216 ALLIANCES OF PLANTS. 



Alliance 2.Dipsales. Anthers distinct. Flowers epigynous. 



Carpel solitary . .195. Dipsacess . None. 



Carpels triple; two of them 196. Valerianaceae . Bitter, antispasmo- 

 abortive. die, vermifugal 



( Valerian). 



Alliance 3. Brunoniahs. Style single. Stigma with an in- 

 dusium. 



197. Brunoniaceae. 



Alliance 4. Plantales. Style single. Stigma naked. 



Fruit spuriously double- 198. Plantaginacese . Bitter, astringent 



celled. (Plantain}. 



Flowers unsymmetrical . 199. Globulariaceae . Bitter, tonic, pur- 

 gative. 



N.B. The situation of the dissepiment in Plantaginaceae sufficiently shows that 

 part to be spurious, and that the fruit is in reality quite simple. 



Alliance 5. Plwmbales. Styles five. Flowers formed upon 

 a quinary plan. 



200. Plumbaginaceae. Some tonic, astrin- 



gent ; others 

 acrid, caustic. 



GROUP IV. NUCAMENTOS.E. 



Alliance 1. Phaceliales. Fruit capsular. Inflorescence gy- 

 rate. 



201. Hydrophyllaceae. 



Alliance 2. EcMales. Fruit nucamentaceous. Inflorescence 

 gyrate. Flowers symmetrical. 



Fruit deeply lobed . . 202. Boraginaceee . Mucilaginous (Bo- 

 rage) ; roots dye- 

 ing (Alkanef). 



byncarpous, style bifid . 203. Ehretiacese. 



Syncarpous, style dichoto- 204. Cordiacese . Emollient (Selesten 

 mous - Plum). 



