viii CONSPECTUS OF THE ORDERS. 



ovule ill eacli cell. Fruit succulent or hard, usually iudeliiscent. Seeds vvith or without 



albumen, 



LXXIT. Ebenace^. Trees or shrubs, not milky. Leaves alternate, llowers regular, 



usually dioecious. Corolla-lobes 3 to 5. Stamens iudefiuite (few or inany).^ Ovary 3- or 



more-celled, with 1 or 2 ovules in each cell. Fruit succuleut, usually iudchiirceut. Seeds 



albuminous. 



LXXIII. Styeacace.^. Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate. Flowers regular, herma- 

 phrodite. Corolla-lobes as many or twice as many as calyx-lobes. Stamens usually more 

 than twice as many, rarely twice as many as corolla-lobes or fewer. Ovary, or at least the 

 fruit, more or less inferior, 2- to 5-celled, with 2 or more ovules in each cell. Fruit usually 

 succulent and indehisceut. Seeds albuminous. 



LXXIV. Jasmines. Trees shrubs or climbers. Leaves opposite or very rarely alternate. 

 Flowers regular. Corolla with 4, 5 or more lobes rarely 2-petaied or none. Stamens 2, 

 alternating with the carpels. Ovary 2-celled, with one or two ovules in each cell. Fruit 

 succulent or capsulai\ Seeds with or without albumen. 



LXXV. Ai'OcyNE.E. Trees shrubs or twiners, rarely perennial herbs. Leaves opposite 

 or rarely scattered. Flowers regular. Stamens 5, alternate with the corolla-lobes ; anthers 

 connivent round the stigma. Ovary of two distinct carpels, the styles connected upwards, or 

 rarely the carpels united from the base. Fruit of 1 or 2 follicles drupes or berries. Seeds 



usually albuminous. 



LXXVI. AscLEFiADE^- Twiners or rarely herbaceous perennials or shrubs. Leaves op- 

 posite. Flow^ers regular. Stamens 5, alternate with the corolla-lobes ; anthers connate round 

 the stigma, 2- or 4-celled ; i^Ueu consolidated in 1 or 2 masses in each cell. Ovary of 2 

 distinct"" car pels; the styles united upwards. Fruit follicular. Seeds with little albumen. 



LXXVII. LoGANiACE^. Trees shrubs twiners or herbs. Leaves opposite, often con- 

 nected by stipules or raised lines. Flowers regular. Stamens as many as corolla-lobes and 

 alternate with them. Anthers free. Ovary usually 2-celled. Style single. Fruit a cap- 

 sule or berry. Seeds albuminous. 



LXXVIIL Gentiane^. Herbs with a bitter taste. Leaves opposite or in the Menf^- 

 anlhece alternate. Flowers res^ular. Stamens as many as corolla-lobes and alternate with 

 them. Anthers free. Ovary 1-celkd with 2 or rarely more parietal placentas rarely com- 

 jiletely dividing it into 2 cells; ovules numerous and minute. Style single. Fruit a cap- 

 sule, rarely indehisceut. Seeds albuminous. 



LXXIX. HydhopiivllaceJE. Herbs or rarely undershrubs. Leaves alternate or the 

 lower ones opposite. Flowers regular in unilateral racemes or cymes. Stamens as many 

 as corolla-lobes and alternate with them. Anthers free. Ovary 1-celled with 2 parietal 

 placentas or rarely 2-cclled. ^t^jles or style-hranches 2. Fruit a capsule. Seeds albumi- 

 nous. 



LXXX. BoRAGTNF^. Herbs nsually coarsely hirsute or in drupaceous genera trees or 

 shrubs. Leaves usually alternate. Flowers regular in cymes or miilateral raceuies. 

 Stamens as many as corolla-lobes and alternate with them or very rarely fewer. Ovary l- 

 or 4-celled with'l ovule in each cell or 2.ceUed with 2 parallel ovules in each cell. Style 

 single, entire or rarely forked. Fruit a di-upe, or dry and separating into 2 or 4 nuts. Seeds 



with little or no albumen. . 



LXXXl. CoNVOLYULACE^. Twiuers or rarely erect herbs shrubs or trees. Leaves al- 

 ternate. Flowers regular, usually axillary. Corolla-lirab folded in the bud. Stamens 5, 

 nlteniate with tbe corolla-lobes or angles. Ovary of 2 to 4 cells or carpels with 1 or f 

 erect ovules in each. Style single and entire or 2-branched or 2 distinct styles. Imhh 

 capsular or succulent and indehisceut. Seeds with little or no albumen ; cotyledons very 

 muck folded (or inconspicuous in Cusada), 



LXXXIL SoLANE^. Herbs shrubs or soft-wooded trees. Leaves alternate. Flowers 

 regular or nearly so. Corolla-lobes folded or rarely imbricate in the bud. Stamens as 

 many as corolla-lobes and alternate with them. Ovary 2-celled or spuriously 4-cclled 

 (rarely 3- or 4-celled), with several ovules iu each cell. Style single. Fruit a beiry or a 

 capsule. Seeds albuminous, the embryo usually curved or annular. 



LXXXIII. ScEOPHULARiNEiE. Ilcrbs or-rarely shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate 

 or opposite, ilowers irregular with the corolla-lobes bilabiate or imbricate in the bud or 

 rarely nearly regular with the corolla-lobes folded. Perfect stamens 4 in pairs or 2, the 



