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SYNOPSIS OF ORDERS. 
L. Droseraceje. Insectivorous herbs. Leaves rosulate or scattered, 
covered with sticky hairs. Flowers small racemed. Calyx 
tubular 4- to 8-lobed. Petals 4 to 8, spathulate. Stamens as 
many. Ovary globose or ovoid, 1-celled; styles 3 to j. 
Capsule many-seeded. 
LI. CrassulacevE. Herbs fleshy. Leaves opposite or alternate. 
Flowers cymose. Calyx 3- to 5-lobed or tubular. Petals as 
many. Stamens perigynous as many or double. Carpels as 
many as petals, free, 1-celled. Ovules very many; follicles 
membranous. 
LII. Hamamelide/e. Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate. Flowers 
capitate. Sepals and petals various or o. Ovary inferior or 
half inferior of 2 carpels connate at base, tips free; ovules 1 
or many. 
(b) Ovary quite inferior included and adnate to calyx-tube. Style one, rarely 
more. Leaves simple. (Orders LIII-LX.) 
LIII. Halorageje. (Occurrence doubtful.) Herbs or shrublets. 
Flowers minute, often unisexual and incomplete. Carpels 1- 
seeded. 
LIV. Rhizophorace;e, Mangrove trees. Leaves opposite, coria¬ 
ceous. Stipulate. Seed germinating in calyx, emitting a long 
root. 
LY. Legnotidas. Trees. Leaves opposite, stipulate. Flowers 
small. Stamens 8 to 12. Ovary many-ovuled (half inferior 
in Gynotroches) . Fruit baccate or drupe. 
LVI. Anisophylleje. Shrubs and trees. Leaves alternate. Flowers 
very small. Ovary quite inferior; styles 3 to 4. Fruit drupe. 
LVI I. Combretaceaj. Climbers or trees. Flowers small. Petals 5 
or quite suppressed. Stamens 5 to 10. Ovary 1-celled; ovules 
2 to 6. Fruit drupe or 4- to 6-winged samara. Seed 1. 
LVIII. Myrtacea:. Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite. Stamens 
indefinite. Ovary 1- to 2-celled; ovules 2 to many. Fruit, 
drupe or capsule. 
LIX. Melastomace^e. Herbs, shrubs, trees. Leaves opposite, 
usually 3-nerved, Sepals imbricate. Stamens definite; 
anthers opening by terminal pores. Berry, capsule or drupe. 
LX. Lythrace^e. Herbs, shrubs, trees. Leaves opposite, entire. 
Sepals valvate. Stamens definite. Ovary usually free from 
sepals, 2- to many-celled; ovules and seeds many. 
LXI. Onagraceye. Herbs (shrubs or trees). Leaves often toothed. 
Sepals valvate. Stamens definite. Ovary 2- or i-celled, quite 
inferior. Capsule. 
(<?) Ovary inferior, unilocular, placentas parietal. Styles more or less divided 
{except Samydacetz). Leaves often lobed. Flowers unisexual. 
LXII. Samydace,e. Shrubs or trees. Flowers small. Leaves alter¬ 
nate. Stamens 4 to 15 with alternating staminodes or glands. 
Petals o to 15. 
LXIII. Turneraceze. Herbs, bisexual. Petals showy. Stamens 5. 
Ovary free from calyx; styles 3. Stigmas fan-shaped. 
