kk) Sepals imbricate; leaves not tailed at the base; ovary
long-beaked.
=Geraniaceæ=
kkk) Sepals imbricate; leaves not tailed; ovary not beaked.
l) Petals not contorted:
=Molluginaceæ=
ll) Petals contorted:
=Linaceæ=
jj) Flowers unisexual; disk present or obscure.
=Euphorbiaceæ=
=GROUP 11. One carpel or more than one united carpels; ovules attached
to the central axis or to the base or apex of the ovary cell; ovary
superior; petals present, more or less united.=
a) Stamens the same number as and opposite to the corolla lobes:
b) Ovules solitary in the whole ovary or in each cell of the ovary;
style often lobed:
c) Trees or shrubs, often with hard wood:
d) Petals imbricate; hairs often stellate or medifixed; staminodes
often present, sometimes petaloid.
=Sapotaceæ=
dd) Petals valvate; hairs usually simple; usually no staminodes:
e) Inflorescence not leaf-opposed; leaves simple, without tendrils.
=Olacaceæ=
ee) Inflorescence leaf-opposed; leaves often compound; mostly
climbers with tendrils.
=Ampelidaceæ=
cc) Herbs or climbers:
d) Corolla lobes valvate; tendrils often present; inflorescence
usually cymose-paniculate, leaf-opposed; leaves usually with the
stipules adnate to the petiole; petals united at the base.
=Ampelidaceæ=
dd) Corolla lobes imbricate; no tendrils; inflorescence more or less
corymbose; petals united high up.
=Plumbaginaceæ=
bb) Ovules 2 or more in each cell; style undivided; placentas basal:
c) Trees or shrubs often with gland-dotted simple leaves; leaves
exstipulate.
=Myrsinaceæ=
cc) Herbs or climbers usually with compound stipulate leaves and
leaf-opposed inflorescence.
=Ampelidaceæ=
ccc) Herbs with opposite simple leaves and solitary or axillary
scarlet, blue or rose flowers; leaves not gland-dotted, exstipulate.
=Primulaceæ=
aa) Stamens the same number as the corolla-lobes and alternate with
them, or more numerous or fewer:
b) Stamens more than twice as many as the corolla lobes; flowers
unisexual; corolla lobes about 5; leaves stipulate.
=Euphorbiaceæ=
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