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Cohort III. POLYGALINÆ. Stamens definite. Ovary usually perfectly or imperfectly bilocular. Micropyle often superior. Fruit very often compressed laterally. Endosperm very often abundant and fleshy.

Order 18. Pittosporeæ. „ 19. Tremandreæ. „ 20. Polygaleæ. „ 20a. Vochysiaceæ.

Cohort IV. CARYOPHYLLINEÆ. Stamens definite, or rarely ∞. Ovary unilocular, or imperfectly septate. Placenta central, more rarely parietal. Micropyle inferior. Embryo curved, rarely straight. Endosperm farinaceous.

Order 21. Frankeniaceæ. „ 22. Caryophylleæ. „ 23. Portulaceæ. „ 24. Tamariscineæ.

Cohort V. GUTTIFERALES. Sepals inbricate. Stamens usually ∞. Ovary septate, placentæ on the inner angles of the loculi. Endosperm absent or fleshy.

Order 25. Elatineæ. „ 26. Hypericineæ. „ 27. Guttiferæ. „ 28. Ternstrœmiaceæ. „ 29. Dipterocarpeæ. „ 30. Chlænaceæ.

Cohort VI. MALVALES. Sepals valvate. Stamens usually ∞ or monadelphous. Ovary septate, placentæ on the inner angles of the loculi. Endosperm absent or fleshy.

Order 31. Malvaceæ. „ 32. Sterculiaceae. „ 33. Tiliaceæ.

Series II. =Discifloræ.= Calyx usually free from the ovary. Petals uniseriate. Stamens usually definite, inserted within, or upon, or around the receptacle, which is more often expanded as a disc. Ovary usually free, or embedded in the disc.

Cohort VII. GERANIALES. Disc usually as a ring between the stamens, or adnate to the staminal tube, or reduced to glands alternating with the petals, more rarely absent. Gynœceum entire, or more often lobed, or sub-apocarpous. Ovules most often 1–2 in each loculus, pendulous, raphe ventral. Leaves various.

Order 34. Lineæ. „ 35. Humiriaceæ. „ 36. Malpighiaceæ. „ 37. Zygophylleæ. „ 38. Geraniaceæ. „ 39. Rutaceæ. „ 40. Simarubeæ. „ 41. Ochnaceæ. „ 42. Burseraceæ. „ 43. Meliaceæ. „ 44. Chailletiaceæ.

Cohort VIII. OLACALES. Disc cupular or annular, free, or bearing the stamens and petals on its edge. Gynœceum entire. Ovules 1–3 in the unilocular ovaries, or 1–2 in each loculus, pendulous, raphe dorsal. Leaves simple.

Order 45. Olacineæ. „ 46. Ilicineæ.

Cohort IX. CELASTRALES. Disc tumid, adnate to the calyx, or covering its base. Stamens inserted round the disc or affixed to its margin. Gynœceum usually entire. Ovules most often two in each loculus, erect, raphe ventral. Leaves simple, or rarely compound.

Order 47. Celastrineæ. „ 48. Stackhousieæ. „ 49. Rhamneæ. „ 50. Ampelideæ.

Cohort X. SAPINDALES. Disc various. Stamens variously inserted on the disc. Gynœceum entire, or more often lobed, or sub-apocarpous. Ovules more often 1–2 in each loculus, ascending with ventral raphe, or reversed, or solitary and pendulous from an ascending funicle, or rarely ∞ horizontal. Leaves pinnate, or more rarely simple or digitate.

Order 51. Sapindaceæ. „ 52. Sabiaceæ. „ 53. Anacardiaceæ.

Anomalous orders, or rather genera,--

Order 54. Coriarieæ. „ 55. Moringeæ.

Series III. =Calycifloræ.= Calyx-tube usually surrounding the ovary, or adnate to it. Petals uniseriate, inserted on the calyx-tube. Stamens ∞ or definite, inserted on the calyx-tube, or most often on the disc lining the calyx-tube. Ovary often enclosed by the calyx-tube, or inferior.

Cohort XI. ROSALES. Carpels solitary, or free, or united at the base, more rarely at the apex; styles distinct, or very rarely united into a column, and easily separated.

Order 56. Connaraceæ. „ 57. Leguminosæ. „ 58. Rosaceæ. „ 59. Saxifrageæ. „ 60. Crassulaceæ. „ 61. Droseraceæ. „ 62. Hamamelideæ. „ 63. Bruniaceæ. „ 64. Halorageæ.

Cohort XII. MYRTALES. Ovary syncarpous, inferior, or enclosed in the calyx-tube, usually divided into loculi; style undivided. Ovules 2–∞ in the loculi.

Order 65. Rhizophoreæ. „ 66. Combretaceæ. „ 67. Myrtaceæ. „ 68. Melastomaceæ. „ 69. Lythrarieæ. „ 70. Onagrarieæ.

Cohort XIII. PASSIFLORALES. Ovary syncarpous, inferior or superior, enclosed in the calyx-tube or exserted, unilocular with parietal placentation, or divided into loculi; styles distinct, one style divided, or undivided.

Order 71. Samydaceæ. „ 72. Loaseæ. „ 73. Turneraceæ. „ 74. Passifloreæ. „ 75. Cucurbitaceæ. „ 76. Begoniaceæ. „ 77. Datisceæ.

Cohort XIV. FICOIDALES. Ovary syncarpous, inferior or superior, divided into loculi with sub-basilar placentæ, or more rarely unilocular with parietal placentæ. Styles distinct, or divided at the apex. Embryo curved or excentric.

Order 78. Cacteæ. „ 79. Ficoideæ.