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manent ; corolla irregular, imbricate ; stamens didynamous, 

 or two ; ovary bilocular ; carpels anterior and posterior ; fruit 

 two-celled, capsular or baccate ; seeds albuminous ; containing — 

 BigitalU Purpurea. 



Labiate. — Herbs, witb tetragonal stems, and opposite exsti- 

 pulate leaves ; often aromatic ; flowers in axillary cymes ; calyx 

 tubular, persistent ; corolla bilabiate ; stamens didynamous, or 

 two ; ovary four-lobed ; acbenes one to four ; seeds with little 

 or no albumen ; containing — Lavandula Vera, Mentha Viridis, 

 Mentha Piperita, Eosmarinus Officinalis. 



MONOCHLAMYDEOUS EXOGENS. 



PoLYQONACE-E. — Herbs ; leaves alterjiate ; stipules ocbreate ; 

 flowers occasionally unisexual ; perianth, often coloured ; stamens 

 definite ; ovary of three carpels, forming a triangidar, one- 

 celled, one-seeded nut ; embryo in mealy albumen ; contain- 

 ing — Rheum. 



Thymelace.e. — Shrubs with tenacious bark; leaves entire, 

 alternate, exstipulate ; flowers rarely unisexual ; perianth col- 

 oured, deciduous, with a distinct tube, and four-cleft limb ; 

 stamens eight, inserted in the top of the tube ; ovary free, with 

 a single pendulous ovule ; fruit, a berry or drupe ; seed with or 

 without albumen ; embrj'o straight ; containing — Daphne Meze- 

 reum, and Daph?ie Laureola. 



Myristicace.e. — Tropical trees ; bark with red-coloured juice ; 

 leaves exstipulate ; flowers unisexual ; perianth three to four 

 cleft, valvate ; stamens three to twelve, distinct or monadelphous ; 

 anthers extrorse ; female with deciduous calyx ; carpels one or 

 many, each with an erect anatropal ovule ; fruit succulent, two- 

 valved ; albumen runcinate ; containing — Mijristica Officinalis. 



Laurace^. — Tropical trees; leaves exstipulate, coriaceous 

 and dotted ; perianth four to six cleft, in two rows ; stamens 

 eight to twelve, three or four innermost being abortive ; anthers 



