﻿SEQUENCE OF ORDERS CONTAINED IN VOL. IV. 

 SECT. 2, WITH BRIEF CHARACTERS. 



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Continuation of Series III. Bicaki'kllatjK. Ord. XCf. — C 



CoHOKT viii. PoLEMONiALBS. Govollct regular. 'Stamens as many as 

 the corolla-lobes and alternate with them. Ijcaves usually alternate. 



XCI. HYDRO PHYLLACE.*: (page 1). Gorolla-lohc,^ imbricate, rarely 

 contorted. Ouary spuriously 2-celIed (in the South African species); 

 ovules numerous ; style deeply bifid, (kipmh' loculicidal. Emhryn 

 small ; albumen fleshy. {Annual or perennial erect scahrid or 

 spiny herbs. Leaves rarely opposite. Flowers cymose or solitary.) 



XCII. BORAGINEiE (page 2). Corolla-lobes imbricate, rarely con- 

 torted. Ovary 4-celled ; ovules usually solitary; style entire or 

 2-4-fid. Nutlets 2 1-2-seeded or 4 1-seeded. Embryo rather 

 large; radicle superior; albumen scanty or none. {Annual or 

 perennial herbs, shrubs or trees. Leares usually alternate, e.vstipulate. 

 Injlorescence a dichotonious cyme, with helicoid branches, or a unilateral 

 raceme or spike.) 



XIII. CONVOLVULACEiE (page 45). Corolla-limb plicate, rarely 

 imbricate. Ovary 1— 4-celled; cells 2- (rarely 1- or 4-)ovuled. 

 Embryo with broad plicate cotyledons or nuicli curved ; radich; 

 inferior; albumen scanty or none. {Herbs or ■<hrubs. frei/iiently 

 txcininy, or leafiess j)ara.<itr'.-i. Jjcmc^ ii><tiolh/ i-v^iiptil'ilr. Flairrrs 

 solitary or cyjnose.) 



XCIV. SOLANACE.*](l)a,-L' Nri. Cnvidla-lnnl, plicate, rai-f^ly imhrirat.'. 

 Ovary 2 •>cclled : ovules numerous. E)iihryo .straight or .sj)iral; 

 albumen fleshy. {Herbs or erect or climbiny shrubs. Leaves alternate, 

 yeminatr or verficillate, sometimes siellately tomentose. Cymes 

 terminal, leaf-opposed or e.vtra-nxillary or flowers solitary.) 



Cohort ix. Personales. Corolla usually irregular or oblique. 

 Stamens 2 or 4. Ovides numerous or 2 superposed. 



XCV. SCROPHULARTACE.E (page 121). Ovary perfectly 2-celled. 



Seeds usually albuminous. {Herbs or small shrubs. Leaves o})poaite, 



alternate or verticillate. Inforcscrnre >-arif>?/s. ) 

 XCVI. OROBANCIIACK.K (j.a.^Mj llM). O-,,/// l-celled : phucntas 1, 



parietal. {LeaJIr.'is parr/.-'^i/iv hcrh^. Spihi-^ or racewe^ terminal, fm: 



or many-floircreil .) 

 XCVII. LENTIBULARIE.'E (page 42.'i). Or,n-y 1-celled ; placenta 



globose or ovoid, basal. {Small af/)iatir >>r marsh herbs, furnished 



with small blaildev. Raxetnes terminal or fnillary, simple or 



branched.) 



