FEBRUARY. 27 
15. Loranthee.—No calyx. Petals four, fleshy, united at 
the base, each bearing an anther in the barren flower ; 
in the fertile the stigma is sessile. Parasitic. 
3rd SUB-CLASS. 
CoroLiirLor#. Flowers furnished with both calyx and 
corolla, the latter with the petals united, or monopetalous. 
It is divided into twenty-five orders as follows. 
1. Cucurbitacee.—Divisions of calyx, petals, and stamens, 
five each. Carpels united into an inferior one-celled 
ovary. Fruit fleshy. 
2. Cornacee.—Divisions of calyx, petals, and stamens, four 
each. Carpels united into an inferior two-celled ovary, 
with solitary pendulous seeds and a single style. Fruit 
a drupe.* 
3. Caprifoliacee.—Divisions of calyx, petals, and stamens, 
five each. Carpels united into an inferior three-celled 
many-seeded ovary. Fruit usually a berry. 
4. Galiacee.— Calyx superior, four, five, or six-lobed. 
Corolla monopetalous, rotate, tubular, or regular ; its 
divisions and the stamens the same in number as those 
of the calyx, and alternate. Ovary two-celled. 
* A drupe is a fruit with a hard stone covered with flesh, as the Peach. 
