Calyx not minute; pod colored, dehiscent; seeds enclosed in a pulpy aril. [Celastraceæ], [109]
Calyx minute; fruit a berry-like drupe. [Ilicineæ], [107]
Ovules (and usually seeds) several or many in each cell.
Stipules between the opposite and simple leaves. [Elatinaceæ], [91]
Stipules between the opposite and compound leaves (but they are caducous). [Staphylea], in [Sapindaceæ], [118]
Stipules none when the leaves are opposite.
Stamens 5, monadelphous in a 10-toothed tube or cup; leaves simple, all radical. [Galax], in [Diapensiaceæ], [326]
Stamens 10, monadelphous at the base. Leaflets 3, inversely heart-shaped. [Oxalis], in [Geraniaceæ], [105]
Stamens distinct, free from the calyx.
Style 1, undivided. [Ericaceæ], [303]