PRIMULALES. 



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Anagattis arvensis is a little weed from Europe. 



Order Plantaginaceee. The Plantain Family. Herbs, mostly with 

 radical leaves ; placenta central, not free ; ovules usually many, fixed 

 by their ventral face. This anomalous order appears to be more at 

 home in this Cohort than anywhere else. It disagrees with the charac- 

 ters given for the Cohort in its ovary being for the most part two-celled. 



FIGS. 433-5. ILLUSTRATIONS OF ANAGALLIS ARVENSIS. 



Pis. 433. 



PIG. 435. 



Fig. 433. Section of young flower-bud. I, calyx ; c, corolla ; a, stamens ; K, pis- 

 til ; S, placenta. B. gyncecium further advanced. C, gyncecium ready for fertiliza- 

 tion. D, young fruit. (After Sachs.) 



Fig. 434. R pe fruit. Magn fled. 



Fig. 435. Dehiscent fruit. Magnified, g, seeds. 



Otherwise its agreement is so marked as to allow us to regard it as a 

 group of degraded Primulales. The species number about fifty, and 

 are found in all tempeiate regions. 



Plantago major, the common Plantain, is found everywhere in door- 

 yards. 



Order Plumbaginacese. Herbs or barely woody plants, with 

 leaves radical or cauline ; ovary one-celled, one-ovuled. About 200 

 species are known, distributed throughout temperate climates. 



