Flora of Dominica, Part 2 - Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Flora of Dominica, Part 2 - Smithsonian Institution Libraries
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NUMBER^ 9<br />
18. Flowers unisexual (polygamous in Ulmaceae).<br />
19. Ovary 3-locular, rarely 2-locular . ........ EUPHORBIACEAE<br />
19. ovary 1-locular.<br />
20. Stipules or stipular scars present.<br />
21. Fruit aggregated; sap milky. ........... MORACEAE<br />
21. Fruits independent; sap clear.<br />
22. Fruit a drupe .................. ULMACEAE<br />
22. Fruit an achene ................ URTICACEAE<br />
20. Stipules or stipular scars absent.<br />
23. Filaments <strong>of</strong> stamens free. ........ THYMELAEACEAE<br />
23. Filaments <strong>of</strong> stamens united, at least at base.<br />
24. Tree (cult.) ................. MYRISTICAEAE<br />
24. Herbs or shrubby herbs. ........ AMARANTHACEAE<br />
18. Flowers bisexual.<br />
25. Locules 3 or more.<br />
26. Locules 5 or more; herbs or vines.<br />
27.<br />
27. Ovary superior; herbs.<br />
Ovary inferior, vines .......... ARISTOLOCHIACEAE<br />
28. Fruit a prickly capsule; stipules deciduous .........<br />
.................. TILIACEAE (Tn'umfetta)<br />
28. Fruit a berry; stipules absent. ................<br />
............. PHYTOLACCACEAE (Phytolucca)<br />
26. Locules 3-6; trees.<br />
29. Fruit a drupe ........ RHAMNACEAE (Krugiodendron)<br />
29. Fruit capsular or follicular.<br />
30. Leaves compound or palmately veined; fruit with free<br />
follicles ........... STERCULIACEAE (StercuZiu)<br />
30.<br />
Leaves pinnately veined, fruit capsular ...........<br />
..................... ELAEOCARPACEAE<br />
S tipules present and persistent ...................<br />
25. Locule solitary.<br />
31.<br />
................ CHRYSOBALANACEAE (Licaniu)<br />
31. S tipules absent.<br />
32. Ovary inferior ................<br />
COMBRETACEAE<br />
32. Ovary superior.<br />
33. Leaf pinnately compound ...... FABACEAE (Swart&)<br />
33. Leaf simple.<br />
34. Ovules several to many. ...... FLACOURTIACEAE<br />
34. Ovule 1.<br />
35. Sap reddish, milky; leaves lobed ............<br />
............. PAPAVERACEAE (Bocconia)<br />
35. Sap clear; leaves unlobed.<br />
36. Flowers with scarious bracts .............<br />
................. AMARANTHACEAE<br />
36. Flowers bractless.<br />
37. Fruit a berry .......... PHYTOLACCAEAE<br />
37. Fruit a utricle ......... CHENOP~DIACEAE<br />
GROUP 5. SYMPETALOUS DICOT~<br />
1. Stamens (fertile) more than corolla lobes.<br />
2. Leaves opposite; ovary <strong>of</strong> 4 free carpels ............ CRASSULACEAE<br />
2. Leaves alternate; ovary <strong>of</strong> united carpels.<br />
3. Leaves palmately veined and lobed; ovary 1-locular , . . . . CARICACEAE
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