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Order 7. Gentianales (corolla regular, hypog. ; sta. epipet. ; 1. gene- 

 rally opp.): 



106. Oleaceae. 107. Salvadoraceae. 108. Apocynaceae. 109. 

 Asclepiadaceae. no. Loganiaceae. in. Gentianaceae. 



Order 8. Polemoniales (corolla regular, hypog.; sta. = corolla-lobes, 

 epipet.; ovary i 5-loc. ; 1. generally alt.) : 



112. Polemoniaceae. 113. Hydrophyllaceae. 114. Boragineae. 

 115. Convolvulaceae. 116. Solanaceae. 



Order 9. Personates (fl. usu. very irregular ; corolla hypog., often 

 2-lipped ; sta. generally fewer than corolla-lobes, usu. 4, didynamous, 

 or 2 ; ovary 12- or rarely 4-loc. ; ovules usu. oo ) : 



117. Scrophularineae. nS. Orobanchaceae. 119. Lentibularieae. 

 120. Columelliaceae. 121. Gesneraceae. 122. Bignoniaceae. 123. 

 Pedalineae. 124. Acanthaceae. 



Order 10. Lamiales (corolla usu. 2-lipped, hypog., rarely regular ; 

 sta. as in preceding; ovary 2 4-loc.; ovules solitary in loc., or rarely > i 

 in fams. 125 and 127 ; fruit a drupe or nutlets) : 



125. Myoporineae. 126. Selagineae. 127. Verbenaceae. 128. 

 Labiatae. 



Anomalous Fam. 



129. Plantagineae. 



III. Monochlamydeae or Incompletae (fl. usu. with one whorl of 

 perianth, commonly sepaloid, or none) : 



SERIES I. CUR VEMBR YA E. Terrestrial plants with usu. fls. ; 

 stat generally = perianth-segments ; ovule usu. solitary; embryo curved 

 in floury endosp. 



130. Nyctagineae. 131. Illecebraceae. 132. Amarantaceae. 133. 

 Chenopodiaceae. 134. Phytolaccaceae. 135. Batideae. 136. Poly- 

 gonaceae. 



SERIES II. MULTIOVULATAE AQUATfCAE. Aquatic 

 plants with syncarpous ovary and oo ovules. 



137. Podostemaceae. 



SERIES HI. MUL TIO VULA TAE TERRESTRES. Terres- 

 trial plants with syncarpous ovary and oo ovules. 



138. Nepenthaceae. 139. Cytinaceae. 140. Aristolochieae. 



SERIES IV. MICREMBRYAE. Ovary syn- or apo-carpous ; 

 ovules usu. solitary; embryo very small, surrounded by endosp. 



141. Piperaceae. 142. Chloranthaceae. 143. Myristiceae. 144. 

 Monimiaceae. 



SERIES V. DAPHNALES. Ovary usu. of i cpl. ; ovules soli- 

 tary or few ; perianth perfect, sepaloid, in i or 2 whorls ; sta. perig. 



145. Laurineae. 146. Proteaceae. 147. Thymelaeaceae. 148. 

 Penaeaceae. 149. Elaeagnaceae. 



SERIES VI. ACHLAMYDOSPOREAE. Ovary i-loc., 13- 

 ovuled ; ovules not apparent till after fert. ; seed with endosp., but no 

 testa, adnate to receptacle or pericarp. 



150. Loranthaceae. 151. Santalaceae. 152. Balanophoreae. 



SERIES VII. UNISEXUALES. Fls. unisex. ; ovary syncarpous 

 or of i cpl. ; ovules solitary or 2 per cpl. ; endosp. or none ; perianth 

 sepaloid or much reduced or absent. 



