Stigma terminal, with or without a style.
Parasitic on the branches of trees; anthers sessile. [Loranthaceæ], [449]
Not parasitic above ground; anthers on filaments. [Santalaceæ], [450]
Ovary really free from the calyx, but permanently invested by its tube, or the base of it, so as to seem inferior.
Shrubs, with scurfy leaves; flowers mostly diœcious. [Elæagnaceæ], [448]
Herbs, with the calyx colored like a corolla.
Leaves opposite, simple. [Nyctaginaceæ], [425]
Leaves alternate, pinnate. [Poterium], in [Rosaceæ], [161]
Ovary plainly free from the calyx, which is sometimes wanting.
Stipules (ocreæ) sheathing the stem at the nodes.