dd) Leaves without stipules; herbs sometimes slightly woody at the
base; ovary 1-celled.
=Urticaceæ=
aa) Calyx always present:
b) Moss-like or hepaticiform aquatic herbs with minute flowers; ovules
2 or more in a 1-celled ovary.
=Podostemonaceæ=
bb) Above characters not associated:
c) Leaves opposite or verticillate, never all radical:
d) Leaves stipulate:
e) Flowers hermaphrodite:
f) Herbs, sometimes slightly woody at the base; leaves mostly
pinnate.
=Zygophyllaceæ=
ff) Herbs with simple leaves.
=Illecebraceæ=
fff) Trees or shrubs with reduced flowers; leaves simple.
=Ulmaceæ=
ee) Flowers unisexual:
f) Ovary 2- or more-celled, often deeply lobed; seeds usually with
a distinct caruncle.
=Euphorbiaceæ=
ff) Ovary 1-celled; ovary usually not lobed:
g) Ovule erect:
h) Filaments inflexed; mostly herbaceous with fibrous stems;
juice not milky.
=Urticaceæ=
hh) Filaments not inflexed; mostly trees and shrubs, rarely
herbs; juice mostly milky, the flowers often minute and arranged
on or inside an enlarged receptacle.
=Moraceæ=
gg) Ovule pendulous:
h) Not aquatic:
i) Filaments not inflexed in bud:
j) Fruit a drupe; flowers monœcious or subdiœcious.
=Ulmaceæ=
jj) Fruit a small dry achene; flowers diœcious.
=Cannabinaceæ=
ii) Filaments erect or inflexed in bud.
=Moraceæ=
hh) Aquatic herb with verticillate divided leaves.
=Ceratophyllaceæ=
dd) Leaves exstipulate:
e) Flowers unisexual; ovary usually 2- or more celled; seeds
usually with a distinct caruncle.
=Euphorbiaceæ=
ee) Flowers hermaphrodite; ovary 1-celled:
f) Stamens involute in bud; calyx more or less herbaceous, often
long and tubular, mostly covered with sticky glands.
=Nyctaginaceæ=
ff) Stamens erect in bud:
g) Sepals free or nearly so, calyx more or less dry and scarious:
=Amarantaceæ=
gg) Sepals more or less united, herbaceous.
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