214:(A)
previous:162
Styles either 1 per flower, or 2-more but then connate at base.
next:215
214:(B)
Styles 2 -more per flower, free to base.
next:224
215:(A)
previous:214
Ovary 1, 2-more-locular, or ovaries several.
next:216
215:(B)
Ovary 1, 1-locular.
next:217
216:(A)
previous:215
Leaves opposite. Flowers in racemes, bracts small. Style short. Stigma more or less bifid. New Zealand, Norfolk Isl. (Nestegis)
216:(B)
Leaves alternate. Flowers in dense capitules subtended by two large, showy bracts, composed of many male flowers and 1 bisexual one. Style elongated. Stigma 6-9-lobed. S.W. China.
217:(A)
previous:215
Ovule 1.
next:218
217:(B)
Ovules 2-6. Leaves alternate.
next:223
218:(A)
previous:217
Ovule atropous. Leaves simple, rarely lobed or divided. Flowers in spikes or cymes.
next:219
218:(B)
Ovule anatropous. Stipules absent.
next:222
219:(A)
previous:218
Leaves alternate, rarely opposite or verticillate, but then ovule basal. Stamens 2, if more, stigmas or more.
next:220
219:(B)
Leaves opposite. Stamens 1 or 3, connate and adnate to the ovary or pistillode. Stigma 1. Ovule pendulous.
220:(A)
previous:219
Stipules present, sometimes adnate to the petiole. Flowers usually in leaf-opposed spikes. Shrubs, climbers or small trees. Ovule basal, erect. Fruit a berry. Endosperm present.
220:(B)
Stipules absent. Spikes axillary and/or terminal.
next:221
221:(A)
previous:220
Shrubs. Spikes axillary. Stigmas 2. Ovule basal, erect with an elongated, recurved micropylar tube resembling a funicle. Fruit a drupe. Endosperm absent. New Caledonia. (Canacomyrica)
221:(B)
Herbs or undershrubs. Spikes axillary and/or terminal. Stigma simple. Ovule basal, erect, without such a micropylar tube. Fruit a berry. Endosperm present. (Peperomiaceae)
Peperomiaceae
222:(A)
previous:218
Leaves radical, tripartite or -foliolate. Flowers in spikes. Stamens (6-)9(-12), anthers with valves. Ovule erect. (Podophyllaceae)
Podophyllaceae
222:(B)
Leaves cauline, entire, in whorls. Flowers axillary, solitary. Stamen 1, anther with longitudinal slits. Ovule pendulous. Marsh-plants.
223:(A)
previous:217
Stipules absent. Stamen 1. Stigmas 2 or 3. Stem woody. (Lacistemataceae)
Lacistemataceae
223:(B)
Stipules present. Stamens 5-more. Stigma 1.
224:(A)
previous:214
Locules of the ovary or ovaries 5-more. Stamens 8-many. Stem woody. Stipules absent.
next:225
224:(B)
Locules of the ovary or ovaries 1 - 4. Stamens 1 - 10, rarely more, then stem herbaceous.
next:228
225:(A) (orig. 226 )
previous:224
Flowers either axillary, solitary or in clusters, or in terminal cymes or panicles. Stamens homomorphic. Ovaries superior. Fruits samara like, or follicular, or capsular.
next:226
225:(B)
Flowers terminal, solitary. Inner stamens petaloid, forming a pseudo-perianth. Fruit a berry. Perianth deciduous as a calyptra at anthesis, leaving a scar. New Guinea, E. Australia.
226:(A) (orig. 227 )
previous:225
Stamens many. Ovaries more or less free, 6-18. Ovules 1-3 or many per carpel. Fruits follicular or samara-like.
next:227
226:(B)
Stamens 8-11. Ovary 8-15-locular. Ovules 4 per locule. Fruit a capsule. New Caledonia.
227:(A) (orig. 228 )
previous:226
Flowers in terminal cymose racemes. Bracteoles several per flower. Carpels laterally coherent, sessile, Ovules many per carpel. Fruits follicular. Formosa, Japan.
227:(B)
Flowers in axillary clusters. Bracteoles absent. Carpels free, stipitate. Ovules 1-3 per carpel. Fruits samara-like. Assam to Japan (Eupteleaceae)
Eupteleaceae
228:(A) (orig. 229 )
previous:224
Ovule 1. Ovary 1.
next:229
228:(B)
Ovules 6-many. Herbs.
next:230
229:(A) (orig. 230 )
previous:228
Ovary 1-locular. Ovule basal.
229:(B)
Ovary 2-locular. Ovule apical. Woody plants. (Distyliopsis)
230:(A) (orig. 231 )
previous:228
Terrestrials. Flowers in spikes. Ovules 6-24, parietal, atropous. Endosperm present.
230:(B)
Torrential aquatics, moss-like. Flowers spatheate. Ovules very many, central, anatropous. Endosperm absent.