CLASSIFICATION 



parted or toothed. Corolla garaopetalous, tubular, funnel-, salver-, or 

 bell-shaped, or rotate, usually 5-lobed, often plaited. Stamens equal 

 in number to the corolla lobes and alternate with them, attached to 

 the tube. 



Genus described. DATURA. 



Nat. Ord. GESNERACE^. Characters. Leaves usually 

 opposite, fleshy, wrinkled, without stipules. Flowers hermaphrodite, 

 usually irregular, showy, in racemes, panicles, or solitary. Calyx 

 usually gamosepalous with 5 teeth or lobes. Corolla gamopetalous, 

 tubular, or broadly bell-shaped, usually 5-lobed. Stamens 4 or 2. 

 Ovary 1 -celled. 



Genera described. ACHIMENES, GLOXINIA, SINNINGIA, GESNERA, 



1LEGELIA, ISOLOMA, GLOXINERA, NlPHvEA. 



Nat. Ord. BIGNONIACE.S3. Characters. Leaves usually opposite, 

 without stipules. Flowers hermaphrodite, more or less irregular, in 

 terminal panicles. Calyx inferior, gamosepalous, entire, or lobed. 

 Corolla gamopetalous, more or less tubular or funnel-shaped, with 5 

 spreading lobes. Stamens 5 unequal, 1 always (3 sometimes) sterile. 

 Genera described. INCARVILLEA, BIGNONIA. 



Nat. Ord. ACANTHACE^J. Characters. Leaves usually 

 opposite, entire, without stipules. Flowers in branching spikes, 

 usually irregular, hermaphrodite. Calyx usually 5-lobed. Corolla 

 gamopetalous, with cylindrical or inflated tube, and 5 spreading lobes. 

 Ovary 2-celled. 



Genus described. ERANTIIEMUM. 



Nat. Ord. VERBENACE^I. Characters. Leaves usually opposite 

 or whorled, often toothed. Flowers usually 2-sexed, often irregular, 

 usually iii corymbs. Calyx tubular, 5-lobed. Corolla gamopetalous, 

 4-5 cleft. Fertile stamens usually 4 (2 long, 2 short). Ovary 

 superior. 



Genus described. MoNOCHiLUS. 



Nat. Ord. LABIATES. Characters. Leaves usually opposite 

 or in whorls. Flowers usually irregular, and borne in the leaf-axils. 

 Calyx gamosepalous, ribbed. Corolla gamopetalous, 4-5 lobed, 

 usually 2-lipped. Perfect stamens 4 (2 long, 2 short). 



Genera described. EREMOSTACHYS, PHLOMIS, SALVIA. 



DIVISION III. MONOCHLAMYDE.E. Flowers often without 



sepals or petals (calyx and corolla), usually hermaphrodite. 



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