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CLXXXVIII. GLOBULARINE^. 



GLOBULAEiNEiE, Dec. Fl. Fr. 3. 427. (1815) ; Camlessedes in Ann. des Sciences, 9. 15. 

 (1826); Link Handb. 1. 675. (1829.) 



Diagnosis. Monopetalous dicotyledons, with irregular capitate flowers, 

 and a superior 1 -celled indehiscent fruit. 

 Anomalies. 



Essential Character. — Calyx persistent, 5-cleft, usually equal, sometimes 2- 

 Hpped. Corolla hypogynous, tubular, bilabiate, rarely 1 -lipped, made up of 5 petals. 

 Stamens 4, the uppermost being wanting, arising from the top of the tube of the corolla, 

 somewhat didynamous ; anthers reniforni, bursting longitudinally, the 2 cells confluent 

 into 1. Ovarium superior, 1-celled, with a single pendulous ovulum ; style filiform, emar- 

 ginate at the apex. Fruit small, indehiscent, pointed with the persistent style. Albumen 

 fleshy ; embryo straight, in its axis ; radicle superior, about as long as the ovate cotyledons. 

 — Shrubs, or small low under-shrubs, or perennial herbs. Leaves alternate, often fascicled, 

 turning black in drying. Flowers collected in small heads, upon a convex paleaceous 

 receptacle. 



Affinities. These were placed near Primulaceae both by Jussieu and 

 DecandoUe ; but their closest affinity is now known to be with Dipsaceae, 

 with which GlobularineaB agree in a multitude of particulars, especially in 

 habit, but differ in having a superior ovarium, and in so little besides, that it 

 may be doubted whether, considering the peculiar nature of the cohesion of 

 the calyx and ovarium of Dipsacese, they and Globularineae are not the same 

 family. They were united by Lamarck in the same order as Proteaceae. 



Geography. Natives of the hot and temperate parts of Europe ; 

 Dantzic is their most northern station. 



Properties. Bitter, tonic, and purgative herbaceous plants. 



Example. Globularia. 



CLXXXIX. STELLATE. The Madder Tribe. . 



RubiacEyE, Sect. I. Juss. Gen. lOfi. (1789) Stellat^e, Linn. ,• 7?. lirotvn in Congo, 



(1818); Lindl. Sy7wps. 128. (1829). — Galie^;, Turp. in Atlas du Nouv. Diet, 

 des Sc. (?) 



Diagnosis. Monopetalous dicotyledons, with an inferior didymous 

 fruit, solitary erect ovula, angular stems, and verticillate scabrous leaves 

 without stipuloe. 



Anomalies. 



Essential Chahacteh Caly.v superior, 4- 5- or 6-lobed. Corolla monopetalous, 



rotate or tubular, regul;ir, inserted into the calyx ; the munber of its divisions equal to 

 those of the calyx. Slamciis eipial in number to the lo!)es of the corolla, and alternaie with 

 them. Orarinm simi)le, 2-celleil ; ovnlrs solitary, erect ; style simple ; stigmata 2. Fruit a 

 dry indehiscent pericar])ium, witli i cells and 2 seeds. Seeds erect, solitary; embryo straight 

 in the axis of horny albumen ; radicle inferior ; cotyledons leafy. — Herbaceous plants, with 

 whorled leaves, destitute of stipulw ; square stems ; roots staining red ; flowers minute. 



Affinities. There can be little doubt that the inconspicuous weeds 

 of which this order is composed have as strong claims to be separated 

 from Cinchonaceae as that order from Apocynca^ or Caprifoliaceuc. It is 

 true that no very positive characters are to be obtained from the fructifica- 

 tion, but the want is abundantly supplied by the scjuare stems and verticillate 

 leaves without stipuUc, forminii; a kind of star, from which circumstance the 

 name StcUata; is derived. Properly speaking, the appellation llubiacesc 



