]08 APOCINE^. [CI. 8. 



introduced Mr. Brown's Logania (Euosma Andr. 

 Repos. t. 520), curious as a connecting link between 

 this Order and the next. 



Sect. 4. contains only Nicandra Schreb. Gen. 283, 

 {Potalia Aubl.) as being akin to Gentiance. So also 

 Mr. Brown subjoins Villarsia, fig. 184, Ventenat 

 Choix,t. 9, (extracted from the Linnsan Menyanthes,) 

 and Anopterus of Labill. Nov. Holl. t. 112; plants 

 differing from true Gentiance in having mostly alter- 

 nate, partly toothed, Leaves, and on the whole very 

 ambiguous. 



OrdAl. Apocine^;. "Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla regu- 

 lar, with 5,often oblique, lobes, sometimes naked, some- 

 times accompanied by 5 internal, variously shaped 

 appendages. Stamens 5, inserted into the lower 

 part of the Corolla, alternate with it's lobes; the fila- 

 ments often short, either distinct, or more rarely 

 united into a tube closely embracing the Germen. 

 Anthers of 2 cells, the summit extended into a mem- 

 brane, or thread. Germen single, or double, stand- 

 in^ on a frequently glandular Receptacle. Styles 1 

 or 2, sometimes extremely short, attached, as it were 

 by a joint, to the single or double Germen. Stigma 

 one, capitate, obsolete. Fruit, in those with a single 

 Germen, pulpy, or rarely a solitary Capsule, usually 

 of 2 cells, with many Seeds ; in those with 2 Ger- 

 mens, 2 combined, oblong, coriaceous Follicles (61 : 1), 

 rarely shortened and slightly pulpy, bursting length- 

 wise at the inner edge, each of 1 cell. Seeds nume- 



