404 BUR if A, ITS PEOrLE AXD PRODUCTIONS. 



Order DIPSACE^. 



Corolla monopetnlous, epigynous, restivation imbiicate. Stamens 4, inserted on 

 the tube of the corolla. Ovary 1-celled, 1-ovuled, adnate to the reeeptacular tube, 

 thrnii(;hout its length, or only at the top. Ocuh pendulous, anatropous. Einlnjo 

 albuminous. 



■"' Flowers in terminal, rarehj axillary, often peduncled heads. 

 DiPSACrs, Linnaus. 



Inrolueral Irarts usually herbaceous, the paleas of the receptacle rigid or spincscent. 

 Corolla 4-cleft. Kigid herbs, the flower-heads large. 



D. STEicTrs, Don. Ava. Martaban (Yunzalin). 



B. inermis, Wall. 

 D. lonyieaulis, Wall. 



D. fuUonum is the European Teasel, used to tease or dress -woollen cloth. The 

 Karens make a similar use of the fruit of the Pandanus. 



CAPRIFOLIALES. 

 Flowers regiUar or irregular. StamiDs as many as the corolla-lobes, inserted 

 on the corolla. Ono-i/ inferior, 2- or many-celled. Seeds generally albuminous. 

 Cali/.r never pappose. Shrubs or trees, rarely herb.s. 



Order IIUBIACE^. 



Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary, the limb entire or lobed or toothed. Corolla 

 gamopetalous, inserted round the epigynous disk, 4-5- or sometimes more (rarely only 

 o)-lobed, the lobes imbricate or valvate. Stamens as many as corolla-lobes and alter- 

 nating with them, inserted in the tube. Anthers versatile, the cells parallel, opening 

 longitudinally. Ovary inferior, 2- or more-celled, with 1 or more ovules in each cell, 

 rarely 1-celled, with parietal placentas, or reduced to a single 1-ovuled cell. Styles 

 as many as carpels, high up, united or simple, with a thickened, entii'e, or lobed stigma. 

 Fndt a capsule, berry, drupe, or indehiseent nut. Albumen fleshy or horny, copious, 

 or rarely scanty or none. Embryo cylindrical, the cotyledons semi-terete. Trees, 

 shrubs, or herbs, somtimes climbing, with opposite or whorled leaves. Sfijjales inter- 

 petiolar, either free, or united with the petiole in a sheath bordered by fringes, or 

 leaf-like lobes or sheathing or annular, rarely reduced to 1 or 2 points on each side of 

 the petiole. Injlorescenee various, visually more or loss cymose or panieled, axillary or 

 terminal. Fluwers occasionally polygamous or unisexual. 



Sub-order CIXCHOXE^F. 



Fruit a dehiscent Capsule, dry, or very rarely succulent ; very rarely a beny 

 or drupe, and in this case the seeds always winged, or appcndaged. Ovary 2- or 

 more celled, with 1 to many ovules in each cell. Seeds various. Stipules Lnter- 

 petiolar. 



A'A UCLEIE.X:. 



Flowers inserted upon a tJiielrned receptaele and forming heads. Capsule dehiseiny 

 from, the base or otherwise, dry or rarely ( Sureocephalus) berry-like. 



X Capsule berry-like, dehiseiny from the base. Trees. 



Sabcocepii.\lus, Afzelius. 



Capsule 2-celled, or the 2 cells augmented by 2 superposed empty cells, more or 

 less united in a fleshy syncarp. 



