ll) Corolla tube very short; disk present; leaves very
small.
=Tamaricaceæ=
ii) Stamens inserted on or adnate to the corolla tube:
j) Style gynobasic:
k) Style 1; fruit composed of pyrenes or nutlets; corolla
imbricate or contorted.
=Boraginaceæ=
kk) Styles 2; fruit a capsule; corolla plicate.
=Convolvulaceæ=
jj) Style not gynobasic, terminal:
k) Corolla valvate or plaited in bud (in the latter case the
limb may be somewhat twisted but not truly imbricate):
l) Ovules 1-4 in each ovary cell; stamens inserted towards
the base of the corolla tube.
=Convolvulaceæ=
ll) Ovules numerous (rarely 3-6) in each ovary cell.
=Solanaceæ=
kk) Corolla imbricate:
l) Herbs with radical leaves and flowers in slender spikes.
=Plantaginaceæ=
ll) Herbs, trees or shrubs; flowers not in slender spikes:
m) Ovules 1 in each cell; trees and shrubs.
=Boraginaceæ=
mm) Ovules numerous in each cell; herbs or small shrubs.
=Solanaceæ=
cc) Stamens fewer than the corolla lobes; leaves mostly opposite:
d) Flowers actinomorphic:
e) Stamen 1; climbers or shrubs; seeds winged; one calyx lobe much
larger than the others and petaloid.
=Loganiaceæ=
ee) Stamens more than 1:
f) Stamens 6-8 opposite the inner lobes of the corolla; ovules
solitary in each cell; trees or shrubs.
=Sapotaceæ=
ff) Stamens alternate with the corolla lobes:
g) Peduncle of the inflorescence adnate to the petiole; corolla
lobes or some of them 2-cleft.
=Chailletiaceæ=
gg) Peduncle not adnate to the petiole; corolla lobes not cleft
or only slightly so:
h) Ovules few (1-4) in each cell of the ovary:
i) Disk none; stamens 2; shrubs, trees or climbers; leaves
simple or pinnate.
=Olacaceæ=
ii) Disk present; stamens usually 4; shrubs or trees; leaves
simple or digitate.
=Verbenaceæ=
hh) Ovules numerous:
i) Corolla lobes minute, valvate, alternating with entire or
2-lobed appendages.
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