1702. Fifth order, S. fructuariæ. Corollæ mostly sexanary, ovaria in a circle without a columella—Magnoliaceæ, Menispermaceæ, Dilleniaceæ, Anonaceæ. They divide into sixteen families. (Vid. Tab. B.)
CLASS XI.
Ovarium-plants.
1703. Hypogynous Polypetalæ with perfect multilocular ovarium—Polygaleæ, Melieæ, Aurantiaceæ, Platanaceæ, Malpighieæ, Sapindeæ.
1704. While in the preceding class the number of the carpels was usually indeterminate; it is here limited to three and five. In the one, they usually stood around a middle columella or axis, in the other, they form a true capsule with perfect partition-walls or septa, and a single style. The number of the seeds is moderate, i. e. there are more than one, but they are easily counted. They are therefore of mediate size, having no kernels, as is the case in the nuts, but also no granules, as in the berries or poppy capsules. In the preceding class the fruits were rare; here they occur frequently in the upper orders. The number of the floral parts is, throughout the present class, five, that of the stamina five or ten, and they are seldom coalesced; the stalk also passes through all the stages of development from that of the herb through the shrub into the tree. The leaves are seldom spathe-like, but frequently coriaceous and aciculate, as in their predecessors the Heaths; many are pinnated.
1705. First order, Capsulariæ parenchymatosæ—Rutaceæ. Herbs and shrubs frequently provided with aciculate and coriaceous leaves; corollæ regular with ten stamina; ovarium consisting of five carpels, which separate when ripe, and contain few seeds—Rutaceæ, Diosmaceæ.
1706. Second order, C. vaginatæ. Shrubs and trees with similar corollæ and ovaria, which are nevertheless frequently separated and fleshy—Quassiaceæ, Ochnaceæ.
1707. Third order, C. axonales. Mostly shrubs and trees with irregular corollæ and bilocular ovarium—Polygalaceæ, Vochysieæ, Pittosporeæ.
1708. Fourth order, C. florales. Trees with a woody or berry-like ovarium, having several cells—Cedreleæ, Melieæ, Aurantiaceæ.
1709. Fifth order, C. fructuariæ. Trees; flowers quinary, ovarium mostly ternary, becoming a winged or fleshy fruit. (Their sixteen families probably pursue the order indicated at Tab. B.)