XXV1 CLASSIFICATION OF 
rarcly herbs. Leaves usually alternate, with or 
without stipules. Calyx-teeth small or obsolete. 
Petals 5-00, valvate in sstivation. Stamens de- 
finite or indefinite, inserted round an epigynous 
disk. Ovary inferior, 2-oc-celled; cells 1-ovulate, 
pendulous. Fruit drupaceous, often succulent. 
Seeds albuminous, with a minute embryo. (p. 111.) 
XLIX. Cornaceze. Trees shrubs or rarely 
herbs. Leaves or rarely alternate. Stipules 0. 
Petals valvate. Stamens as many as or twice as 
many as petals. Ovary inferior, 1- or 2-celled, with 
1 atte ams ovule in each cell. Style simple. 
Seeds albuminous, the embryo nearly as long as the 
albumen. (p. 119.) 
Susctass II. MONOPETALZE. 
Petals united into a single lobed corolla, very rarely 
Sree. 
L. Loranthaceze.  Parasitical shrubs or trees. 
Leaves opposite or alternate, without stipules. 
Petals free or united into a single lobed corolla. 
Stamens opposite the corolla-lobes or petals. Ova 
inferior, 1-celled, with 1 erect ovule, not percepti- 
ble until the flowering is over. Seeds albuminous. 
(p. 119.) P 
LI. Rubiacez. Trees shrubs orherbs. Leaves 
opposite, with interpetiolar or sheathing stipules. 
Stamens as many as corolla-lobes, and alternate 
with them. Ovary inferior, 2- or more celled, very 
rarely reduced to 1 cell. Seeds albuminous. (p. 
121.) 
LII. Composite. Herbs shrubs or rarely 
trees. Leaves opposite or alternate, without sti- 
pules. Flowers or florets generally collected in 
heads, each head surrounded by a calyx-like invo- 
luere, the true ealyx of each floret wanting or re- 
duced to a pappus. Stamens as many as corolla- 
lobes and alternate with them. Ovary inferior, 1- 
celled, with 1 erect ovule. Seeds without albumen. 
(p. 139.) 
LIII. Goodeniacez. Herbsorshrubs. Leaves 
alternate or radical. Flowers more or less irre- 
gular. Stamens 5. Ovary inferior, at least as to 
the corolla, 2-celled or rarely l-celled. Style with 
a cup-shaped or peltate indusium under the stigma. 
Seeds albuminous. (p. 145.) 
LIV. Ericaceze. Shrubs. Leaves alternate. 
Flowers regular, Stamens usually free from the 
corolla, twice as many as its lobes. Anthers 2- 
celled, opening in terminal pores, rarely in longi- 
tudinal slits. Ovary inferior or superior, with as 
many, or rarely fewer, cells as corolla-lobes. Seeds 
albuminons, (p. 146.) 
LV. Myrsinez. Trees or shrubs. Leaves 
alternate, usually dotted. Flowers regular. Sta- 
mens as many as corolla-lobes and opposite to them. 
Ovary 1-celled, with peltate ovules attached to a 
. Segments. 
THE NATURAL ORDERS 
free central placenta. Fruit succulent or hard, 
usually indehiscent. Seeds rarely without albumen. 
(p. 147). 
LVI. Sapotaceze. Trees or shrubs, the juice 
often milky. Leaves alternate. Flowers regular. 
Corolla-lobes as many, or twice as many as calyx- 
Stamens as many as corolla-lobes, 
and opposite to them, or twice as many. Ovary 
2- or more celled, with 1 ovule in each cell. Fruit 
succulent or hard, usually indehiscent. Seeds with 
or without albumen. (p. 150.) : 
LVII. Ebenaceze. Trees or shrubs, not milky. 
Leaves alternate. Flowers regular, usually diceci- 
ous. Corolla-lobes 3-5. Stamens indefinite (few 
or many). Ovary 3- or more celled, with 1 or 2 
ovules in each cell. Fruit succulent, usually inde- 
hiscent. Seeds albuminous. (p. 151.) 
LVIII. Styraceze. Trees or shrubs. Leaves 
alternate. Flowers regular, hermaphrodite. Co- 
rolla-lobes as many or twice as many as calyx- 
lobes. Stamens usually more than twice as many, 
rarely twice as many as corolla-lobes, or fewer. 
Ovary, or at least the fruit, more or less inferior, 
2-5-celled, with 2 or more ovules in each cell. 
Fruit usually succulent and indehiscent. Seeds 
albuminous. (p. 152.) 
LIX. Jasminez. Trees or shrubs, often 
climbing. Leaves opposite or rarely alternate. 
Flowers regular. Corolla with 4, 5, or rarely more 
lobes, rarely 2, petaled or 0. Stamens 2, alter- 
nating with the carpels. Ovary 2-celled, with 1 or 
2 ovules in each cell. Fruit succulent or capsular. 
Seeds with or without albumen. (p. 153.) 
LX. Apocyneze. Trees or shrubs, often twin- 
ing, rarely perennial herbs. Leaves opposite or 
rarely scattered. * Flowers regular. Stamens 5, 
alternate with the corolia-lobes; anthers conni- 
vent around the stigma. Ovary of 2 distinct car- 
pels, the styles connected upwards, or rarely the 
carpels united from the base. Fruit of 1 or 2 
follicles, drupes, or berries. Seeds usually albumi- 
nous. (p. 155.) 
LXI. Asclepiadez. Twiners or rarely her- 
baceous perennials or shrubs. Leaves opposite. 
Flowers regular. Stamens 5, alternate with the 
corolla-lobes; anthers connate round the stigma, 2- 
or 4-celled; pollen consolidated in 1 or 2 masses 
in each cell. Ovary of 2 distinct carpels; the 
styles united upwards. Fruit follicular. Seeds 
with little albumen. (p. 161.) 
LXII. Loganiacez. Trees shrubs or herbs. 
Leaves opposite, often connected by stipules or 
raised lines. Flowers regular. Stamens as many 
as corolla-lobes, and alternate with them. An- 
thers free. Ovary usually 2-celled. Style single. 
ue a capsule or berry. Seed albuminous. (p. 
163.) 
LXIII. Gentianez. Herbs, with a bitter 
