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taste. Leaves opposite or alternate. Flowers re- 
gular or nearly so. Stamens as many as corolla- 
lobes, and alternate with them. Anthers free. 
Ovary 1-celled, with 2 or rarely more parietal pla- 
centas, rarely completely dividing it into 2 cells. 
Ovules co and minute. Style single. Fruit a 
prn rarely indehiscent. Seeds albuminous. (p. 
167.) 
LXIV. Boraginez. Herbs usually coarsely 
hirsute, or in drupaceous genera trees or shrubs. 
Leaves usually alternate. Flowers regular, in 
cymes or unilateral racemes. Stamens as many as 
corolla-lobes and alternate with them, or very 
rarely fewer. Ovary 2- or 4-celled with 1 ovule in 
each cell, or 2-celled with 2 parallel ovules in each 
cell. Style single, entire, or rarely forked. Fruit 
a drupe, or dry and separating into 2 or 4 nuts. 
Seeds with little or no albumen. (p. 168.) 
LXV. Convolvulacez. ‘Twiners, or rarely 
erect herbs shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate. 
Flowers regular, usually axillary. Corolla-limb 
folded in bud. Stamens 5, alternate with the co- 
rolla-lobes or angles. Ovary of 2 to 4 cells or 
carpels, with 1 or 2 erect ovules in each. Style 
single and entire, or 2-branched or 2 distinct styles. 
Fruit capsular or suceulent and indehiscent. Seeds 
with little or no albumen. Cotyledons very much 
folded or inconspicuous. (p. 170.) 
LXVI. Solanacez. Herbs, shrubs or soft- 
wooded trees. Leaves alternate. Flowers regular 
or nearly so.  Corolla-lobes folded or rarely imbri- 
cate in bud. Stamens as many as corolla-lobes, 
and alternate with them. Ovary 2-celled or spu- 
riously 4-celled (rarely 3- or 4-celled), with several 
ovules in eaeh cell. Style single. Fruit a berry 
ora capsule. Seeds albuminous, the embryo usu- 
ally curved or annular. (p. 173.) 
LXVII. Scrophularinez. Herbs, or rarely 
shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate or oppo- 
site. Flowers irregular, with the corolla-lobes bi- 
labiate or imbrieate in the bud, or rarely nearl 
regular, with the corolla-lobes folded. Perfect 
stamens, 4 in pairs or 2, the 5th rudimentar 
wanting or very rarely perfect. Ovary 2-celled, 
with several ovules in each cell. Fruit a capsule 
or very rarely a berry. Seeds albuminous. Embryo 
usually straight. (p. 180.) 
LXVIII. Cyrtandreze. Herbs or, when shrub- 
by, often epiphytical or climbing, rarely erect 
shrubs. Leaves opposite. Flowers usually irre- 
gular. Perfect stamens 4, in pairs or rarely 2 
only. Ovary l-celled, with 2 parietal placentas 
and co ovules. Fruit a berry or capsule. Seeds 
with or without albumen. (p. 181.) 
LXIX. Acanthacez. Herbsor shrubs, rarely 
twiners. Leaves opposite. Flowers more or less 
irregular. Perfect stamens 4 in pairs, or 2 only. 
Ovary 2-celled, with 2 or more superposed ovules 
in each cell. Fruit a capsule opening elastically 
in 2 valves. Seeds without albumen, usually sub- 
tended by hooked or rarely cup-shaped or minute 
retinacula. (p. 183.) 
LXX. Verbenacez. Herbs, shrubs or trees. 
Leaves opposite, simple, rarely compound. Corolla 
regular or irregular. Stamens as many as or fewer 
than the lobes of the corolla. Ovary rarely lobed, 
2- or 4-celled. Cells 1- or 2-ovuled. Seeds with 
or without albumen. (p. 186.) 
LXXI. Labiate. Herbs or shrubs. Leaves 
opposite, simple. Corolla irregular or nearly re- 
gular. Stamens 2 or 4. Ovary 4-lobed to the 
base, 4-celled, cells 1-ovuled. Style between the 
lobes. Fruit of 4 small nuts. Seeds with or with- 
out albumen. (p. 191.) 
LXXII. Plantaginez. Herbs or rarely un- 
dershrubs. Flowers capitate or spiked, green or 
brownish. Corolla regular, scarious, 4-lobed. Sta- 
mens 4, filaments very long, flexuous. Ovary en- 
tire, 2-celled, ovules on the septum. Capsule cir- 
cumsciss. Seeds peltate, albuminous. (p. 193.) 
LXXIII. Plumbaginez. Herbs or rarely 
undershrubs. Leaves simple. Flowers in heads 
spikes or panicles. Petals 5, often united at base. 
Stamens 5, distinct, or united at base. Ovary 1- 
celled, with 1 suspended ovule. Styles 5. Seed 
albuminous. (p. 194.) 
Suzerass III. INCOMPLETZE. 
Perianth really or tly simple or O (except 
in some Molluginaces, Euphorbiacez). 
LXXIV. Nyctaginez. Shrubs, trees and 
herbs. Perianth elongate, tubular. Stamens hy- 
pogynous. Style 1. Ovary 1-celled. Ovule 1, 
erect. Embryo folded. Albumen scanty. (p. 194.) 
LXXV. Amaranthacez. Herbs, rarely shrubs 
or trees. Perianth 5 leaflets, scarious. Stamens 
perigynous, monadelphous. Style usually simple. 
Ovary 1-celled. Ovules 1 or more, pendulous from 
basilar cords. Embryo annular in mealy albumen. 
(p. 196.) 
LXXVI. Molluginacez. Herbs or shrubs, 
leaves usually alternate. Calyx divided to the 
base. Petals 5, fewer or 0. Styles 1-5, often 
wanting. Ovary l-celled, 1-oc-ovulate. Placentas 
basal or nearly so. Embryo curved in mealy al- 
bumen. (p. 200.) 
LXXVII. Polygonacez. Herbs, Stipules 
sheathing. Perianth 5- or 6-partite. Stamens 
6-9, perigynous. Styles 2 or 3, very short. Ovary 
l-celled. Ovule 1, erect. Embryo straight or 
curved in mealy albumen. (p. 200.) 
LXXVII. Lauraces. Shrubs or trees, rarely 
herbs. Perianth of 4-8 segments. Stamens 12- 
15, perigynous, anthers opening by recurved 
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