600. Stamens 7-18, with united filaments. Placentas 3-5. 601 Stamens 23 or more, with free filaments. Leaves undivided. 602 601. Sepals 3. Corolla-lobes 4-6. Stamens 7-9 or 14-18. Anthers opening outwards. _Cinnamosma_, =157. Winteranaceae=. Sepals 4-5. Corolla-lobes 4-5. Stamens 8-10. Anthers opening inwards or laterally. =118. Meliaceae.= 602. Corolla-lobes 6. Sepals 3. Filaments and styles very short. Placentas numerous, confluent. Albumen abundant, ruminate. =81. Anonaceae.= Corolla-lobes 11-14. Sepals 2-4. Filaments and styles long. Placentas 2, two-cleft. Albumen scanty, uniform. _Hoplestigma_, =194. Hoplestigmataceae=. 603. (588.) Stamens as many as the corolla-lobes, 3-5. Fruit a capsule. Herbs or undershrubs. =162. Achariaceae.= Stamens twice as many as the corolla-lobes, 10. Fruit a berry. Trees. _Carica_, =163. Caricaceae=. 604. (553.) Ovary 2-celled. 605 Ovary 3-or more-celled. 669 605. Ovules solitary in each ovary-cell. 606 Ovules 2 or more in each ovary-cell. 621 606. Ovules erect or ascending. 607 Ovules pendulous, descending, or horizontal. 611 607. Fertile stamens 2 or 4. 608 Fertile stamens 5 or 6. 609 608. Seeds borne on a hook-like outgrowth of the funicle, exalbuminous. Fruit capsular. =216. Acanthaceae.= Seeds not on a hook-like outgrowth of the funicle. =205. Verbenaceae.= 609. Stamens opposite the divisions of the corolla. Anthers opening outwards. Stigma 1. Trees or shrubs. =193. Sapotaceae.= Stamens alternate with the divisions of the corolla. Anthers opening inward. 610 610. Stigma 1. Corolla with imbricate or contorted aestivation. Seeds exalbuminous. Herbs. Leaves alternate, exstipulate. _Rochelia_, =204. Borraginaceae=. Stigmas 2. Corolla with valvate aestivation. Seeds albuminous. Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite or whorled, stipulate. _Gaertnera_, =219. Rubiaceae=. 611. (606.) Fertile stamens 2 or 4. 612 Fertile stamens 5 or more. 618 612. Stamens 4, free from the corolla. Corolla regular or nearly so, 2-4-lobed. Seeds with abundant albumen. =189. Ericaceae.= Stamens inserted on the corolla. 613 613. Corolla scarious, regular, 4-lobed. Stamens 4. Stigma 1. Fruit opening by a lid. Seeds albuminous. _Plantago_, =218. Plantaginaceae=. Corolla not scarious, more or less irregular, rarely regular, but then stamens 2 or stigmas 2. 614 614. Corolla regular. Stamens 2, alternating with the ovary-cells. Disc wanting. Seeds with scanty albumen. Shrubs. Leaves compound, but sometimes with a single leaflet. _Jasminum_, =197. Oleaceae=. Corolla more or less irregular, rarely regular, but then stamens 4. Leaves simple. 615 615. Flowers regular. Stamens 4. Anthers opening by two slits. Style 2-cleft. Fruit capsular. Seeds exalbuminous. Low shrubs. Leaves alternate. _Wellstedia_, =204. Borraginaceae=. Flowers more or less irregular. Leaves opposite or whorled, rarely alternate, but then anthers opening by a single slit or pore. 616