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Order LXXVII. PLANTAGINE^. 



Sepals 4-8, persistent, imbricate. Corolla tubular, scarious, 

 persistent, with a 4-3-parted limb. Stamens 4, inserted in 

 the base of the corolla-tube, alternate with its lobes. Ovary- 

 free, 2-4- rarely 1-celled ; ovules 1 or many ; style simple ; 

 stigma hispid, filiform, simple, rarely 2-fid. Fruit a pyxidium 

 (membranous, transversely slitting), enclosed within the dry 

 corolla. Seeds albuminous. — Herbs, with small, spiked flowers, 

 and radical or scattered leaves. Astringent and mucilaginous. 



1. PLANTAGO, Linn. 



Flowers spiked. Calyx 4-parted. Corolla tubular, with a 

 4-parted limb. Stamens 4, much exserted, slender. Style 

 simple. Fruit 2- or many-seeded. — DC. Prod. xiii. p. G93. 



The Cape species of this cosmopolitan genus have radical leaves and 

 scapes. — Species dispersed. 



Order LXXVIII. SAPOTE^. 



FldVers bisexual. Calyx divided, persistent. Corolla re- 

 gular, mth as many or twice as many lobes as the calyx. 

 Fertile stamens as many as the corolla-lobes and opposite 

 them, or twice as many ; anthers 2-celled, mostly extrorse, 

 often taper-pointed ; sterile stamens petaloid, frequently pre- 

 sent. Ovary free, of several cells ; style 1 ; ovules solitary, 

 axile. Fruit a drupe or berry. Seeds with or without albu- 

 men. — Trees or shrubs, mostly tropical, w^th milky-juice, 

 leaves alternate, entire, penninerved ; stipules 0. Flowers 

 axillary, solitary or tufted or umbelled. Fruit often edible. 



Coi-olla 5-lobed or parted. Stamens 5 and 5 



barren 1. SiDEROXYLGisr. 



Corolla 12-24-parted or lobed. 



Corolla-lobes in 1 row ; anthers shorter than 



filament 2. Labotjrdonnaisia. 



Corolla-lobes in 2 rows ; anthers longer than 

 filaments ; sterile stamens alternating with 

 fertile 3. Mimfsops. 



1. SIDEROXYLON, Linn. 



Calyx 5-parted, imbricate. Corolla semi-5-fid, 5-fid, or nearly 

 5-parted ; the lobes spreading, imbricate in bud. Stamens in- 

 serted in the tube of corolla ; 5 sterile, petaloid, included ; 5 

 fertile opposite the lobes ; the anthers ovate, obtuse, shorter 

 than the filament. Ovary hairy, mostly 5-celled (4-2-celled) ; 

 style rather longer than the ovary. Fruit berried, ovoid or 

 globose. — DC. Frod. viii. p. 177. 



