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Tabular view of the Natural Families.*) 
Hypogynous polypetalae. 
Insertion of cor. and stas. hypog.—Ovary superior. 
§ Stas numerous, more than 10 (comp. Ranunculaceee 
and Resedaceee). 
* Stas united at the base among themselves. FIs reg. 
Cor. with 5 pets. 
16. Malvaceae. Stas monadelph. Styles numerous. Fr. com¬ 
posed of numerous 1-seeded carpels arranged in a circle and 
separating at maturity. Ls often palmati-lobed or—fid, stipulate. 
Pets, partly united at the base. Cl. 16. 
18. Hypericaceae. Stas 3—5-adelph. Styles 3—5. Fr. a 
caps, or berry. Ls undiv., entire, exstip., often marked with 
transparent dots. Cl. 18. 
* Stas entirely free. 
FIs reg. 
4. Papaveraceae. Seps 2, decid. Pets 4. Style 1. Capsule. 
Pis with milky juice. Cl. 13. 
7. Cistaceae. Seps 5, the 2 outer ones gen. smaller. Pets 
5. Style 1. Capsule. Ls undiv. and entire. Gen. shrubs or 
half-shrubs. Cl. 13. 
1. Ranunculaceae. Seps 3—6 or more. Pets 3-many (gen. 5), 
often small and nectary-shaped and then the cal. is coloured 
like a cor., less often 0 (Clematis, Thalictrum, Anemone, Caltha). 
Styles several or numerous, rarely few or 1. Carps, gen. sev¬ 
eral or numerous, either 1-seeded and indehiscent (nutlets) or 
many-seeded and dehiscing inwards (follicles), rarely (Actea) berry¬ 
like. Cl. 13. Irreg. fls are found in Delphinium and Aconitum; 
Myosurus gen. has 5 stas. 
17. Tiliacese. Seps 5. Pets 5. Style 1. Fr., by suppression, 
1-celled and nut-like, indehiscent. — Ligneous pis. 
3. Nymphseaceae. Seps 4—5. Pets numerous, spirally ar¬ 
ranged and transformed insensibly into stas. Fr. berry-like, 
many-celled and -seeded. Water pis with floating ls. 
Fls. irreg, (Comp, above, Ranunculacem). 
9. Reseclaceae. Pets 4—7, unequal, gen. 3-many-fid. Ovary 
open at the top.—Fr. capsular.—Fls in racemes or spikes. 
'*) We cannot of course strictly follow the natural order of the families 
here; thus the Pyrolacete and Ericineae, closely allied families, are found in 
different sections (Polypetalae and Monopetalae) ; in the same way the San- 
guisorbeae, which are apetalous, are far separated from the polypetalous Ro- 
saceae. — Further, we have taken into consideration principally, or indeed 
exclusively, those genera which are found in our province, especially as 
regards such families as are, here, only represented by a single genus. 
