SYNOPSIS OF ORDERS. 



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XCVII. CoNVOLVULACE.^. Climbers. Corolla plicate. Stamens 5, on 

 corolla-tube. Fruit capsular, globose or baccate. Seeds"few, 

 large. 



XCVIII. Cardiopterid^. Herbaceous climber or tree. Flowers small. 

 Sepals and petals imbricate. Fruit a winged samara. 



XCIX. SoLANACE^. Herbs or shrubs. Corolla plicate. Carpels 

 many-seeded. Fruit berry or capsule. Seed small. 



Corolla irregular. Upper stamens smaller or reduced to a staminode. 



C. ScROPHULARiNE^. Hcrbs, rarely shrubs, leafy. Ovary 2- 

 locular. Capsule many-seeded. 



CI. Orobanchace^. Leafless parasites. Ovary i -celled, pla- 

 centas parietal. 



CH. Lentibularie^. Aquatic or marsh herbs with minute 

 bladders on branches at base. Ovary i-celled; placenta 

 basal, central. 



Cin. GESNERACEiE. Hcrbs, terrestrial or epiphyte. Leaves alter- 

 nate or rosulate. Flowers showy. Capsule usually slender. 

 Seed small, numerous, sometimes plumed. Fruit a dry berry 

 in Cyrtandra. 



CIV. BiGNONiACEiE. Trccs or climbers. Leaves compound. Seeds 

 winged. Fruit a long bivalved capsule. 



CV. Pedaline^. Herbs. Leaves entire. Capsule many-seeded, 

 oblong. Seeds small. 



CVI. Acanthace^. Herbs or shrubs or climbers. Ovary 2 -celled ; 

 ovules 2 to 4. Capsule bivalved. Seeds discoid on elastic 

 retinacula. 



CVII. Verbenace^e. Shrubs, trees, or herbs. Ovary entire. Fruit 

 of 2 to 4 pyrenes in pulp. 



CVIII. Labiate. Herbs often aromatic; stems 4-angled.' Ovary 

 4-lobed. Fruit of 4 nutlets. 



Section (C.) Apetal.<e. 

 Perianth simple of one whorl of leaves or absent. 



Flowers bisexual. 



rarely trees. Pfeianth 

 Carpel i. Style i. 



Ovary i -celled; 



CIX. Nyctagine;e. Shrubs or herbs, 

 tubular; base persistent in fruit. 



ex. Amarantace^. Herbs. Perianth scarious. 

 style often 3-fid. Fruit a utricle. 



CXI. PoLYGONACEiE. Herbs. Leaves sheathing at base. Perianth 

 pink or white. Ovary i-celled, i-seeded; style 2- to 3-fid. 



CXII. Aristolochiace^. Shrublets or climbers. Perianth tubular. 

 Ovary inferior. Fruit capsular. 



CXIII. CvTiNACEiE. Leafless parasites. Ovary inferior or half 

 inferior. 



