=Ochnaceæ=
ll) Torus not enlarged; calyx enlarged and wing-like in
fruit:
m) Flowers mostly rather small and not showy; petals much
contorted; ovary 2- or more-celled; leaves with
comparatively few lateral nerves.
=Dipterocarpaceæ=
mm) Flowers showy; ovary 1-celled with a basal placenta;
leaves long, with very numerous parallel lateral nerves.
=Ochnaceæ=
ii) Herbs; sepals 2; leaves fleshy, exstipulate; ovary 1-celled
with numerous ovules; seeds strophiolate.
=Portulacaceæ=
ff) Stamens definite in number in relation to the sepals or
petals, often the same number or twice as many or fewer:
g) Leaves compound, rarely unifoliolate and then with a
distinctly tumid petiole:
h) Stamens united into a tube; leaves pinnate or rarely
unifoliolate, exstipulate; flowers actinomorphic; seeds often
winged.
=Meliaceæ=
hh) Stamens free or united only at the base:
i) Leaves stipulate:
j) Herbaceous or slightly woody; leaves digitately or
pinnately compound.
=Oxalidaceæ=
jj) Trees, shrubs or often climbers; leaves compound; stipules
lateral; seeds without endosperm.
=Sapindaceæ=
ii) Leaves exstipulate:
j) Leaves gland-dotted:
=Rutaceæ=
jj) Leaves not gland-dotted:
k) Ovules pendulous:
l) Leaflets 2; shrubs or trees with axillary or supra-
axillary spines.
=Simarubaceæ=
ll) Leaflets more than 2:
m) Ovary of more than 1 carpel, 2 or more celled.
=Burseraceæ=
mm) Ovary usually of 1 carpel.
=Anacardiaceæ=
kk) Ovules ascending or horizontal:
l) Ovules 2 in each cell, collateral; style simple; ovary of
1 carpel.
=Connaraceæ=
ll) Ovules 1 or more in each cell, erect or ascending; style
simple or divided; ovary of more than 1 carpel.
=Sapindaceæ=
gg) Leaves simple:
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