1. Casuarinaceae: Plants—evergreen much-branched drooping trees or shrubs with jointed whorled branches, monoecious or dioecious; internodes with striate grooves like that of Equisetum. Leaves—minute, scale-like in whorl of 4-16, usually linear to lanceolate, basaly united forming a sheath round the twig, exstipulate. Flowers—unisexual, naked; male flowers verticillate in terminal spikes (catkin-like) and female flowers in […]
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1. Nyctaginaceae: Plants—usually herbs or shrubs (e.g., Mirabilis), sometimes climbers (e.g., Bougainvillaea, Pisonia). Leaves—usually opposite, simple, entire, more or less unequal, exstipulate. Inflorescence— cymose. Flowers—regular, usually bisexual (unisexual in Pisonia), hypogynous with involucre. Perianth—5, usually petaloid, united (tubular or funnel-shaped), the lower part inflated and persistent in fruit forming anthocarp. Stamens—usually 5-8, unequal. Carpel—one; ovary […]
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Geraniaceae: Plants—annual herbs, often with fleshy stems. Leaves—alternate rarely opposite, compound but sometimes simple, usually palmiveined, stipulate. Inflorescence—cymose. Flowers—regular, sometimes slightly irregular (e.g., Pelargonium), bisexual, hypogynous. Sepals— usually 5, (4 in Vivania) imbricate. Petals—usually 5, with nectar glands alternating with them, imbricate. Stamens—usually 10 in 2 series, obdiplostemonous, rarely 15; filaments united at the base. […]