SYNOPSIS OF ORDERS. 
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LXIV. Passiflorace®. Climbers, bisexual (one a tree). Leaves alter¬ 
nate, often lobed. Petals usually large, a corona in the 
mouth of the tube. Stamens 3 to 5. Ovary free on a stalk; 
style trifid. Fruit berry or capsule, many-seeded. ( Modecca 
unisexual.) 
LXV. Cucurbit ace.®. Herbs, climbing. Leaves alternate, lobed. 
Flowers unisexual, yellow or white. Stamens 3 ; anthers con¬ 
nate. Style divided (or simple). Ovary quite inferior. 
LXVI. Begoniace®. Herbs unisexual. Leaves alternate. Flowers 
white or pink. Sepals 2. Petals 2, all petaloid. Stamens 
numerous, connate. Ovary 3- to 5-celled; styles 3 to 5. Fruit 
angled or winged, usually capsular. 
LXVII. Datiscace®. Trees (or herbs). Leaves alternate. Flowers 
unisexual, small. Petals o (or 8). Ovary 1-locular; ovules 
many; styles 2 to 8. Fruit capsular. 
LXVTII. Cactace®, Fleshy shrubs, spiny, no leaves. Petals and 
stamens indefinite. Fruit berry. (Introduced only.) 
LXIX. Ficoide®. Herbs, some fleshy, not spiny. Leaves simple. 
Petals 5 or o (in Sesuviuni sepals coloured). Stamens 5. 
Ovary inferior. Fruit capsule. 
(d) Ovary inferior, 2- celled , z-ovuled . Styles free. 
Flowers in umbels. 
LXX. Umbellifer®. Herbs. Leaves often dissect. Fruit in 2 dry 
indehiscent carpels. 
LXXI. Araliace®. Shrubs or trees. Leaves usually alternate, 
palmate. Fruit fleshy with 2 seeds. 
LXXII. Cornace®, Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, entire. Flowers 
in panicles. Fruit a drupe, 1- to 2-seeded. 
Section (B.) Gamopetal^e. 
Petals connate in a tube. 
Ovary inferior, 2- or more-celled. 
LXXIII. Caprifoliace®. Shrubs, usually exstipulate. Flowers in 
corymbs. Leaves opposite. 
LXXIV. Rubiace®. Herbs, shrubs, trees. Stipules conspicuous. 
Flowers often axillary in cymes. Leaves opposite, entire. 
LXXV. Composit®. Herbs, shrubs, trees. Flowers small in involu- 
crate heads. Ovary i-celled, i-ovuled. Calyx-limb reduced 
to a pappus or o. Leaves alternate, often dissect. 
LXXVL Stylide®. Herbs. Flowers irregular. Stamens 2 connate 
with the style. Leaves radical or scattered on stem, alternate. 
LXXVII. Goodenovi®. Herbs and shrubs. Leaves alternate. Flowers 
irregular. Stamens 5, free. 
LXXVIII, Lobeliace®. Herbs. Flowers irregular. Stamens connate 
round the style. Fruit berry. 
