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Corolla irregular. 
Leaves compound. Sapindciceae. 
Leaves simple (or if compound then inflores- 
cence not a crowded raceme a foot 
or more long). 
Stamens equal to the petals in number; 
posterior petal spurred. Violarieae. 
Stamens twice or thrice as many as the 
petals. Geraniaceae. 
Leaves exstipulate. 
Gynaeceum of 1 carpel with or without 1 — 2 
aborted carpels. 
Fruit leguminous; corolla papilionaceous. 
Leguminosae. 
Fruit and corolla not as above; petals soon 
deciduous. Ancicardiacecie. 
Gynaeceum of more than 1 carpel. 
Gynaeceum more or less apocarpous. 
Carpels each with an hypogynous scale. 
Crassulaceae. 
Carpels without hypogynous scales. 
Flowers hermaphrodite ; carpels 2, hemi- 
spherical, united by their flat side ; 
sepals herbaceous with membranous 
margins. Ficoideae. 
Flowers dioecious. 
Leaves compound; upright shrubs; petals 
more than 1. Anacardiaceae. 
Leaves simple; upper branches twining; 
petal 1. Menispermacecie. 
Gynaeceum syncarpous. 
Cells of the ovary 1-ovuled. 
Trees; inflorescence paniculate; leaves dimi- 
diate. Olacineae. 
Herbs or shrubs ; inflorescence not panicu- 
late. 
Flowers unisexual, dioecious. 
Euphorbiaceae. 
Flowers hermaphrodite. 
