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part of the style termed an indusium. Fruit capsular, drupa- 

 ceous, or nut-like. Seeds with fleshy albumen. 



Distrihution and Nuinhers. — These plants are principally 

 natives of Australia and the islands of the Southern Ocean ; rarely 

 of India, Africa, and South America. Illustrative Genera. : — 

 Goodenia, 8m. ; Leschenaultia, B. Br. There are about 200 

 species. 



Properties and Uses. — Unimportant. Many are cultivated 

 for the beauty of their flowers. 



Order 171. Campanulace>e, the Harebell Order. — C h a r a c t e r. 

 Herbaceous 'plants or undershrubs, with a milky juice. Leaves 

 nearly always alternate, exstipulate. Floiuers scattered, or 

 rarel}" in capitula. Calyx superior, persistent. Corolla gamo- 



FiG. 1136. 



Fig. 1137. 



Fig. 1138. 



Fig. 1136. Diagram of the flower of Earn pions (('«;«/>«//«?« Rapunculus). 



Fig. 1137. Vertical section of the seed. Fig. 1138. Vertical section of the 



flower. 



petalous, regular, marcescent ; cestivation valvate. Stamens 

 equal in number to, and alternate with, the lobes of the corolla ; 

 anthers 2-celled, distinct or partly united. Ovary inferior, 2- or 

 more-celled; style undivided, haiiy ; siiyina naked. Fruit dry, 

 capsular, dehiscing by lateral orifices or by valves at the apex ; 

 placentas axile. Seeds numerous, with fleshy albumen. 



Distribution and Numbers. — Chiefly natives of the temperate 

 parts of the northern hemisphere ; a good many are, however, 

 found in the southern hemisphere, especially at the Cape of 

 Good Hope. A few species only are tropical. Illustrative 

 Genera: — Phyteuma, Linn.; Campanula, Linn. There are 

 about 550 species. 



Properties and Uses. — The order does not contain any 

 plants of particular importance from either a medicinal or 

 an economic point of view. 



Order 172. Lobeliace^, the Lobelia Order. — Character. — 



