OKDEE LXV. LOBELIACE^E. ORDEK LXVIII. AQUIFOLIACE^E. 



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ORDER LXV. Lobeliacese. 



Herb?, or shrubby plants, often with a milky juice. Leaves 

 alternate, without stipules. Flowers often showy, axillary and 

 terminal. Calyx-tube adherent to the ovary ; limb 5-clcft, per- 

 sistent Corolla irregularly 5-lobed, often somewhat bilabiate, 

 cleft on one side nearly or quite to the base, inserted in the calyx. 

 Stamens 6, inserted with the corolla, above the ovary, united 

 into a tube. Style 1. Stigma fringed. Fruit a 2 3, rarely 1 

 celled, many-seeded capsule. 



AD order embracing many splendid ornamental specie*, and distinguished 

 by ncrld and narcotic properties. These are especially developed In the Lobe- 

 lia Inflata. which forms so important an article in tun Materia Medica of Botanic 

 Physicians. 



ORDER LXVI. Campanulaceae. 



Herbs with a somewhat milky juice. Leaves alternate. Sti- 

 pules none. Flowers usually blue and showy. Calyx-tube adher- 

 ent to the ovary ; limb usually 6-cleft, persistent Corolla regu- 

 lar, campannlate, usually 5-lobed, withering. Stamens 5, distinct, 

 inserted on the calyx, alternate with the 5 lobes of the corolla. 

 Anthers 2-celled. Ovary 2 5-ccllcd. Style furnished with 

 collecting hairs. Capsule crowned with the persistent calyx- 

 tube, opening with localicidal dehiscence, many-seeded. 



An order remarkable chiefly for the beanty of Its flowers. The rnrlous spe- 

 cies of Campanula, such as the Harebell, Canterbury Bell, and Bell-flower, are 

 example*. 



GROUP in. 



ORDER LXVII. Ericaceae. 



.-limbs; or evergreen or leafless herbs. Leaves simple, alter- 

 nate, rarely opposite, often evergreen. Stipules none.' Calyx- 

 tube usually free from the ovary, sometimes adherent; limb 4- 6, 

 usually 6-cleft, rarely entire. Corolla regular, or sometimes irre- 

 gular, 4 6, usually, 6-cleft, rarely with 5 distinct petals. Stamens 

 inserted with the corolla, 5, H, or 10. Anthers 2-celled, opening 

 t.y |M,r.'j, often nppendaged at top. Ovary 2 10-celled. Style 

 I. Stigma 1. Fruit a berry, drupe, or capsule. 



A laren order rf,nWln~ chiefly of fine- flowering shrubs, ono tribe of which, 

 Ihe B*aUi, overspread Immense tracts of the temperate zones in tho old world. 

 The bark and foliage arc bitter and astringent, as In the Bear-berry (Arctosta- 



iKyloi), and Pyrola, fig. 21, and sometimes narcotic and poisonous, as In the 

 ihododcndron (Roee Bay, Swamp Pink), and Kalmla (Laurel). Others aro 



Fig. 81. 



stimulant and aromatic, as In tho Ganltheria (Checker-berry, or Partridge- 

 wry), fig. W. The berries of the Whortleberry (Oayluaacia), and the Blue- 

 berry and Bilberry ( Vaccinium), are edible and delicious. 



Fig. 22. 



ORDER LXVIII. Aquifoliaceae. 



Shrubs, or trees. Leaves simple, alternate, or opposite, often 

 vergreen, cxstipulate. Flowers small, white or greenish, axil- 

 ary, clustered or solitary, often dioecious or polygamous. Calyx- 

 ube free from the ovary ; limb 4 6-cleft Corolla regular, 4 6- 



