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0. Petals 4, white ....... Capparidaceae 5.
lvs. 2 x 1 in. Capparis (58)
0. Petals 5
lvs. 3 to 5 in. x
1 to 2 in. ..... Goodeniaceae 14.
Scaevola (59-60)
NN. Trees evergreen ............ P.
Q leaves smooth
P. flowers, orange
lvs. not spirally arranged
fruit hard, green to yellow
....... Boraginaceae
Cordia (61)
PP. flrs. white
lvs. spirally arranged
fruit a black oily nut .. Hernandiaceae
fls. unisexual Hernandia (62)
QQ leaves very hairy, to 20ft. Boraginaceae (4)
Messerschmidtia argentea
(L.f.) Iljin
AA. Leaves opposite or whorled in arrangement along the stem ....... B.
B. Plants herbaceous shrubs or low growing herbs ....... C.
C. Leaves compound ............ Zygophyllaceae (39)
Tribulus (63)
C. Leaves simple .............. D.
D. Leaves succulent
E. Stamens 5, flrs. pink and single
in the leaf axils ......... Aizoaceae 1.
EE. Stamens about 35, flrs. grouped Sesuvium (64)
yellow .................... Portulacaceae 31
Portulaca lutea (65)
DD. Leaves thin or uncommonly succulent
F. Stems four sided, lvs. aromatic when
crushed ................. Labiatae
Phyllostegia (66)
Stachys (67)
FF. Stems four sided, non aromatic
........................ Primulaceae
Anagalis (68)
FFF. Stems round
G. Plants branching at base spreading
along the ground, vinelike, leaves
sometimes succulent, fleshy ......