Flowers small, green, 
white or pink, often unisexual. Calyx 3- to 7-lobed. Petals 
3 to 7 (or 10). Disc annular. Stamens twice the number of 
petals from base of disc, often some sterile. Ovary 1-celled 
(rarely 2- to 5-celled); styles 1 to 3. Fruit, drupe or indehiscent 
nut, sometimes winged with calyx-lobes. 
Sub-section (iii). Calyciflor^e. 
(a) Calyx-tube enclosing or adnate to ovary. Petals, one row insert on 
calyx-tube. (Orders XLV I—LI I.) 
XLVI. Connarace/E. Lianes or small trees. Leaves alternate pin¬ 
nate. Flowers racemed or panicled, small. Calyx 4- to 5- 
lobed. Petals 5, linear-oblong imbricate. Stamens 5 to 
10. Disc o or surrounding stamens. Carpels 5 (rarely 1 
to 3), i-celled. Styles slender. Capsule a follicle. Seed 1, 
arillate. 
XLVII. Leguminos.e. Trees, shrubs, climbers, herbs. Leaves alter¬ 
nate compound stipulate. Flowers large or small, irregular 
[M into sees regular). Sepals 4 to 5, free or connate. Petals 
5 (or fewer). Stamens as many or numerous free or connate. 
Ovary 1 -celled carpel; style 1. Fruit a pod (rarely drupaceous), 
2-valved, Seeds 1 to many, hard. 
XLVIII. RosacejE. Trees or shrubs (or herbs). Leaves simple or 
compound alternate. Stipules 2. Calyx tubular, 5-lobed lined 
by disc. Petals on edge of disc 5. Stamens many. Ovary 
of one or more carpels connate and adnate to calyx-tube; 
ovules 2 in capel; styles 1 or more. Fruit a drupe, apple, or 
many drupelets on a torus. 
XLIX. SAXiFRAGACEiE. Shrubs, trees, or herbs. Calyx 5- to 12-lobed, 
free or adnate to ovary. Petals 4 to 5. Stamens as many or 
twice. Disc between stamens and ovary. Ovary of 2 to 5 
carpels more or less separate; styles as many, more or less 
connate. Fruit, capsule or berry. Seeds usually minute. 
