Style 1, with 2-5 stigmas, or styles 2-5. Sepals 5. Leaves alternate. 536
535. Leaves opposite, gland-dotted. Sepals 4-5. Filaments free or united
into several bundles. 180. Myrtaceae.
Leaves alternate, rarely dotted. Sepals 2-4. Filaments united into a
cup at the base. Fruit indehiscent. 176. Lecythidaceae.
536. Stipules absent. Calyx with open aestivation. Filaments collected in
5 bundles. Ovules in the whole ovary 3, pendulous. Style entire or
cleft at the top. Fruit a nut. Kissenia, 164. Loasaceae.
Stipules present. Calyx with imbricate aestivation. Ovules ascending.
Style more or less deeply divided. Fruit a berry or a drupe. 103. Rosaceae.
537. (527.) Style 1, undivided, with a single stigma or with 2 or more stigmas
contiguous at their base. 538
Styles 2-20, free or united below, the stigmas not contiguous at the
base. 546
538. Stamens as many or twice as many as the petals or fewer, 2-16. 539
Stamens more than twice as many as the petals, or stamens and petals
very numerous. 543
539. Stamens fewer than the petals, at least apparently (by coalescence), rarely
as many as the petals, but then, as usually, herbs with tendrils. Leaves
alternate. Flowers unisexual, rarely polygamous, 5-merous. Fruit
usually succulent and indehiscent. Seeds exalbuminous. 223. Cucurbitaceae.
Stamens as many or twice as many as the petals. Herbs without tendrils,
or woody plants. 540
540. Sepals valvate in bud. Stamens twice as many, rarely as many as the
petals; in the latter case leaves with small stipules. Anthers opening
by longitudinal slits. Seeds exalbuminous. 182. Oenotheraceae.
Sepals imbricate or open in bud, rarely valvate, but then either stamens
as many as the petals, leaves without stipules, and seeds albuminous,
or anthers opening by apical pores. 541
541. Leaves opposite or whorled, undivided, exstipulate, usually with several
longitudinal nerves. Filaments bent down in bud. Anthers usually
opening by apical pores. Stigma 1. Seeds exalbuminous. 181. Melastomataceae.
Leaves alternate. Stamens as many as the petals. Fruit capsular.
Seeds albuminous. 542
542. Stem herbaceous or woody at the base. Leaves exstipulate. Flowers
or inflorescences in the axils of the leaves or terminal. Ovules numerous
in each ovary-cell. 224. Campanulaceae.
Stem woody throughout. Flowers or inflorescences in the axils or on the
surface of the leaves. Ovules 6-8 in each ovary-cell. Seeds with an
aril. 129. Celastraceae.
543. Petals numerous. Stigmas 4-20. Seeds albuminous. Herbs or undershrubs. Mesembryanthemum, 72. Aizoaceae.
Petals 4-8. Stigma 1, entire or lobed. Seeds exalbuminous. Shrubs
or trees. Leaves undivided, exstipulate. 544
544. Sepals 5-8, red, with valvate aestivation. Petals crumpled in the bud.
Ovules at first basal, finally parietal. Leaves not dotted. Punica, 175. Punicaceae.
Sepals 2-4, rarely more, but then with imbricate, open, or closed aestivation.
Ovules axile. 545
545. Leaves alternate, rarely dotted. Sepals 2-4. Filaments united into a
cup at the base. 176. Lecythidaceae.
Leaves opposite, gland-dotted. 180. Myrtaceae.
546. (537.) Stamens 2-10. 547
Stamens numerous. 548
547. Stamens fewer than the petals, at least apparently (by coalescence),
more rarely as many as the petals, but then, as usually, tendril-bearing
herbs. Styles usually 3. Flowers 5-merous, unisexual or polygamous.
Fruit more or less berry-like. Seeds exalbuminous. 223. Cucurbitaceae.
Stamens as many as the petals, 4-5, and then styles 2 and stem woody,
or twice as many. Fruit capsular. Seeds albuminous, rarely exalbuminous,
but then flowers 4-merous. 96. Saxifragaceae.
548. Petals 3-5. Seeds exalbuminous. 549
Petals numerous. Seeds albuminous. Herbs or undershrubs. 550
549. Flowers unisexual. Sepals and petals not distinctly differentiated, together
8-9. Ovules many in each ovary-cell. Begonia, 165. Begoniaceae.
Flowers hermaphrodite. Sepals and petals distinctly differentiated,
together 10. Ovules few in each ovary-cell. Shrubs. Cydonia, 103. Rosaceae.
550. Sepals nearly hypogynous, 4. Ovules inserted upon the dissepiments.
Fruit bursting irregularly. Embryo straight. Leaves radical, floating,
peltate or cordate. Flowers solitary. Nymphaea, 76. Nymphaeaceae.
Sepals epigynous, usually 5. Ovules basal or parietal. Fruit opening
loculicidally. Embryo curved. Leaves not floating. Flowers in
cymes or panicles. Mesembryanthemum, 72. Aizoaceae.
551. (52.) Ovary superior or nearly so. 552
Ovary inferior to half-inferior. 728
552. Ovary 1, entire or lobed. 553
Ovaries 2 or more, separate or cohering at the base only. 719
553. Ovary 1-celled, sometimes incompletely chambered. 554
Ovary completely or almost completely 2- or more-celled, at least at the
time of flowering (sometimes incompletely septate in the bud). 604
554. Ovule 1. 555
Ovules 2 or more. 570
555. Ovule erect or ascending. 556
Ovule pendulous or descending. Style simple. 564
556. Style 1, entire or cleft at the top into 2 or more stigmas (or branches
stigmatose on the inside). 557
Styles 3-5, free or united at the base. Stamens 5, opposite the petals. 563
557. Stamens free from the corolla or inserted on its base. 558
Stamens inserted on the upper part or near the middle of the corolla. 561
558. Corolla (or corolla-like perianth) with valvate or folded aestivation.
Leaves exstipulate. 69. Nyctaginaceae.
Corolla with imbricate or open aestivation; in the latter case leaves
stipulate. Stamens as many as the divisions of the corolla. 559
559. Flowers 5-merous. Stigmas 3. Herbs. Leaves opposite, stipulate. Cometes, 75. Caryophyllaceae.
Flowers 4-merous. Stigma 1. 560
560. Flowers unisexual, solitary or in fascicles. Seeds albuminous. Herbs.
Leaves all radical, exstipulate. Litorella, 218. Plantaginaceae.
Flowers hermaphrodite, in racemes or panicles. Seeds exalbuminous.
Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, stipulate. Salvadora, 131. Salvadoraceae.
561. Stamens fewer than the divisions of the corolla, 4. Leaves whorled.
Shrubs. 205. Verbenaceae.
Stamens as many as the divisions of the corolla. 562
562. Stamens alternating with the divisions of the corolla (or the petaloid
staminodes). Seeds albuminous. 68. Amarantaceae.
Stamens opposite the divisions of the corolla (or petaloid perianth), 4.
Stigma 1. Seeds exalbuminous. Leaves alternate. Shrubs or trees. 55. Proteaceae.
563. (556.) Sepals 2. Anthers turned outwards. Styles 3. Seeds with
curved embryo. 74. Basellaceae.
Sepals 5. Anthers turned inwards. Styles 5. Seeds with straight
embryo. 192. Plumbaginaceae.
564. Petals in the male flowers 2-4, united below, in the female 1-2, free.
Sepals in the male flowers 4, in the female 1-2. Stamens 4-10, with
united filaments. 80. Menispermaceae.
Petals united below in the flowers of both sexes, or flowers hermaphrodite. 565
565. Stamens fewer than the divisions of the calyx or corolla, 4. Anthers
opening by a transverse slit. Flowers 5-merous, irregular. Seeds
albuminous. 566
Stamens as many as or more than the divisions of the corolla, rarely
(Ericaceae) fewer, but then only 3. 567
566. Ovary 1-celled from the beginning. Stigma 2-lobed, rarely entire, and
then corolla-lobes very unequal. 215. Globulariaceae.
Ovary originally 2-celled, one cell becoming rudimentary. Stigma entire.
Corolla-lobes almost equal. Microdon, 208. Scrophulariaceae.
567. Stamens as many as and opposite the divisions of the corolla (or corolla-like
perianth), 4, inserted on the upper part or near the middle of the
corolla. Corolla valvate in bud. Seeds exalbuminous. 55. Proteaceae.
Stamens as many as and alternate with the divisions of the corolla, or
fewer or more numerous, inserted on the base of the corolla or free from
it. 568
568. Stamens 10, perigynous. Anthers opening by two longitudinal slits.
Flowers regular. 171. Thymelaeaceae.
Stamens 3-8, hypogynous. 569
569. Flowers regular. Sepals 3-4. Corolla-lobes 3-4. Anthers opening by
two pores or slits. Seeds albuminous. 189. Ericaceae.
Flowers irregular. Sepals 5. Corolla-lobes 3 or 5. Stamens 8. Anthers
opening by a single pore or slit. Seeds exalbuminous. Securidaca, 120. Polygalaceae.
570. (554.) Ovules 2. 571
Ovules 3 or more. 578
571. Stamens 4, fewer than the divisions of the corolla. Flowers irregular.
Leaves opposite. 572
Stamens 3 or more, as many as or more than the divisions of the corolla. 573
572. Anthers opening by pores. Fruit a drupe. Seeds exalbuminous. Climbing
shrubs. Flowers in clusters. Afromendoncia, 216. Acanthaceae.
Anthers opening by longitudinal slits. Stigmas 2. Fruit a capsule or
nut. Seeds albuminous. Prostrate herbs. Flowers solitary. Linariopsis, 210. Pedaliaceae.
573. Stamens as many as the divisions of the corolla, 4-5. Leaves simple,
entire toothed or lobed. Flowers regular. 574
Stamens more than the divisions of the corolla, rarely the same number,
but then, as usually, leaves compound. 576
574. Stamens opposite to the divisions of the corolla. Calyx with valvate,
corolla with contorted aestivation. Ovules ascending. Leaves stipulate. Waltheria, 144. Sterculiaceae.
Stamens alternating with the divisions of the corolla. Leaves exstipulate. 575
575. Ovules erect. Style 2-parted, rarely simple, and then herbs. Calyx
with imbricate, corolla with valvate or folded aestivation. 202. Convolvulaceae.
Ovules pendulous. Style simple or wanting. Shrubs or trees. 132. Icacinaceae.
576. Stamens more than the divisions of the corolla, but fewer than twice
as many, 4-7, usually 6. Anthers opening by pores. Corolla 4-lobed.
Leaves whorled, undivided, linear. Salaxis, 189. Ericaceae.
Stamens as many or twice as many as the divisions of the corolla, or more.
Leaves alternate. 577
577. Corolla regular, 5-partite, with imbricate aestivation. Stamens 10, five
of them sometimes sterile. Ovules erect, straight. Shrubs or trees.
Leaves compound, exstipulate. Flowers in panicles or racemes. Connarus, 104. Connaraceae.
Corolla regular, with valvate aestivation, or irregular. Ovules inverted.
Leaves usually stipulate. 105. Leguminosae.
578. (570.) Ovules basal or inserted upon a free central placenta. 579
Ovules parietal. 587
579. Ovules 3, pendulous. Style simple. Fertile stamens as many as and
opposite the corolla-lobes, 5-6, or fewer, 3. Flowers regular. Fruit
a drupe. Trees, shrubs, or undershrubs. Leaves alternate. Olax, 59. Olacaceae.
Ovules 3, ascending, or more. 580
580. Style 3-cleft. Stamens more than corolla-lobes, 8-30, rarely fewer, 3.
Sepals 2. Corolla-lobes 5. Herbs or undershrubs. 73. Portulacaceae.
Style simple or 2-cleft, rarely (Caryophyllaceae) 3-cleft, but then sepals,
corolla-lobes and stamens 5 each. 581
581. Stamens as many as and opposite the divisions of the corolla, 3-7. Style
simple. 582
Stamens as many as and alternate with the divisions of the corolla, or fewer
or more numerous. 583
582. Fruit a capsule. Herbs or undershrubs. 191. Primulaceae.
Fruit a nut, berry, or drupe. Shrubs or trees, very rarely herbs or undershrubs.
Leaves alternate, gland-dotted. 190. Myrsinaceae.
583. Stamens 5. Flowers regular. 584
Stamens 2, 4, or 8. 585
584. Leaves opposite, stipulate. Corolla deeply divided, with imbricate
aestivation. Styles 1 or 3. Herbs or undershrubs. 75. Caryophyllaceae.
Leaves alternate, exstipulate. Styles 1-2. 202. Convolvulaceae.
585. Stamens 4, free from the corolla, or 8. Flowers regular, 4-merous. Stigma
1. Seeds albuminous. Low shrubs. Leaves whorled, narrow. 189. Ericaceae.
Stamens 4, inserted on the corolla-tube, or 2. 586
586. Anthers opening by a transverse slit. Stamens 2. Style wanting. Sepals
2 or 5. Corolla distinctly 2-lipped. Leaves alternate or all radical.
Herbs. 214. Lentibulariaceae.
Anthers opening by two longitudinal slits. Style present. Ovules 4.
Leaves opposite or whorled. 205. Verbenaceae.
587. (578.) Ovules attached to a single placenta. Style simple. Stamens as
many as or more than the divisions of the corolla. Leaves alternate,
compound or reduced to the dilated petiole. 105. Leguminosae.
Ovules attached to two or more placentas. 588.
588. Style simple or 2-cleft. 589
Style 3-10-cleft. Flowers unisexual or polygamous. 603
589. Fertile stamens fewer than the divisions of the corolla, 1-4. 590
Fertile stamens as many as or more than the divisions of the corolla. 595
590. Fertile stamen 1, staminodes 3. Corolla-lobes 4. Stigma 2-cleft. Herbs.
Leaves opposite, undivided. 199. Gentianaceae.
Fertile stamens 2 or 4. 591
591. Fertile stamens 2. Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves undivided. Flowers
irregular. 592
Fertile stamens 4. 594
592. Seeds 4, with thin albumen. Fruit a capsule with a drupaceous rind
Ovules 4-16. Stigma 2-parted. Staminodes 3. Martynia, 211. Martyniaceae.
Seeds numerous, without albumen. Ovules numerous. 593
593. Disc wanting. Ovary and fruit ovate. Placentas little projecting.
Staminodes none. Small water-plants. Leaves opposite. Dintera, 208. Scrophulariaceae.
Disc rarely wanting, and then ovary and fruit linear or oblong and placentas
much projecting. 213. Gesneraceae.
594. Placentas 2. Fruit a berry or nut. Seeds exalbuminous. Shrubs or
trees. Leaves compound. 209. Bignoniaceae.
Placentas 4. Fruit a capsule. Seeds albuminous. Herbs without
green colour. Leaves scale-like. Flowers irregular. 212. Orobanchaceae.
595. (589.) Stamens as many as the divisions of the corolla, 3-8. 596
Stamens more numerous than the divisions of the corolla, 7 or more.
Shrubs or trees. 600
596. Style stigmatose beneath the thickened, often 2-lobed apex. Placentas
2. Corolla with contorted aestivation. Flowers regular or nearly so,
5-, rarely 4-merous. Juice milky. 200. Apocynaceae.
Style stigmatose at the apex or between the apical lobes. Juice not
milky. 597
597. Leaves and stem without green colour; stem herbaceous, leaves scale-like.
Flowers irregular. Stamens 4. Placentas 4. 212. Orobanchaceae.
Leaves green, rarely (Gentianaceae) without green colour, but then flowers
regular, stamens 5 and placentas 2. 598
598. Leaves alternate, without stipules. Stem woody. Bark resinous.
Flowers regular, 5-merous. Stigma 1. Pittosporum, 97. Pittosporaceae.
Leaves opposite or whorled, rarely alternate or all radical, but then stem
herbaceous. 599
599. Stem woody. Leaves opposite or whorled, usually stipulate. Flowers
4-merous. 198. Loganiaceae.
Stem herbaceous or woody at the base only, rarely throughout, but
then flowers 5-merous. Leaves exstipulate. 199. Gentianaceae.
600. Stamens 7-18, with united filaments. Placentas 3-5. 601
Stamens 23 or more, with free filaments. Leaves undivided. 602
601. Sepals 3. Corolla-lobes 4-6. Stamens 7-9 or 14-18. Anthers
opening outwards. Cinnamosma, 157. Winteranaceae.
Sepals 4-5. Corolla-lobes 4-5. Stamens 8-10. Anthers opening
inwards or laterally. 118. Meliaceae.
602. Corolla-lobes 6. Sepals 3. Filaments and styles very short. Placentas
numerous, confluent. Albumen abundant, ruminate. 81. Anonaceae.
Corolla-lobes 11-14. Sepals 2-4. Filaments and styles long. Placentas
2, two-cleft. Albumen scanty, uniform. Hoplestigma, 194. Hoplestigmataceae.
603. (588.) Stamens as many as the corolla-lobes, 3-5. Fruit a capsule.
Herbs or undershrubs. 162. Achariaceae.
Stamens twice as many as the corolla-lobes, 10. Fruit a berry. Trees. Carica, 163. Caricaceae.
604. (553.) Ovary 2-celled. 605
Ovary 3- or more-celled. 669
605. Ovules solitary in each ovary-cell. 606
Ovules 2 or more in each ovary-cell. 621
606. Ovules erect or ascending. 607
Ovules pendulous, descending, or horizontal. 611
607. Fertile stamens 2 or 4. 608
Fertile stamens 5 or 6. 609
608. Seeds borne on a hook-like outgrowth of the funicle, exalbuminous. Fruit
capsular. 216. Acanthaceae.
Seeds not on a hook-like outgrowth of the funicle. 205. Verbenaceae.
609. Stamens opposite the divisions of the corolla. Anthers opening outwards.
Stigma 1. Trees or shrubs. 193. Sapotaceae.
Stamens alternate with the divisions of the corolla. Anthers opening
inward. 610
610. Stigma 1. Corolla with imbricate or contorted aestivation. Seeds
exalbuminous. Herbs. Leaves alternate, exstipulate. Rochelia, 204. Borraginaceae.
Stigmas 2. Corolla with valvate aestivation. Seeds albuminous. Trees
or shrubs. Leaves opposite or whorled, stipulate. Gaertnera, 219. Rubiaceae.
611. (606.) Fertile stamens 2 or 4. 612
Fertile stamens 5 or more. 618
612. Stamens 4, free from the corolla. Corolla regular or nearly so, 2-4-lobed.
Seeds with abundant albumen. 189. Ericaceae.
Stamens inserted on the corolla. 613
613. Corolla scarious, regular, 4-lobed. Stamens 4. Stigma 1. Fruit opening
by a lid. Seeds albuminous. Plantago, 218. Plantaginaceae.
Corolla not scarious, more or less irregular, rarely regular, but then stamens
2 or stigmas 2. 614
614. Corolla regular. Stamens 2, alternating with the ovary-cells. Disc
wanting. Seeds with scanty albumen. Shrubs. Leaves compound,
but sometimes with a single leaflet. Jasminum, 197. Oleaceae.
Corolla more or less irregular, rarely regular, but then stamens 4. Leaves
simple. 615
615. Flowers regular. Stamens 4. Anthers opening by two slits. Style 2-cleft.
Fruit capsular. Seeds exalbuminous. Low shrubs. Leaves
alternate. Wellstedia, 204. Borraginaceae.
Flowers more or less irregular. Leaves opposite or whorled, rarely
alternate, but then anthers opening by a single slit or pore. 616
616. Leaves alternate, at least the upper ones. Anthers opening by a single
slit or pore. Seeds albuminous. 208. Scrophulariaceae.
Leaves opposite or whorled. 617
617. Fruit a capsule. Seeds borne on a hook-like process of the funicle, exalbuminous. 216. Acanthaceae.
Fruit a drupe or a nut. Seeds not on a hook-like process of the funicle,
albuminous. Stamens 4. Anthers opening by two slits. Herbs. 205. Verbenaceae.
618. (611.) Flowers distinctly irregular. Stamens united at the base with one
another and with the corolla. Anthers opening by a single pore. 120. Polygalaceae.
Flowers regular or nearly so. Anthers opening by two slits or pores. 619
619. Flowers unisexual. Stamens free from the corolla. 122. Euphorbiaceae.
Flowers hermaphrodite. Leaves undivided. 620
620. Calyx and corolla of 2-4 divisions each. Stamens 6-8, free from the
corolla or nearly so. 189. Ericaceae.
Calyx and corolla of 5 divisions each. Stamens 5, attached to the corolla;
filaments free. Stigmas 2. 200. Apocynaceae.
621. (605.) Ovules 2 in each cell of the ovary. 622
Ovules 3 or more in each cell of the ovary. 640
622. Fertile stamens 2-3. 623
Fertile stamens 4-30. 626
623. Flowers regular. Stamens 2, alternating with the ovary-cells, rarely 3.
Disc wanting. 197. Oleaceae.
Flowers more or less irregular. Stamens not regularly alternating with
the ovary-cells. 624
624. Leaves stipulate, alternate. Style 2-cleft. Petals 2-cleft. Seeds exalbuminous.
Trees or shrubs. Tapura, 121. Dichapetalaceae.
Leaves exstipulate, opposite or whorled, rarely alternate, but then, as
nearly always, style simple. 625
625. Seeds borne on a hook-like outgrowth of the funicle, exalbuminous. 216. Acanthaceae.
Seeds not on a hook-like outgrowth of the funicle, albuminous. 208. Scrophulariaceae.
626. (622.) Fertile stamens 4. 627
Fertile stamens 5-30. 634
627. Corolla with 4 divisions. 628
Corolla with 5 divisions. 632
628. Flowers more or less irregular. Seeds exalbuminous. Leaves opposite
or whorled, without stipules. 216. Acanthaceae.
Flowers regular. Seeds albuminous. 629
629. Corolla scarious, regular. Stigma entire. Fruit opening by a lid. Leaves
sessile. Plantago, 218. Plantaginaceae.
Corolla not scarious. 630
630. Leaves alternate. Styles or stigmas 2. Ovules erect 202. Convolvulaceae.
Leaves opposite or whorled. Shrubs or trees. 631
631. Leaves provided with stipules or connected at their base by transverse
lines or ridges. 198. Loganiaceae.
Leaves without either stipules or transverse lines or ridges at their base. 197. Oleaceae.
632. Leaves alternate, at least the upper ones. Flowers regular or nearly so.
Corolla white. Stigma entire or 4-lobed. Fruit a drupe. Seeds
albuminous. 217. Myoporaceae.
Leaves opposite or whorled, rarely the upper ones alternate, but then
flowers irregular, stigma 2-partite and fruit a capsule or nut. 633
633. Seeds with scanty albumen. Plants with glandular hairs. 210. Pedaliaceae.
Seeds without albumen. 216. Acanthaceae.
634. (626.) Stamens 5. 635
Stamens 8-30. 639
635. Style (or styles) stigmatose beneath the thickened and sometimes 2-lobed
apex. Corolla with contorted aestivation. 200. Apocynaceae.
Style (or styles) stigmatose at the apex or between the apical lobes. 636
636. Leaves opposite or whorled, stipulate or connected by transverse lines
or ridges. Shrubs or trees. 198. Loganiaceae.
Leaves alternate. 637
637. Ovules erect. Corolla lobed or nearly entire, usually folded in bud. 202. Convolvulaceae.
Ovules pendulous. Styles or stigmas 2. Corolla lobed, but imbricate
in bud, or deeply divided. Shrubs or trees. 638
638. Leaves stipulate. Flowers in axillary cymes or panicles. Fruit a drupe. Dichapetalum, 121. Dichapetalaceae.
Leaves exstipulate. Flowers in terminal spikes or heads. Fruit a capsule. Lonchostoma, 100. Bruniaceae.
639. Stamens 8. Style 1. Flowers hermaphrodite. Salaxis, 189. Ericaceae.
Stamens 10-30. Styles 2. Flowers unisexual or polygamous. Euclea, 195. Ebenaceae.
640. (621.) Fertile stamens 1-4. 641
Fertile stamens 5-16. 658
641. Flowers more or less irregular. 642
Flowers regular. 652
642. Leaves opposite or whorled. 643
Leaves alternate, at least the upper ones. 648
643. Leaves provided with stipules or connected at their base by transverse
lines or ridges. Shrubs or trees. 198. Loganiaceae.
Leaves rarely with stipules or transverse lines or ridges at their base,
and then herbs or undershrubs. 644
644. Seeds with distinctly developed albumen. 645
Seeds with very scanty albumen or without any. 646
645. Seeds with funicles provided with a wart-like outgrowth. Placentas
remaining attached to the beaked and recurved valves of the capsule.
Disc not distinctly developed. Calyx deeply divided. Corolla-lobes
5, with descending aestivation. Anther-halves not confluent. Stigma
lobed. Flowers in spikes. 216. Acanthaceae.
Seeds without an outgrowth from the funicle or without a funicle. Placentas
usually separating from the valves of the capsule. Disc more or less
distinctly developed. 208. Scrophulariaceae.
646. Seeds with scanty albumen. Plants with glandular hairs. Stamens 4. 210. Pedaliaceae.
Seeds without albumen. 647
647. Seeds borne on a large hook-like outgrowth of the funicle, rarely on a small
cushion-shaped one, and then herbs. Fruit a capsule, the valves bearing
the split dissepiment. Ovules usually few. Leaves simple. 216. Acanthaceae.
Seeds not on a hook-like outgrowth of the funicle, more or less distinctly
winged or marginate. Fruit a capsule, the valves usually separating
from the more or less dilated dissepiment, or a nut or berry. Ovules
numerous. Stamens 4. Leaves usually compound. Shrubs or trees. 209. Bignoniaceae.
648 (642.) Corolla with valvate or folded aestivation. Partition of the ovary
usually placed obliquely to the median plane of the flower. 207. Solanaceae.
Corolla with imbricate, not folded aestivation. Partition of the ovary
usually placed transversely to the median plane of the flower. 649
640. Fruit a drupe. Ovules in each ovary-cell 4-6, in pairs placed one above
the other. Stigma 1. Stamens 4. Anther-halves confluent at the apex.
Shrubs. Oftia, 217. Myoporaceae.
Fruit a capsule, nut, or berry. Ovules usually numerous. 650
650. Seeds exalbuminous, usually horizontal and winged. Ovules numerous.
Stigmas 2. Stamens 4. Shrubs or trees. Leaves usually compound. 209. Bignoniaceae.
Seeds albuminous. Leaves simple, but sometimes dissected. 651
651. Albumen very thin, nearly membranous. Stigmas or stigma-lobes 2.
Stamens 4. Plants with glandular hairs. Lower leaves opposite. 210. Pedaliaceae.
Albumen distinctly developed. 208. Scrophulariaceae.
652. (641.) Corolla with contorted aestivation. Stamens 4. 653
Corolla with valvate or imbricate, not contorted aestivation. 654
653. Style stigmatose below the apex. Mostly shrubs or trees. 200. Apocynaceae.
Style stigmatose at the apex or between the apical lobes. Fruit a septicidal
capsule. Herbs or undershrubs. 199. Gentianaceae.
654. Corolla scarious. Stamens 4. Disc wanting. Stigma 1. Fruit dehiscing
by a lid. Flowers in spikes or heads. Plantago, 218. Plantaginaceae.
Corolla not scarious. Fruit dehiscing lengthwise or indehiscent. 655
655. Anthers with confluent halves, opening by a transverse slit. Disc more
or less distinctly developed. 208. Scrophulariaceae.
Anthers with distinct halves, opening by two longitudinal slits or apical
pores. 656
656. Leaves alternate, simple, but sometimes dissected. Corolla usually
folded in bud. Partition of the ovary usually placed obliquely to the
median plane of the flower. Ovules generally numerous. 207. Solanaceae.
Leaves opposite or whorled, rarely alternate, but then compound.
Corolla not folded. Trees, shrubs, or undershrubs. 657
657. Leaves provided with stipules or connected at their base by transverse
lines or ridges, simple, opposite or whorled. Ovules usually numerous. 198. Loganiaceae.
Leaves without either stipules or transverse lines or ridges at their base.
Ovules 3-4 in each ovary-cell. Disc none. 197. Oleaceae.
658. (640.) Leaves opposite or whorled. 659
Leaves alternate. 662
659. Leaves provided with stipules or connected at their base by transverse
lines or ridges. Shrubs or trees. 198. Loganiaceae.
Leaves without stipules, but sometimes connected by transverse lines;
in this case herbs or undershrubs. Stamens 5. 660
660. Corolla with imbricate, not contorted aestivation. Style stigmatose
at the entire apex. Fruit a berry. Shrubs growing upon trees. Dermatobotrys, 208. Scrophulariaceae.
Corolla with contorted aestivation. 661
661. Style stigmatose at the apex or between the apical lobes. Fruit a septicidal
capsule. Herbs or undershrubs. 199. Gentianaceae.
Style stigmatose below the apex. Mostly shrubs or trees. 200. Apocynaceae.
662. Corolla with valvate or folded aestivation. 663
Corolla with imbricate or contorted aestivation. 665
663. Stamens free from the corolla. Herbs. Lightfootia, 224. Campanulaceae.
Stamens attached to the corolla. 664
664. Corolla almost entire, somewhat irregular. Trees. Humbertia, 202. Convolvulaceae.
Corolla lobed, rarely almost entire, but then herbs or undershrubs. 207. Solanaceae.
665. Corolla with contorted aestivation. Style stigmatose beneath the thickened
and sometimes 2-lobed apex. 200. Apocynaceae.
Corolla with imbricate, not contorted aestivation. Style (or styles)
stigmatose at the apex or between the apical lobes. 666
666. Styles 2, free or united at the base. Disc wanting. Corolla regular
Seeds albuminous; embryo straight. Herbs or undershrubs. 203. Hydrophyllaceae.
Style 1, undivided. 667
667. Seeds winged, exalbuminous. Fruit a loculicidal capsule. Stigmas 2.
Corolla slightly irregular. Shrubs. 209. Bignoniaceae.
Seeds not winged, albuminous. 668
668. Seeds with straight embryo. Fruit a capsule opening lengthwise. Stigma
1. Corolla slightly irregular; tube short. 208. Scrophulariaceae.
Seeds with curved embryo. Fruit a capsule opening by a lid, or a berry.
Anthers opening by two longitudinal slits. 207. Solanaceae.
669. (604.) Ovule 1 in each ovary-cell 670
Ovules 2 or more in each ovary-cell. 685
670. Stamens as many as and alternate with the divisions of the corolla, or
fewer. 671
Stamens as many as and opposite the divisions of the corolla, or more. 679
671. Flowers unisexual, regular. Corolla divided almost to the base. Disc
wanting. Fruit a drupe. Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate. Ilex, 128. Aquifoliaceae.
Flowers hermaphrodite, rarely polygamous. 672
672. Anthers opening by an apical pore. Stamens 5. Ovary 3-celled. Flowers
irregular. 120. Polygalaceae.
Anthers opening by two longitudinal slits sometimes confluent at the
apex; in the latter case ovary 4-celled. 673
673. Stamens free from the corolla or scarcely adhering to it, 4. Flowers
regular. 189. Ericaceae.
Stamens evidently attached to the corolla-tube. 674
674. Corolla scarious, 4-lobed, regular. Stamens 4. Disc wanting. Stigma 1.
Ovules pendulous or laterally affixed. Fruit opening by a lid. Plantago, 218. Plantaginaceae.
Corolla not scarious. 675
675. Corolla with valvate or folded aestivation, regular. Stamens 5. Leaves
alternate. 202. Convolvulaceae.
Corolla with imbricate or contorted aestivation. 676
676. Stamens as many as the divisions of the corolla. Ovules with the micropyle
directed upwards. Leaves, all or the upper ones, alternate, undivided.
Inflorescences cymose, usually one-sided and coiled when
young. 204. Borraginaceae.
Stamens fewer than the divisions of the corolla, rarely the same number,
but then ovules with the micropyle directed downwards and leaves
opposite or whorled. 677
677. Leaves alternate, at least the upper ones, undivided. Corolla regular,
5-lobed. Stamens 4. Anther-halves confluent at the apex. Ovules
pendulous, the micropyle directed upwards. Fruit a drupe. Shrubs. Myoporum, 217. Myoporaceae.
Leaves opposite or whorled, rarely alternate, but then corolla 2-lipped.
Ovules with the micropyle directed downwards. 678
678. Ovary deeply divided, more rarely slightly lobed, and then, as usually,
fruit dry. Inflorescence composed of sometimes one-flowered cymes
arranged in false whorls. 206. Labiatae.
Ovary entire, rarely slightly lobed, and then fruit succulent, drupaceous.
Inflorescence usually of the racemose type. 205. Verbenaceae.
679. (670.) Anthers 1-celled, opening by a single slit. Stamens numerous.
Calyx with valvate, corolla with contorted aestivation. Leaves simple,
stipulate. 142. Malvaceae.
Anthers 2-celled. 680
680. Style 1, undivided. 681
Styles 2 or more, free or partially united. 683
681. Stamens more than the divisions of the corolla, 4-8. Fruit a capsule
or nut. Leaves undivided, exstipulate. 189. Ericaceae.
Stamens as many as or more than the divisions of the corolla; in the
latter case, 12 or more. Fruit a berry. 682
682. Corolla with valvate aestivation. Stamens 5. Leaves pinnate. Leea, 138. Vitaceae.
Corolla with imbricate aestivation. Leaves undivided. 193. Sapotaceae.
683. Flowers hermaphrodite. Sepals free. Corolla 5-partite. Stamens 10.
Ovary lobed, 5-celled. Styles 5, free. Herbs or undershrubs, rarely
shrubs. 108. Oxalidaceae.
Flowers unisexual or polygamous, rarely hermaphrodite, but then sepals
united below and ovary-cells twice as many as the styles. 684
684. Leaves exstipulate, undivided. Shrubs or trees. Flowers solitary or in
cymes, axillary. Corolla with contorted or valvate aestivation. 195. Ebenaceae.
Leaves stipulate, rarely exstipulate, but then herbs or undershrubs, and
corolla with imbricate, not contorted aestivation. Flowers in racemes
or panicles, unisexual. 122. Euphorbiaceae.
685. (669.) Ovules 2 in each ovary-cell. 686
Ovules 3 or more in each ovary-cell. 701
686. Stamens as many as and alternate with the divisions of the corolla, or
fewer. 687
Stamens as many as and opposite the divisions of the corolla, or more. 693
687. Stamens 4. 688
Stamens 5-7, rarely (Dichapetalaceae) 2-3 only fertile. 691
688. Corolla irregular, 5-lobed. Seeds with scanty albumen. Herbs. Leaves
opposite, lobed, stipulate. Pretrea, 210. Pedaliaceae.
Corolla regular, 4-lobed or 4-parted. Seeds with abundant albumen.
Leaves opposite and exstipulate, or alternate. 689
689. Flowers unisexual. Corolla deeply divided. Fruit a drupe. Ilex, 128. Aquifoliaceae.
Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous. Fruit a capsule or nut. 690
690. Stamens free from the corolla or slightly adhering to it at the base. 189. Ericaceae.
Stamens evidently attached to the corolla-tube. Plantago, 218. Plantaginaceae.
691. Ovary 4-8-celled. Disc wanting. Corolla deeply divided. Flowers
unisexual. Ilex, 128. Aquifoliaceae.
Ovary 3-celled. Disc present. 692
692. Corolla folded in the bud. Ovules erect. Seeds albuminous. Ipomoea, 202. Convolvulaceae.
Corolla not folded in the bud. Ovules pendulous. Stigmas 3. Seeds
exalbuminous. Shrubs or trees. Leaves stipulate. 121. Dichapetalaceae.
693. (686.) Stamens as many to twice as many as the divisions of the corolla. 694
Stamens more than twice as many as the divisions of the corolla. 698
694. Leaves stipulate, alternate. Sepals united below, valvate in bud. 144. Sterculiaceae.
Leaves exstipulate, rarely (Oxalidaceae) stipulate, but then sepals free and
imbricate in bud. 695
695. Style 1, undivided. 696
Styles 2-8, free or partially united. 697
696. Stamens 8-10; filaments united; anthers opening by longitudinal slits. 118. Meliaceae.
Stamens 4-8; filaments free, rarely united, but then anthers opening by
apical pores. Leaves undivided. 189. Ericaceae.
697. Sepals free. Corolla deeply divided. Stamens 10. Filaments united
in a cup at the base. Styles 5. Herbs or undershrubs, rarely shrubs.
Leaves alternate. Flowers hermaphrodite. 108. Oxalidaceae.
Sepals united below. Filaments free or united in several bundles. Shrubs
or trees. 195. Ebenaceae.
698. Leaves exstipulate, undivided. Styles 2-8, free or united at the base.
Shrubs or trees. 195. Ebenaceae.
Leaves stipulate, rarely exstipulate, but then style 1, undivided. 699
699. Corolla with valvate aestivation. Style simple. Shrubs or trees. Leaves
undivided. 145. Scytopetalaceae.
Corolla with contorted, calyx with valvate aestivation. 700
700. Anthers 1-celled. 142. Malvaceae.
Anthers 2-celled. 144. Sterculiaceae.
701. (685.) Stamens as many as and alternate with the divisions of the corolla,
or fewer. 702
Stamens as many as and opposite the divisions of the corolla, or more. 708
702. Stamens fewer than the divisions of the corolla, 4. Flowers irregular.
Albumen scanty. 703
Stamens as many as the divisions of the corolla. 704
703. Anthers opening by a transverse slit. Stigma 1. Ovary 3-celled. Leaves
whorled. Shrubs. Bowkeria, 208. Scrophulariaceae.
Anthers opening by two longitudinal slits. Stigmas 2. 210. Pedaliaceae.
704. Corolla with valvate or folded aestivation. 705
Corolla with imbricate or contorted aestivation. 706
705. Leaves opposite or whorled. Calyx and corolla with valvate aestivation.
Ovary 5-7-celled. Embryo straight. Shrubs. Roussea, 96. Saxifragaceae.
Leaves alternate. Corolla with folded aestivation. Embryo curved. 207. Solanaceae.
706. Stamens free from the corolla or adhering to it at the base. 189. Ericaceae.
Stamens attached on the middle or the upper part of the corolla-tube. 707
707. Fruit a capsule. Disc wanting. Stamens 4. Leaves without stipules. Plantago, 218. Plantaginaceae.
Fruit a berry or a drupe. Leaves opposite or whorled, provided with
stipules or connected by transverse lines at the base. Shrubs or trees. 198. Loganiaceae.
708. (701.) Stamens 3-12. 709
Stamens numerous. 714
709. Flowers unisexual. Fruit a berry. Trees or shrubs. 710
Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous. 711
710. Flowers monoecious. Calyx subentire. Corolla of the male flowers
with a long tube, of the female ones with free petals. Staminodes
absent in the female flowers. Ovary sessile. Style short. Stigmas 5.
Leaves lobed. Cylicomorpha, 163. Caricaceae.
Flowers dioecious. Calyx of free sepals. Corolla with a short tube.
Staminodes present in the female flowers. Ovary shortly stalked. Style
long. Stigma 1, lobed. Leaves undivided. Cercopetalum, 87. Capparidaceae.
711. Styles 5, free. Stamens 10, united at the base. Calyx with imbricate,
corolla with contorted, aestivation. 108. Oxalidaceae.
Style 1, simple or divided; in the latter case calyx with valvate aestivation. 712
712. Leaves exstipulate, undivided. 189. Ericaceae.
Leaves stipulate. Calyx with valvate or closed, corolla with contorted,
aestivation. 713
713. Anthers 1-celled, opening by a single slit, twisted, 5. Leaves digitate.
Trees. Ceiba, 143. Bombacaceae.
Anthers 2-celled, opening by two slits or pores. 144. Sterculiaceae.
714. (708.) Corolla of numerous divisions. Styles 5. Leaves without stipules.
Herbs. Orygia, 72. Aizoaceae.
Corolla of 5 divisions.