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600 STYLIDIACEA.—GOODENIACEA,.—CAMPANULACEA, 
and although a very useful vegetable, they are inferior to Scorzonera. In 
America it is called the Oyster Plant, as the roots when cooked are thought 
to have the taste of oysters. 
Cohort 3. Campanales. Stamens epigynous, usually free from 
the corolla. Ovary generally 2—6-celled, with numerous 
ovules in each cell. Fruit capsular. Seeds albuminous. 
Mostly herbs, or rarely shrubs. Leaves nearly always 
alternate ; exstipulate. 
Order 1. StyLip1acEes#, the Stylewort Order.—C haracter.— 
Herbs or wider-shrubs, not milky. Leaves exstipulate. Calyx 
superior, with from 2 to 6 divisions, persistent. Corolla with 
from 5 to 6 divisions ; &stivation imbricate. Stamens 2, gynan- 
drous. Ovary 2-celled, or rarely 1-celled ; style forming a cotumn 
with the filaments ; stigma without an indusium. Frwit cap- 
sular. Seeds albuminous. 
Distribution and Numbers.—They are chiefly found in the 
swamps of Australa. Illustrative Genera -—Stylidium, Swartz ; 
Forstera, Linn. fil. There are about 120 species. 
Properties and Uses.—Unknown. 
Order 2. GooDENIACES, the Goodenia Order.—C harac- 
ter.—Herbs, or rarely shrubs, not milky. Leaves exstipulate. 
Flowers never collected into heads. Calyx generally superior, 
with from 3—5 divisions, occasionally inferior. Corolla irre- 
gular, 5-parted ; xstivation induplicate. Stamens 5 ; filaments 
distinct ; anthers distinct or united. Ovary 1, 2, or rarely 
4-celled ; placenta free central; style 1 (fig. 644, t); stigma 
surrounded by a hairy ring or somewhat cup-shaped expansion 
of the upper part of the style termed an indusiwm (fig. 644, 7). 
Fruit capsular, drupaceous,. or nut-like. Seeds with fleshy 
albumen. 
Distribution and Numbers.—-These plants are principally 
natives of Australaand the islands of the Southern Ocean ; rarely 
of India, Africa, and South America. Illustrative Genera :— 
Goodenia, Sm.; Leschenaultia, R. Br. There are about 200 
species. 
Properties and Uses. —Unimportant. Many are cultivated 
for the beauty of their flowers. 
Brunonia.—This genus of Australian plants, consisting of two species, is 
sometimes made the type of a distinct order, termed Brunoniacezx ; but 
Bentham and Hooker refer them here. Their principal distinetive characters 
are the superior ovary, exalbuminous seeds, and capitulate inflorescence. 
They have no known uses. 
Scevola Taccada has a soft and spongy pith, which is used by the 
Malays to make artificial flowers, and for other purposes. Its young leaves 
are also eaten as a potherb. Other species of Scevola are reputed to be 
emollient. 
Order 5. CAMPANULACE®, the Harebell Order.—Character. 
Herbaceous plants or undershrubs, with a milky juice. Leaves 
