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LoBELiACE.E. — Lactescent herbs or shrubs ; leaves alternate, 

 exstipulate ; calyx five-partite, superior ; corolla five cleft, irregu- 

 lar ; stamens five, epigynous ; anthers cohering ; ovary inferior, 

 one to three-celled ; stigma fringed ; fruit capsular ; seeds 

 numerous, albuminous ; containing — Lobelia Inflata. 



STYRACEJi:. — Trees or shrubs ; leaves alternate, exstipulate, 

 often with stellate hairs ; calyx free, persistent ; corolla five 

 to ten cleft ; stamens united at the base, and inserted into the 

 bottom of corolla ; ovary three to five-celled ; ovules partly 

 erect, partly pendulous ; fruit succulent, often unilocular ; seeds 

 albuminous ; containing — Liquidaynhar Orientale, Styrax Benzoin, 



COEOLLIFLOEAL EXOGENS. 



EmcACE^. — Shrubs or smaU trees ; leaves rigid, evergreen ; 

 no stipules ; calyx free, from four or five cleft ; corolla hypogy- 

 nous, four or five parted ; stamens definite ; anthers two-celled, 

 often with bristle-like appendages, opening at the base or apex ; 

 ovary surrounded by a disk, becoming a berry or drupe, or 

 half superior becoming capsular ; many-celled and seeded ; 

 containing — Arcfostaphylos Uva Ursi. 



Oleace^. — Trees, or. shrubs ; leaves opposite, simple, or 

 pinnate ; calyx persistent, sometimes absent ; corolla four-cleft 

 or none ; stamens usually two ; ovary two-celled ; ovules two, 

 pendulous ; fruit fleshy or dry, often one-seeded by abortion ; 

 seed albuminous ; embryo straight ; containing — Olea Miropea^ 

 Fraximis Ornus, and Fraxinus Rotundifolia. 



AscLEPiADACE^. — Lactesccnt, often twining plants, with 

 entire, usually opposite leaves, and interpetiolar ciHse ; calyx 

 five-divided ; corolla five-lobed, imbricate ; stamens five, fila- 

 ments connate ; pollen in waxy masses, cohering in pairs, and 

 attached to the stigma (which is common to the two styles), by 

 five glands ; fruit consisting of two follicles, with numerous 

 comose seeds, albuminous ; containing — Remidesmus Indicm. 



