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1673. TheStellatae or Rubiaceae are without doubt the 

 lowest, because they are epigynous and hare a quadri- 

 petalous corolla, with a binary and frequently only follicular 

 ovariura. 



1674. First order. Cauliarite parenchymatosa. The 

 Stellate proper along with the Coffeacea, all of them being 

 two-seeded. 



1675. Second order. C. vaginate. The Rubiacese with 

 bilocular many-seeded capsules Rondeletite and Cin- 

 chonea. 



1676. Third order. C. axonales. Rubiacea with fruits 

 Gitcttardufo, Hamelia, Gardenia. 



1677. Fourth order. C.Jlorales. Quadripetalar Pe- 

 rigynae, with similar capsules or berries Epacridea, Fac- 

 cimacete, Ericacea. 



1678. Fifth order, C.fmctuaria. Quaternary Perigyues 

 with fruits Myrobalanea, Olacinea, Diospyroidece and 

 Sapotea. (For the arrangement of their families vid. 

 Tab. B.) 



CLASS IX. 



Leaf -pi ants. 



1679. Herbs having broad leaves, quinary stipaceous 

 corollae, and bilocular capsule. Here the whole stem has 

 become leaf; all the parts are soft; they are herbs in the 

 propermost sense of the word. 



1 680. Here belong the hypogynous Monopetalae : Pri- 

 mulacea, Personate, Solanets, Gentianea, Asclepiada, 

 Cariceae, Asperifolite, Sambucea. The roots are fibrous ; 

 the stalk herbaceous, being wholly covered, and that 

 indeed with large leaves ; calyx and corolla quinque- 

 partite, frequently bilabiate ; the germen a bilocular mem- 

 branous capsule, which seldom becomes fleshy, and 

 contains few seeds. It is these plants which serve chiefly 

 as food for cattle, and whose whole trunk is officinally 

 known under the name of herbage; relations which express 

 the leafy character. 



