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A SYNOPSIS OF THE VEGETABLE KINUDOJI. 



the slender spindle- 

 shaped stigma usually 

 long: Ivs. usually mem- 

 branous 1:0. r.VVETTA. 



13. M<ii:i.NDA Tribe. 



A. FIs. confluent in heads, 

 which are niany-fld., soli- 

 tary or umbellate ,",0. Moiiinda. 



AA. FIs. free : calyx limb 4-5- 

 fid. : corolla villous at 

 throat: stigma club- 

 shaped. 2-4-lobed : drupe 

 1-4-stoned : inflorescence 

 axillary .''1. Damnacanthds. 



14. (iALir.M Tribe. 



A. Corolla funnel-sliaped or 



somewhat tubular 



B. FIs. 4-meious, with or 

 without bracts but no 

 bractlets: style 



branches subequal ?>'2. AsrERtiLA. 



BB. FIs. 4-5-merous. bracted 

 and with 2 bractlets : 

 style branches unequal. S.'?. Crl'CIAnella. 

 AA. Corolla rotate or rotate-com- 



panulate 



B. FIs. 5-merous S4. Rubia. 



BB. FIs. 4-merons :i'>. Calium. 



ir>. I'svcHOTRiA Tribe. 



Inflorescence terminal : calyx 

 usually 5-toothed : corolla 

 5-lobed, rarely 4-Iobed. 

 tube usually short .''.O. Psvciiotria. 



1(1. r.EDERiA Tribe. 



Ovary 2-celIecl : stigma 2, ca- 

 pillary, twisted :^7. PJ3DEKIA. 



17. AXTHO.SPERMA TRIBE. 



A. Stamens insertei in throat : 



style branches 4 .'18. Mitc-hella. 



AA. Stamens inserted at or near 



base of corolla 



B. FIs. hemaphrodite : style 



shortly 2-cut : shrub...:!!). Seris.sa. 

 BB. FIs. unisexual or her- 

 maphrodite : style 2- 

 parted to the base or 



near it : herbs 



c. riants are creeping 



herbs 40. Nertera. 



cc. Plants are shrubs or 



small trees 41. Coprosma. 



70. VALEniANACE.T:. 



A. Stamens 4 1. Patrixia. 



aa. Stamens 1, rarely 2 : corol- 

 la tube spurred 2. Centranthos. 



AAA. stamens usually 3 



B. Calyx limb finally pappi- 



form ."i. Valeriana. 



BB. Calvx limb various but 



not pappitorm 4. Valerianella. 



77. DIPSACACE.E. 



A. Stigma terminal, straight: 

 fls. densely crowded in 

 the axils of the floral 

 Ivs. forming whorls Mfter 

 the manner of the mint 



family 1. Morina. 



AA. Stigma oblique or lateral, 

 rarely straightish : fls. in 



terminal heads 



B. Bracts of involucre gen- 

 erally herbaceous: 

 chalf of receptacle rig- 

 idl.y awl-shaped-acumi- 

 nate or spinescent : 



corolla 4-fid 2. Dipsacos. 



BB. Bracts and chaff rigidly 

 paleaceous, rarely sub- 



herbaceous : corolla 4- 



Cephalaria. 



BBB. Bracts leafv. in about 2 

 series : chaff short, or 

 very narrow or abor- 

 tive : corolla 4-ri-cut..4. Scabiosa. 



78. COMPOSIT.E (Summary of Tribes). 



Series 1. Tubuliflor.e. Corollas tubular and 

 regular in all the hermaphrodite flowers. 



a. Heads composed entirely of 

 disc flowers which are all 

 perfect and never truly 



yellow 



B. Style Itranches awl-shaped, 

 acute, minutely hairy. 

 Ivs. generally alternate : 

 anthers sagittate at 



base 1. Vernonia Tribe. 



BB. Style branches subterete, 

 obtuse, covered witli 

 minute papillie : Ivs. 

 opposite or alternate : 

 anthers subentire at 



base 2. Eupatorium Tribe. 



aa. Heads with all perfect or 

 some imperfect flowers 

 with or without rays and 



often yellow 



B. Anthers tailed 



c. Style branches linear : 

 heads with or with- 

 out rays 3. invla Tribe. 



cc. St.vle branches united 

 or short : heads with- 

 out rays. Tvpically 

 with spiny or scar- 

 ious a p p e n d a ged, 

 man y-b r a c ted in- 

 volucre and fleshy 



receptacle 4. Cynara Tribe. 



BB. Anthers not conspicuous- 

 ly tailed 



c. Style branches in disc 

 fls. flattened out, 

 and with a distinct 

 thou,gh sometimes 



very short terminal 



appendage 5. a.steb Tribe. 



cc. Style branches not flat- 

 tened out 



Note. It is impossible to make a key to separate 

 the following tribes from one another. Some of the 

 important characters are italicized: 



Receptnrle clinffii or rarely 



naked under the sterile 



disc fls. : style branches 



truncate or annendage(i 



or the stvie of the sterile 



fls. undivided : pappus 



sometimes absent but 



generally of 2-4-nir)is 



which are slender or 



somewliat chaffy and 



with or without intermed- 

 iate scales which are free 



or connate at base: Ivs. 



opposite, rarely alternate. 6. IIeliaxthus Tribe 

 Receptacle naked; s t .v 1 e 



branches truncate or ap- 



pendaged : pappus usually 



chaffy, rarely of awns 



or bristles, or absent: /('.?, 



opposite or aJteniate: in- 



voHicval hi'ocis in 1 or 2 



series, rarely 3-4. lier- 



haccniis or menihrnnoiifi. 



Herhat/e often resinoits- 



dntti'i], 7. Helexidm Tribe. 



Receptacle chaffy or naked : 



style branches truncate : 



pappus when present 



croun-shapc'l, rarely of 



Short chaff: Ivs. most- 

 ly alternate: invotucral 



hracts in 2 or more series 



(Irii or scnrinus at apex. 8. A.vTHEMis Tribe. 

 Receptacle usually, naked : 



