Excerpt - page 77: "... followed in this treatment. AFFINITIES. Relationships of Connaraceae with other families have been ambiguous for a ... authors considered Oxalidaceae, Anacar- diaceae, Meliaceae and Dilleniaceae as related families. The pinnate leaves and apocarpous, ..."
Excerpt - page 24: "... the mallows, Malva), or by their anthers (as in the family Compositae), or by both (e.g. some members of the familyMeliaceae); when joined by their fila- [27] ..."