ORDERS OF PLANTS. 9 
Fruit 4-lobed, or of 2 or 4 fruitlets, each 
with 1 pendent seed; leaves alternate, 
usually hispid 2 is) fie .. Boragineae 
Fruitlets 2; anthers connate, with dorsal 
appendages (corona); pollen consolidated, 
affixed to 5 distinct processes of the stigma 
placed between the anthers; seeds numer- 
ous, hair-tufted ; stems with milky juice Aselepiadeae 
Fruitlets 2, seldom. with a 2-celled fruit ; 
anthers connate; pollen powdery ... .. Apoeyneae 
Fruit lobeless of 2 united carpels, embryo straight 
(also Bruonia). f 
Placentas 2, parietal ; leaves opposite ... Gentianeae 
Placentas 2, basal or axillary. ; 
Stamens 2; seeds few ; leaves opposite Jasmineae 
Stamens 4; seeds few ; corolla-lobes 4, 
imbricate in the bud ; capsule burst- 
ing transversely ; leaves radical ... Plantagineae 
Stamens 4 or 5; seeds many; leaves 
opposite, sometimes stipulate ... Loganiaceae 
Fruit lobeless of 2 united carpels, embryo curved; 
corolla-lobes 5, valvate or folded in the bud; 
fruit 2-celled ; placentas axillary dif ... Solanaceae 
6b. Anthers 1-celled (also Anthotriche). 
Stamens usually 5; fruit 2- to 5-celled, few or many 
seeded ; leaves stiff, scattered ; placentas axillary Epaerideae 
1. Corolla irregular usually bilobed ; stamens fewer than the 
corolla-lobes; alternate, 2 or 4, if the latter usually in 
pairs 2 long and 2 short. 
Fruit 4-lobed or separating into 4 indehescent nuts. 
Leaves opposite; herbaceous stems quadrangu- ; 
lar ; usually pubescent ; corolla bilobed ... Labiatae 
Fruit lobeless, syncarpous. 
Ovary 1-celled, many ovules, corolla bilobed. 
Placentas free central, stamens 2, stigmas 2, 
leaves radical jay ed i: ... Lentibularineae 
Placentas parietal; stamens 4; herbaceous 
parasites, leaves reduced to scales .. Orobancheae 
Ovary 2-celled, many ovules, placentas axilliary 
(also Goodeniaceae partly). 
Seeds small, minute, albuminous; leaves op- 
posite or alternate ; stamens 2 or 4; cor- 
olla usually 2-lobed ... Ne wh ... Serophularineae 
