HALORAGACEAE

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 311

CXXIV. HALORAGACEAE 1

Herbs with exstipulate leaves. Flowers hermaphroditeorunisexual. Sepals 0, 2 or 4, small. Petals 0, 2 or 4, often caducous. Stamens 2, 4 or 8, epipetalous; anthers basifixed, 2-locular. Ovary inferior, 1 - to 4-locular, with 1 pendent, anatropous ovule in each loculus; styles 1-4, usually short; stigmas feathery or coarsely papillose. Fruit a drupe, or a schizocarp separating into 1 -seeded nutlets.

Literature: A. K. Schindler in Engler, Pflanzenreich 23 (IV. 225): 77-127 (1905). Terrestrial plants; leaves alternate, ovate to orbicular, palmately lobed; ovary 1 -locular 1. Gunnera Submerged aquatic plants; leaves whorled, usually pinnate with capillary segments; ovary 4-locular 2. Myriophyllum