ANTHOPHYTA 373 



Super-Order Calyciflorae-Gamopetalae. Petals united. 

 Carpels few, united, inferior. 



Order Rubiales. Flowers regular or irregular; ovary 2 

 to 8-celled; ovules 2 to many. 

 Family 278. Rubiaceae. Coffees. Trees, shrubs and 

 herbs with opposite or whorled leaves 

 and mostly regular flowers. — Galium, 

 Houstonia, Cinchona, Coffea, IMitch- 

 ella. 

 Family 279. Caprifoliaceae. Honeysuckles. Mostly 

 woody plants, with opposite leaves 

 and mostly irregular flowers. — Sam- 

 bucus. Viburnum, Linnaea, Lonicera. 

 Family 280. Adoxaceae; 281, Valerianaceae; 282, Dip- 

 sacaceae. 



Order Campaxulales. Flowers regular to irregular, 

 stamens mostly free from the corolla; 

 ovary 1 to several-celled; ovules 1 

 to 8. 

 Family 283. Campanulaceae. Bellworts. Mostly 

 herbs; stamens, usually 5, free from 

 the style. — Campanula, Lobelia. 

 Famil}' 284. Goodeniaceae; 285, Stylidiaceae; 286, 

 Calyceraceae. 



Order Asterales. Composites. Flowers regular to irregu- 

 lar, collected into involucrate heads; 

 calyx small and often forming a 

 "pappus" or wanting; stamens 5, 

 epipetalous, mostly with their an- 

 thers connate; carpels 2, united, 

 inferior, with one style which is 

 2-branched above; ovule one, erect, 

 anatropous. An immense order 

 (commonly regarded as a family) 

 of more than 14,300 species, which are 

 usually distributed among fourteen 

 tribes, all of which are here raised 

 to families. In the following arrange- 

 ment the Helianthaceae are regarded 

 as the lowest, from which the two 

 princij)al phyletic lines have arisen. 



