SYNOPSIS OF THE GENERA. 



bell-shaped, with five equal lobes. Stamens distant. Berry 

 within the calyx, globose, two celled. 



26. 8ola'num, [Page 281.] Calyx five or ten partite. Corolla 



wheel-shaped. Anthers counivent, oblong, opening with 

 two pores at the extremity. Berry roundish, two or more 

 celled. 



f f ff f Fruit in two follicles. 



27. Vin'ca, [Page 283.] Calyx five-partite. Corolla salver- 



shaped, the segments oblique, spirally imbricated in the 

 bud, the tube long, its orifice prominent, with five angles. 

 Anthers closing over the pistil. Stigma crowned with a 

 tuft of hairs. Follicles with naked seeds. 



(See Gentiana in Ord. 2.) 



*** Perianth double, superior. Corolla monopetalous. 



■f Fruit a capsule. 



28. Sa'molus, [Page 286.] Calyx half superior, five-cleft. 



Corolla somewhat bell-shaped, with a short tube, its mouth 

 surrounded with five scales (sterile stamens), alternating 

 with five stamens, and opposite the segments of the limb. 

 Capsule half superior, two celled, opening with five valves. 

 Seeds fixed to a large central placenta. 



29. Lobe'lia, [Page 287.] Calyx five-cleft. Corolla irregular, 



two lipped, five-cleft. Stamens united around the pistil. 

 Stigma blunt, mostly two lobed and hairy. Capsule two 

 or three celled, opening at the apex with two or three 

 valves, 



30. Jasi'one, [Page 290,] Calyx five-cleft. Corolla wheel- 



shaped, in five deep narrow segments. Anthers united at 

 their base. Stigma club-shaped, bifid. Capsule two 

 celled, opening at the apex. {Floivers collected into a 

 dense head, toith a many leaved involucrum. ) 



31. Phtteu'ma, [Page 291.] Calyx five-cleft. Coro//a wheel- 



shaped, in five deep narrow segments. Filaments dilated 

 at the base. Anthers free. Stigma three-cleft. Capsule 

 of two or three cells, opening on the side. {Floioers 

 collected into a dense bracteated head or spike. ) 



32. Campanu'la, [Page 292,] Calyx five-cleft. Corolla bell- 



shaped or wheel-shaped, with five larger or smaller seg- 

 ments, the mouth of the tube closed with the dilated base 

 oixhc filaments. Anthers free. Stigma two to five-cleft. 



