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with its lobes ; ovary tliree to five-celled ; fruit indehiscing, one 

 or more celled, crowned by the calyx lobes ; albumen fleshy : 

 contains — Samhucus Nigra. 



CiNCH0NA.cE^. — Herbs, trees, or shrubs; leaves simple, oppo- 

 site, with interpetiolar glandular stipules ; inflorescence cymose ; 

 calyx adherent, entire or toothed ; corolla regular ; stamens 

 attached to the corolla, alternate with its lobes ; ovary two 

 celled ; fruit inferior, separating into two cocci, or indehiscent 

 and dry, or succulent ; embryo small, in horny albumen ; con- 

 taining — Cinchona Calisaya, Cinchona Condaminea, Cinchona Suc- 

 cirulra, CephaeliB Ipecacuanha, and Uncaria Gamhir. 



YALERiANACEiE. — Horbs ; leaves opposite, exstipulate ; flowers 

 cymose ; calyx superior, obsolete, or forming a pappus ; corolla 

 tubular, sometimes spurred ; stamens one to five on corolla ; 

 ovary with one perfect, and two abortive cells ; ovules pendu- 

 lous ; fruit dry ; embryo without albumen : contains — Valeriana 

 Officinalis. 



Composite. — Herbs or shrubs ; leaves extipulate, alternate or 

 opposite ; florets hermaphrodite, or unisexual ; flowers in capi- 

 tula, surrounded by involucres, and seated on receptacles, 

 whence palea) may arise ; calyx adherent, entire or pappose ; 

 corolla regular or ligulate; stamens syngenesious; ovary inferior, 

 one-seeded, with one style and bifid stigma ; ovule erect, exalbu- 

 minous. Jussieu sub-divides Composita) into three sub-orders — 

 ChicoracecBy Cy7iaracephalce, and CorymUferce. 



Chicorace^. — Florets perfect and ligulate. Examples — 

 Taraxacum dens leonis, and Lactuca Virosa. 



Ctnaeacephal^. — Florets tubular, homogamous, or those of 

 the ray neuter ; style swollen below its branches. It contains 

 no officinal species. 



CoRYMBiFER^. — Florets homogamous, and usually tubular, 

 or those of the ray filiform, or tubular and pistilliferous, or 

 ligidate ; style not swollen. Examples — Anthemis Nohilix, 

 Artemisia, Arnica Montana, and Anacychs Pyrethrum. 



