xlviii FLORA OF MADRAS. 



inserted on the corolla, seldom hypogynous, rarely epigynous ; 

 ovary inferior ; or if superior, then carpels more than 3 (Corolli- 

 florce) : 



Ovary inferior ; stamens as many as, rarely fewer than and 

 always alternate with the corolla-lobes ; flowers regular or 

 sometimes more or less irregular ; fruit never of 2 elongated 

 follicles : 



Stamens inserted on the corolla : 



Anthers free ; ovary 2-many- celled ; calyx limb 0, 

 annular, toothed, lobed or partite : 

 Leaves opposite, usually herbaceous or membranous : 

 Stipules 0, or represented by a mere rim, or very 

 inconspicuous and lateral : 



Trees or shrubs, sometimes climbing ; fruit a 

 1-celled drupe or a 2-3-celled berry 



LXXXII. CAPRIFOLIACEAE. 

 Herbs ; fruit dry, 1 -seeded : 



Flowers in terminal panicled cymes ; calyx- 

 limb obscure in flower, pappus-like in fruit ; 

 stamens 3 ; ovary 3-celled, one 1-ovuled, two 

 empty ; fruit without involucel 



LXXXIV. VALERIANACEAE. 

 Flowers in long-peduncled, terminal heads 

 surrounded by bracts ; bracteoles rigid ; calyx- 

 limb cup-shaped, 4-lobed ; stamens 4 ; ovary 

 1-celled, 1-ovuled ; fruit enveloped in an 



involucel LXXXV. DIPSACEAE. 



Stipules usually conspicuous, inserted within or 

 between the petioles or leaf -like and whorled with 

 the leaves ; ovary 2-10-celled ; ovules 1-many in 



each cell LXXXIII. RUBIACEAE. 



Leaves alternate, fleshy ; flowers in axillary cymes ; 

 corolla split to the base at the back ; ovary 2- 

 celled ; ovules 2, erect ; style with a cup-shaped 

 sheath including the stigma 



LXXXVII. GOODENIACEAE. 



Anthers cohering in a tube around the style, filaments 

 free ; flowers usually in heads, rarely solitary, sur- 

 rounded by an involucre of bracts ; calyx-limb or 

 reduced to pappus ; ovary 1-celled, 1-ovuled ; fruit 

 dry ; leaves usually alternate 



LXXXVI. COMPOSITAE. 



