Adoxaceae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora leading to this family. 

	herbs; NOT [shrubs or trees]
	plants green or with some chlorophyll; NOT [plants parasitic or saprophytic, without chlorophyll]
	leaves mostly basal
	leaves 1-3 times divided into 3 leaflets
	flowers in form resembling a head, opening in irregular order; NOT [flowers in true heads with an involucre], NOT [flowers in long or short spikes], NOT [flowers not in heads or spikes]
	flowers very small
	flowers greenish
	flowers with two floral rings
	petals wholly or partly united forming a tube or bell