Cohort I. Ranales. Stamens ∞, or if definite the perianth is 3–∞-seriate. Carpels apocarpous, or immersed in the receptacle. Endosperm usually abundant, fleshy.

Cohort II. Parietales. Stamens ∞ or definite. Ovary unilocular, or divided into loculi by spurious dissepiments, with parietal placentation. Endosperm absent or fleshy.

Cohort III. Polygalinæ. Stamens definite. Ovary usually perfectly or imperfectly bilocular. Micropyle often superior. Fruit very often compressed laterally. Endosperm very often abundant and fleshy.

Cohort IV. Caryophyllineæ. Stamens definite, or rarely ∞. Ovary unilocular, or imperfectly septate. Placenta central, more rarely parietal. Micropyle inferior. Embryo curved, rarely straight. Endosperm farinaceous.

Cohort V. Guttiferales. Sepals inbricate. Stamens usually ∞. Ovary septate, placentæ on the inner angles of the loculi. Endosperm absent or fleshy.