EXOGEN.7E CALYCIFLOR.E. 



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consolidated. Stigma 4-lobed. Fruit many-seeded, with four 

 cells. Seeds without albumen. 



Division 1. CEnotherea. Petals 4. Fruit a capsule. Seeds 

 numerous. 



USES. These are gay flowered plants, of no known use. 



TYPICAL GENERA. (Enothera, Epilobium. 



Ludwigia Jussiaeoides. 1. A flower with two sepals and all the petals cut off. 

 2. A calyx and inferior ovary. 3, A transverse section of the ovary. 4. A seed 

 with the distinct raphe. 5. An embryo extracted. 



Division 2. Fuchsiea, Petals 4. Fruit a succulent berry. 

 USES. Unknown. Beautiful bushes. 

 TYPICAL GENUS. Fuchsia. 



Division 3. Circteea. Petals 2, 4, or none. Stamens 1 

 or 2. Fruit a capsule. 

 USES. Unknown. 

 TYPICAL GENERA. Circaea, Lopezia. 



66. Cercodiaceae. Small shrubs, or obscure herbaceous 

 plants. Calyx minute. Petals small or none. Stamens 1-8. 

 Ovary 1-4-celled. Styles distinct. Ovules pendulous, ana- 

 tropous (460). Fruit nut-like, usually crowned by the rim 

 of the calyx. Seed pendulous, with a small quantity of fleshy 

 albumen. 



Division 1. Hippuridete. Calyx obsolete. Petals none. 

 Stamen 1. 



USES. Unknown. Obscure weeds. 



'TYPICAL GENUS. Hippuris. 



