I02 Cucurbitaceae, Campanulaceae 



^. Stamens conniving or partly ufiited. (For a see p. 98.) 



Order 8. Cucurbitales. Mostly climbing herbs. 

 Flowers typically 5-merous. Stamens 5, rarely all free, 

 usually appearing as 3 by union of two pairs, or all 5 

 may be united into a synandritim. 



Fam. Cucurbitaceae. Usually annual herbs of 

 rapid growth climbing by means of tejidrils. Leaves 

 spiral, mostly lobed. Flowers cymose, usually diclinous, 

 actinomorphic. Flower-axis cup- shaped. Stamens 5 free 

 (rare), or more often apparently 3 by fusion. Anthers 

 often twisted. Carpels usually (3), each with two axile 

 revolute placentae bearing usually 00 anatropous ovules. 

 Ovary inferior, usually 3-locular. Style i. Stigmas 

 usually 3. Fniit usually a berry. No endosperm. 



Tribe Cucurbiteae. Stamens 5, mostly two pairs 

 united and one free. Anthers with co -shaped or U-shaped 

 pollen-sacs. 



Only British genus : Bryonia. 



Order 9. Campanulatae. Mostly herbs. Flowers 

 typically 5-merous with isomerous androecium and 

 oligomerous gynaecimn. Anthers often united. Ovary 

 inferior, with several loctdi each with co-i ovules, or i-loc 

 with one ovule. 



Fam. I. Campanulaceae. Usually herbs with 

 latex. Leaves spiral, exstipulate. Flowers often large, 

 usually 5-merous, hermaphrodite, and actinomorphic. 

 Stamens free or united. Anthers introrse. Carpels 

 mostly (2-5) with 00 anatropous ovules. Style i, often 

 with device for brushing up and collecting /^//^«. Ovaty 

 mostly inferior, of several loculi, rarely i-loc. Placentae 

 usually axile. Fruit usually capsular. Seeds with 

 fleshy endosperm. 



