f) Leaves compound, rarely unifoliolate and then with a distinctly
tumid petiole, sometimes sessile:
g) Leaves gland-dotted; disk usually present between the stamens
and ovary; ovary often deeply lobed; cells 2-ovuled; pendulous;
stipules rarely present.
=Rutaceæ=
gg) Leaves not gland-dotted, sometimes fleshy; ovules pendulous
from the central axis, 2 or more in each cell; disk often fleshy,
rarely absent; stipules persistent and often paired; shrubs or
herbs; leaves mostly 2-foliolate or pinnate; filaments often with
a scale or gland attached to the base.
=Zygophyllaceæ=
ff) Leaves simple but sometimes deeply and variously divided:
g) Stamens more than twice as many as the petals; calyx valvate:
h) Flowers hermaphrodite; anthers not inflexed in bud:
i) Petals and stamens hypogynous; hairs often stellate;
stipules in pairs.
=Tiliaceæ=
ii) Petals and stamens perigynous; hairs not stellate; stipules
interpetiolar.
=Rhizophoraceæ=
hh) Flowers hermaphrodite; anthers inflexed in bud; petals and
stamens perigynous.
=Lythraceæ=
hhh) Flowers unisexual; anthers inflexed in bud; hairs stellate
or lepidote.
=Euphorbiaceæ=
gg) Stamens not more than twice as many as the petals:
h) Trees, shrubs or woody climbers:
i) Leaves stipulate, sometimes stipules rudimentary or of
hairs:
j) Disk absent or inconspicuous or of separate glands; calyx
often glandular:
k) Calyx mostly with a pair of glands outside; trees, shrubs
or climbers; stamens mostly 10.
=Malpighiaceæ=
kk) Calyx not glandular; anther-cells back to back; trees or
shrubs; petals 4; stamens 4.
=Salvadoraceæ=
jj) Disk present, conspicuous; calyx not glandular:
k) Flowers hermaphrodite:
l) Stamens inserted on or below the margin of the disk;
filaments subulate:
m) Stamens 3-5; sepals imbricate.
=Celastraceæ=
mm) Stamens 8-10; sepals valvate.
=Rhizophoraceæ=
ll) Stamens usually 3, inserted on the disk; filaments
flattened or connivent, often adnate to the ovary; sepals
imbricate.
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