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SYNOPSIS OF ORDERS. 



LXXIX. Campanulace^e. Herbs. Flowers regular. Stamens 5. Seeds 

 numerous. 



LXXX. Vacciniace^. Shrubs. Leaves often serrate. Anthers opening 

 by pores or tubular. Resemble Ericacea except inferior ovary. 

 Fruit berry. 



Ovary superior. Corolla regular. 



Ericacea. Shrubs or trees. Flowers showy. Anthers opening 

 by pores. Fruit capsular (rarely baccate). 



LXXXI. 



LXXXII. 



LXXXIII. 



LXXXIV. 



LXXXV. 



LXXX VI. 



LXXXVII. 



LXXXVIII. 

 LXXXIX. 



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XCI. 



XCII. 



XCIII. 



Sepals 3 to 4. Petals 3, 



XCIV. 



XCV. 



XCVI. 



MoNOTROPEiE. Leafless parasites, 

 free. Stamens 6. 



EpACRiDEiE. Heath -like shrubs. Flowerssmall. Anther split- 

 ting longitudinally. Fruit in our species a small drupe. 



PLUMBAGiNEiE. Hcrbs. Calyx sticky. Ovary i-ccUed, i- 

 ovuled. Placenta central. 



Plantagine^. Herbs. Leaves basal. Flowers small, scarious 

 in a spike or head. Stamens long, slender. Ovary 2-celled, 

 many ovuled. Capsule circumsciss. Seeds several. 



Myrsine.^. Trees and shrubs. Leaves simple. Flowers 

 rather small, pink or white, glandular. Fruit a drupe. 

 Ovary with central placenta. 



Sapotace^. Big trees, laticiferous. Corolla-tube short. 

 Stamens as many as lobes or double, attached to corolla. 

 Fruit a berry or drupe. 



Ebenace^. Trees. Flowers unisexual, sexes different in shape. 

 Stamens free from corolla. Berry. 



Styrace^. Trees and shrubs. Corolla-tube usually short. 

 Stamens twice as many, or more. Ovary i, few-seeded. Drupe. 



Oleace^e. Shrubs, erect or climbing, or trees. Stamens 2. 

 Fruit, drupe. 



Apocynace^. Trees or climbers, rarely herbs, laticiferous. 

 Corolla-tube usually long, lobes contort. Stamens and lobes 

 5. Fruit, drupe or capsule with seeds plumed. 



AscLEPiADE^. Climbing or epiphytic herbs, laticiferous. 

 Flowers small, tube short. Stamens connate into a column 

 with style. Fruit capsular. Seeds plumed. 



L0GANIACE.S. Herbs, climbers, or trees. Stamens and corolla- 

 lobes 4 to 5. Ovary bilocular. Resemble Rubiacece, except 

 that the ovary is superior or half superior. 



Gentianace^. Herbs (some floating aquatic). Leaves in 

 terrestrials opposite. Stipules o. Corolla-lobes contort. 

 Capsule bivalved or irregularly dehiscing. 



Hyd'rophyllacEjE. Herb. Leaves alternate. Corolla-lobes 

 imbricate (or contort). Stamens 5. Ovary 2-celled; styles 

 2. Capsule 2-valved or irregularly dehiscing. 



BoRAGiNE^. Shrubs, trees, or herbs. Flowers panicled or in 

 scorpioid cymes. Stamens as many as petals. Styles 2 or 

 I, two cleft. Ovary 2-celled. Fruit of 2 pyrenes, i- to 

 2-seeded or 4-seeded. 



