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placenta; axile; iVuit a capsule, opcnini^ by valves 

 or fissures, many-seetlctl. 



Order 43. Vacciniaceae. — Shrubs, deciduous or 

 evergreen; leaves akernate; buds clothed with 

 scales; flowers regular, solitary ; calyx 4-5 lobed ; 

 corolla campanulate, luxeolate or rotate; stamens 

 epigynous, 8-10; anthers with appendages; ovary 

 inferior, 4-5-locular; fruit a berry. 



Order 44. Ericaceae. — Shrubs and undershrubs, 

 evergreen, rigid ; leaves in whorls or scattered, 

 alternate or opposite; buds naked or scaly; flowers 

 regular or irregular; calyx 4-5-fid; corolla cani- 

 panulateorurceolate, tubular; stanienshypogynous 

 5, 8 or 10; anthers opening by apical pores; pollen 

 in tetrads; ovary superior ; fruit, a berry, drupe or 

 capsule. 



Order 45. Monotropaceae. — Saprophyte; leaves 

 scale-like; stem with scales; flowers solitary, in 

 spikes and racemes; sepals 2-6; petals 3-6; sta- 

 mens hypogynous, 6-12; ovary 4-6 lobed, style 

 simple; capsule membranous; seeds leathery. 



Order 46. Plumbaginaceae. — Herbaceous plants; 

 leaves mainly radical, entire; no stipules; flowers 

 regular, in spikes or heads; calyx 5-cleft, inferior; 

 corolla 5-fid; stamens hypogynous, 5, opposite the 

 petals; styles 5, ovary i-celled; ovule i, basal; 

 fruit a utricle; seeds inverted. 



Order 47. Primulaceae. — Herbaceous plants; 

 leaves radical or cauline; no stipules; flowers 

 regular; calyx inferior, s-cleft; corolla hypogy- 

 nous, 4-7-fid; stamens cpipetalous; ovary i-celled, 

 free; ovules numerous; placenta free central; 

 style i; stigma capitate ; capsule i-celled. 



Order 48. Oleaceae. — Trees or shrubs, decid- 

 uous; leaves opposite; no stipules; buds scaly; 

 flowers in trichotomous cymes; calyx gamosepa- 

 lous, inferior, 4-cleft, or absent ; corolla 4-partite 

 or absent; stamens 2, hypogynous or epipetalous; 

 ovary 2-celled ; style simple or none ; ovules 2-3 ; 

 fruit a berry or samara ; seed pendulous. 



Order 49. Apocynaceae. — Undershrubs, pros- 

 trate, evergreen ; leaves opposite or in whorls, 

 entire; flowers regular, solitary; calyx 4-5-fid; 

 corolla hypogynous, 5-cleft ; stamens 5, epipetal- 

 ous; pollen granular; carpels 2, united by styles; 

 stigma I ; fruit 2 follicles. 



Order 50. Gentianaceae, — Herbaceous plants; 

 leaves entire, opposite, or whorled, or alternate; 

 no stipules; flowers regular, solitary or in cymes; 

 calyx 4-8-cleft, inferior; corolla 4-8-cleft, hypog)'- 

 nous, rotate, campanulate or funnel - sh.aped ; 

 stamens 4-8, epipetalous; anthers versatile; ovary 

 incompletely 2-locular; placent£B parietal; capsule 

 I-2-ceIled; seeds very small. 



Order 51. Polemoniaceae. — Herbaceous plants; 

 leaves pinnate, alternate or opposite; no stipules; 

 flowers in terminal cymes; calyx inferior, 5-lobed; 

 corolla hypogynous, 5-lobed; stamens 4-8, un- 

 equal, epipetalous; ovary 3-locular; stigma 3-fid; 

 ovules, I or more in each cell; fruit, a capsule, 

 3-celled. 



Order 52. Boraginaceae. — Herbaceous plants, 

 rough or hairy ; leaves alternate ; no stipules ; 

 flowers regular or sometimes irregular, in scor- 

 pioid cymes; calyx 5-lobed, inferior; corolla hy- 



pogynous, 5-lobed, rotate, bell-shaped, tubular 

 or salver-shaped; stamens 5, epipetalous; ovary 

 deeply 4-lobed; style simple; fruit of 4 i-seeded 

 nutlets. 



Order 53. Convolvulaceje. — Herbaceous twin- 

 ing plants; leaves alternate (none in Cuscii/ti); no 

 stipules; flowers regular; calyx inferior, 5-lobed; 

 corolla hypogj'nous, 5-lobed; stamens 5, epi- 

 petalous; anthers sagittate; ovary 2-locular, 2 

 ovules in each cell; style 2-4-fid ; capsule 1-4- 

 celled; seeds erect. 



Order 54. Solanaceae. — Herbaceous plants or 

 shi'ubs; leaves alternate, or in unequal jjairs; no 

 stipules; flowers regular, in cymes; calyx inferior, 

 5-cleft ; corolla hypogynous, 5-lobed ; stamens 5, 

 epipetalous, alternating with corolla lobes ; anthers 

 often cohering by tip; ovary 2-Iocular; ovules 

 numerous; fruit a cipsule or berry. 



Order 55. Scrophulariaceae. — Herbaceous plants, 

 leaves alternate or opposite, or whorled ; with 

 stipules; flowers irregular; calyx inferior, 4-5- 

 lobed; corolla often personate, 4-5-lobed; stamens 

 4, in pairs, 2 or 5, epipetalous; ovary 2-celled; 

 ovules numerous; placentae axile; fruit a capsule, 

 many-seeded, 2-celled. 



Order 56. Orobanchaceae. — Herbaceous para- 

 sitic plants; leafless, with scales; flowers irregu- 

 lar, in terminal spikes or racemes; calyx 4-5-fid, 

 inferior; corolla hypogynous 2-lipped, 4-5-fid, 

 gaping; stamens 4, in pairs, didynamous, epipet- 

 alous; ovary i-locular, of 2 carpels; ovules many; 

 fruit a capsule, i-celled. 



Order 57. Lentibulariaceae. — Herbaceous aqua- 

 tic or marsh plants; leaves radical, entire, some- 

 times with bladders on multifid leaf-segments; 

 no stipules; flowers irregular, solitary, in raceme 

 or corymb; calyx inferior, persistent, 2-lobed or 

 5-partite; stamens 2, hypogynous or epipetalous; 

 anthers i-celled; ovary i-celled, of 2 carpels, free; 

 stigma of 2 lamella; fruit a capsule, i-celled; 

 seeds many. 



Order 58. VerbenaceEB. — Herbaceous plant ; 

 leaves opposite or in whorls; no stipules; flowers 

 irregular, in cymes; calyx inferior, tubular, per- 

 sistent; corolla tubular, hypogynous, 2-lipped; 

 stamens 4, in pairs, unequal, or 2; epipetalous; 

 anthers 2-celled; ovary 4-locular, rounded; style 

 terminal, i; ovules 4; fruit of 4 nutlets; seeds with- 

 out albumen. 



Order 59. Labiatae (Lamiacc<r). — Herbaceous 

 plants; stems square, leaves in opposite pairs, 

 decussate; no stipules; flowers irregular in whorled 

 cymes; calyx inferior, 5-clelt, 2-Hpped ; corolla 

 2-lipped, hypogynous, upper lip entire or 2-fid, 

 lower regular or 3-fid; stamens 4, in pairs, un- 

 equal, epipetalous; ovary 4-lobed, 4-Iocular; fruit 

 of 4 nutlets. 



Order 60. Plantag-inacese. — Herbaceous plants, 

 scapigerous; leaves radical, forming a rosette, 

 or alternate; flowers regular, in spikes; calyx 

 4-lobed; corolla hypogvnous, membranous; sta- 

 mens 4, epipetalous, rarely hypogynous: anthers 

 versatile; ovary 2-4-ceIIed, free; style and stigmas 

 slender; fruit a capsule, circumsciss, membranous; 

 seeds peltate. 



