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Fy. 
POPULAR FIELD BOTANY. 
. Valerianacee.—Calyx with a membranous or feathery 
limb, and naked. Anthers distinct. Ovary solitary, 
inferior, with one pendulous ovule or seed. 
. Dipsacee.—Calyx with a membranous or feathery limb, 
and double, forming a kind of involucre. Anthers dis- 
tinct. Ovary solitary, inferior, with one pendulous ovule. 
. Composite or Asteracee.—Calyx with a membranous or 
feathery limb. Anthers united. Compound flowers. 
. Campanulacee.—Divisions of calyx, petals, and stamens, 
five each. Filaments broad. Ovaries united into an 
inferior many-celled, many-seeded pistil, with a thick 
hairy style. 
. Ericacee.—Divisions of calyx, petals, and stamens, four 
or five ; the latter sometimes double the number. Ovary 
many-celled and many-seeded, one style, and one stigma. 
Monotropacee.—Parasitical plants. Most of the charac- 
teristics of Hricacee, but seeds very minute, enclosed 
ina tubular skin. Stems leafless, or nearly so, but 
covered with fleshy scales. 
Aquifoliacee.—Divisions of calyx four to six. Petals 
and stamens four to six. Ovary fleshy, superior, with 
from two to six cells. Fruit fleshy, with from two to 
six stones. 
