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SUBTRIBE III. PUTORIE'-E. Fruit rather fleshy, not divisible. 

 Shrubs and herbs. 



200 SERISSA. Limb of calyx 5, rarely 4-cleft, with some- 

 times accessory teeth. Corolla funnel-shaped, having the tube 

 hairy inside, and the limb 5, rarely 4-parted ; lobes induplicate 

 in aestivation, hence somewhat trifid at the apex. Stamens 5, 

 rarely 4 ; anthers linear, exserted. Style inclosed, bifid at the 

 apex. Berry nearly globose, 2-celled, 2-seeded. 



201 ERNboEA. Limb of calyx 4-6-parted, permanent. Co- 

 rolla salver-shaped, with a terete subtetragonal tube, a naked 

 throat, and 4-6 lanceolate revolute lobes. Stamens longer than 

 the corolla ; anthers acute. Style exserted ; stigma emarginate. 

 Berry roundish, crowned, 2-celled, 2-seeded. 



202 CU'NCEA. Limb of calyx small, 4-toothed. Corolla with 

 a short tube and a 4-cleft limb, having the throat closed with 

 villi. Anthers 4, linear, sessile, inclosed. Stigma bifid, ex- 

 serted. Berry 2-celled, 2-seeded, crowned. 



203 HYDROPHI V LAX. Limb of calyx 4-parted (f. 109. a.), 

 permanent. Corolla campanulately funnel-shaped, 4-lobed (f. 

 109. f.). Anthers 4, linear-oblong, sessile, inserted at the throat 

 (f. 109./.), exserted. Stigma roundish, 2-lobed(f. 109. 6.). Berry 

 dry, angular, lanceolate, crowned, 2-celled (f. 109. c.). Seed 

 bisulcate inside. 



204 SCYPHI'PHORA. Limb of calyx tubular, truncate, nearly 

 entire. Corolla funnel-shaped, with a spreading limb, having the 

 tube hairy inside. Stamens 4, exserted ; anthers incumbent, 

 Stigma bifid. Drupe baccate, crowned, 8-furrowed, containing 

 2 1 -seeded nuts. 



205 PLO'CAMA. Limb of calyx hardly any, sinuately 5-cleft. 

 Corolla campanulately funnel-shaped, 5-cleft, rarely 6-cleft. 

 Anthers linear, inserted between the lobes of the corolla, sessile. 

 Stigma thickish. Fruit subbaccate, areolate at the apex, 

 crowned, 2-3-celled. 



206 PUTORIA. Limb of calyx short, tubular, sinuately 5- 

 toothed. Corolla salver-shaped, with a long terete tube, a gla- 

 brous throat, and 4 spreading acutish lobes. Stamens short, 

 rising from the top of the tube, hardly exserted ; anthers oblong- 

 linear. Stigma bifid. Berry almost dry, umbilicate, 2-celled. 



TRIBE XI. 



ANTHOSPE'RME.E. Flowers sometimes dioecious. Corolla rotate 

 (f. 110.6.). Styles 2, separate to the base, ending each in an 

 elongated plumose stigma (f. 110. c.). Fruit constantly composed 

 of 2 indehiscent 1-seeded mericarps at maturity (f. 110. g.f.), which 

 are easily separated. Albumen fleshy. Herbs or subshrubs. 

 Leaves opposite or in whorles. Stipulas small, 1-3-toolhed, 

 rather adnate to both sides of the petioles. 



207 CAPROSMA. Limb of calyx 4-7-toothed, short. Corolla 

 campanulately turbinate, with a short broad tube, a naked throat, 

 and 4-7 acute lobes. Stamens 4-7. Style nearly bipartite to the 

 base, pilose, exserted. Berry obovate, pulpy, containing 2-3 

 bony indehiscent nuts. 



208 PHY'LLIS. Limb of calyx obsolete. Corolla tubular, 

 with a 5-lobed spreading limb. Stamens 5. Style almost want- 



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ing ; stigmas 2. Capsule obovate, compressed, naked at the 

 apex, divisible into two parts ; mericarps hanging from the cen- 

 tral axis. 



209 GALOPINA. Flowers hermaphrodite. Limb of calyx very 

 minute, hardly any. Corolla subrotate, 4-parted. Stamens in- 

 serted in the bottom of the corolla. Styles 2, ending in very 

 long pilose stigmas. Fruit didymous ; nuts separable, indehis- 

 cent, warted. 



210 ANTHOSPE'RMUM. Flowers dioecious, rarely polygamous 

 or hermaphrodite. Limb of calyx small, 4-5-toothed (f. 110. a.), 

 deciduous. Corolla with a short tube, and a 4-5-parted limb (f. 

 HO. &.), which is longer than the tube. Stamens 4-5, inserted at 

 the base of the tube (f. 110. d.} ; anthers oblong, terete. Stig- 

 mas 2, very long (f. 110. c.), hairy. Fruit constantly of 2 easily 

 separated nuts (f. llO.y. g.). 



211 AMBRA'RIA. Flowers dioecious, with the same structure 

 as Anthospermum, but the fruit is falsely 3-4-celled ; mericarps 

 joined by a concave commissure, hence the central cell is empty, 

 and the 2 lateral ones filled. 



TRIBE XII. 



STELLA'M:. Flowers hermaphrodite, rarely unisexual. Corolla 

 rotate or funnel-shaped ; lobes valvate in aestivation. Styles 2, 

 distinct from the base, or joined together more or less ; stigmas 

 capitate. Fruit constantly of 2 indehiscent \-seeded mericarps. 

 Seed hardly distinct from the calyx and pericarp. Albumen 

 horny. Sometimes subshrubs, but usually herbs. Leaves oppo- 

 site, bearing buds in the axils, having 1-2 or 3 leaf -formed slipu- 

 las, on each side, forming nhorls along with them. The leaves 

 are only to be distinguished from the stipulas by being furnished 

 with axillary buds. 



212 SHERA'RDIA. Limb of calyx 4-6-toothed, permanent. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, with a terete tube, and a 4-lobed limb. 

 Stamens 4. Style one, 2-lobed. Fruit crowned, dry, bipartite. 



213 ASPE'RULA. Limb very short, 4-toothed, deciduous, or 

 obsolete. Corolla funnel-shaped, rarely campanulate, 4-cleft, 

 rarely 3-cleft. Styles 2, joined at the base, and sometimes 

 nearly to the apex. Fruit didymous, not crowned, almost dry. 



214 CRUCIANE'LLA. Limb of calyx none. Corolla tubular, 

 elongated, funnel-shaped, 4-5-lobed: lobes usually drawn out 

 into a bristle-like inflexed appendage. Stamens 4-5, inclosed. 

 Style 2-lobed at the apex. Fruit bipartite, not crowned. 



215 RU'BIA. Limb of calyx hardly any. Corolla rotate, 5- 

 parted. Stamens 5, short. Styles 2, short. Fruit didymous, 

 globose, baccate, juicy. 



216 GA'LIUM. Limb of calyx hardly any. Corolla 4-parted 

 (f. 1 1 1 . &.), rotate, rarely 3-parted. Stamens 4, short (f. 111. c.). 

 Styles 2, short. Fruit didymous, roundish, dry. 



217 CALLIPE'LTIS. Limb of calyx not perspicuous. Corolla 

 4-parted, campanulate. Stamens 4, very short. Stigmas 2. 

 Fruit oblong, somewhat incurved, 1-seeded from one of the 

 mericarps being abortive. 



218 VAILLA'NTIA. Flowers by threes : the middle one her- 

 maphrodite and fertile, the 2 lateral ones male, and joined 

 to the middle one. Limb of calyx denticulated, permanent : 



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