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- ORDER LXIX. 
DIPSACEZA. 
Cuaractens..This family consists of herbs or shrubs, 
with opposite or whorled leaves ; inflorescence a eapitulum, 
with a common involucre, each flower having an inyolucel- 
3 calyx adhering to the ovary, similar to a pappus or 
ed down; corolla monopetalous, tubular, unequal, 4-5 
d, imbricated in aestivation; stamens usually 4, alter- 
nate with the lobes of the corolla, with the anthers distinct ; 
a L-celled ovary, with 1 pendulous ovule, 1 style, and a sim- 
ple stigma ; pericarp, 1-celled, surmounted by the feathery 
calyx, dry and indehiscent. 
Examptes,—Fuller’s Teasel (Dipsacus fallonum), and 
's-bit scabious (Scabiosa succisa) are examples of this 
y- The root of the former is said to be tonic and . 
ent, and its heads or tufts are used for dressing 
_. The root andleaves of the latter are bitter and astrin-_ 
{ORDER LXx. 
VALERIANE&. — 
Cuaracters.—Herbs with opposite leaves, without sti- 
e3; flowers in corymbs, panicles, or heads; calyx adhe- _ 
, often toothed; corolla tubular, inserted into the top 
ovary, with about 5 unequal lobes, and sometimes spur- 
the base; stamens 1 to 5, inserted in the corolla; ~*~ 
y 1-celled, with a solitary pendulous ovule (occasionally | = 
cells, abortive), 1 style, and sometimes a trifid stig- 
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