Victorian Plants. 75 



371. Fruit indehiscent. 



Herbs or shrubs; corolla often blue; calyx lobed or lobeless; 

 lobes of the corolla generally all bent downward in one 

 set ; fruit succulent or dry, usually two-seeded. 



Scaevola. 1547 



Fruit dehiscent. 



Herbs or shrubs ; corolla often yellow ; calyx always lobed ; 

 lobes of the corolla generally forming an upper and lower 

 set ; fruit usually many-seeded. Figure 94. 



Goodenia. 1554 



GENTIANEAE. 



372. Lobes of corolla with expanding membranes. 



Floating or semiaquatic plants; leaves scattered or crowded, 

 often cordate ; tube of corolla wide. 



Limnanthemum. 1569 



Lobes of corolla without any expanding membranes ... 373 



373. Anthers soon twisted. 



Annual or perennial herbs ; stem-leaves opposite ; tube of 



corolla often narrow ; fruit one-celled. Erythraea. 1571 



Anthers remaining straight ... ... ... ... 374 



374. Fruit two-celled. 



Annual herbs ; stem-leaves opposite ; tube of corolla often 

 narrow. Figure 96. Sebaea, 1572 



Fruit one-celled. 



Annual or perennial herbs ; leaves generally lined by longi- 

 tudinal prominent venules; stem-leaves constantly op- 

 posite ; tube of corolla often wide. Gentiana. 1573 



JAS1VIINEAE. 



375. Corolla divided into usually five or more lobes. 



Usually climbers or twiners; leaves simple, trifoliolate or 

 pinnate ; flowers comparatively large, particularly fra- 

 grant ; lobes of the corolla overlapping before expansion ; 

 stamens enclosed in the narrow tube of the corolla ; fruit 

 when well developed bilobed, often succulent. 



Jasminum. 1574 



