COHORTS AND OEDEES. (BY THE EDITOE.) 



Stamens oo , free. Ovary 1-celled; placentas 

 parietal. Herbs, rarely shrubs, with alter- 

 nate leaves and milky juice 214 



13. FUMARIACE^E. Flowers irregular. 

 Stamens 6, in two bundles, rarely 4, free. 

 Ovary 1-celled ; placentas parietal. Herbs, 

 erect or climbing ; leaves alternate, usually 

 multifid 218 



* * Embryo large, curved (except in 

 Movingese) ; albumen 0. 



14. CRTJCIFER^E. Sepals and petals 4 each. 

 Stamens 6, 4 longer. Capsule usually spu- 

 riously 2-celled, or 2-multi-locellate. Herbs, 

 very rarely shrubs ; leaves alternate . . 221 



15. CAPPARLDE.E. Sepals 4-8. Petals 4-8 

 or 0. Stamens 4 or oo , often perigynous. 

 Ovary 1-celled, usually stalked. Fruit a cap- 

 sule or berry. Shrubs, trees or herbs ; leaves 

 alternate . . . . . .232 



? 16. MORINGEJE. Sepals and petals 5. 

 Stamens 8-10, perigynous. Capsule elongate, 

 3-valved. Trees ; leaves alternate, com- 

 pound 235 



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17. RESEDACEJS. Calyx 4-8-partite. Pe- 

 tals 4, 8, 2, 0, often cut. Stamens 3-40. 

 Fruit various. Herbs or shrubs ; leaves al- 

 ternate ........ 236 



* Embryo large, injleshy albumen. 



18. CISTINE^E. Flowers regular. Sepals 

 3-5. Stamens many. Ovules orthotropous. 

 Embryo curved. Leaves opposite or alter- 

 nate, usually stipulate 238 



19. VIOLARIE^:. Flowers usually irregu- 

 lar. Sepajs 5. Stamens 5 ; anthers usually 

 curved; connective usually dilated above the 

 cells. Fruit usually a capsule. Embryo 

 straight. Leaves opposite or alternate, stipu- 

 late 240 



20. CANELLACE^E. Flowers regular. Se- 

 pals 4-5. Petals 4-5-0. Stamens 20-30, on 

 the outside of a tube formed by the filaments. 

 Berry 2-ao -seeded. Aromatic trees ; leaves 

 exstipulate ....... 243 



21. BIXINE^;. Sepals 2-6. Petals various 

 or 0. Stamens oo , free, inserted on a disci- 

 form torus. Shrubs or trees ; leaves stipu- 

 late or not. (See also 102, Samydacea) . 243 



Cohort III. Polygalales. Sepals and petals 5 each, rarely 4 or 3. Stamens as 



many or twice as many as the petals, 

 fleshy, rarely absent. Herbs or shrubs 

 more in Vochysiacece;) 



22. PITTOSPORE.E. Flowers regular. Se- 

 pals and petals 5 each. Stamens 5, free. 

 Trees or erect or twining shrubs; leaves 

 alternate, simple, exstipulate 



23. POLTGALEJE. Flowers irregular. Se- 

 pals 5. Petals 3-5. Stamens usually 8, 

 monadelphous. Herbs, shrubs or trees ; 

 leaves usually alternate, simple, exstipulate . 



23J. TREMANDRE^. Flowers regular. Se- 

 pals and petals 3, 4, 5 each. Stamens twice 



Ovary 2- (rarely 1- or more-) celled. Albumen 

 leaves exstipulate. (Petals and stamens 1-3 or 



as many, free. Small shrubs, often Heath- 

 like; leaves alternate, opposite or whorled, 



exstipulate 249 



24. VOCHYSIACEJS. Sepals 5, sometimes 

 adnate to the ovary, unequal, posterior 

 spurred or gibbous. Petals 1, 3, or 5, hypogy- 

 nous or perigynous. Stamens several, usu- 

 ally one fertile. Shrubs or trees ; leaves 

 usually opposite or whorled, simple ; stipules 

 or small 



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Cohort IV. Caryophyllales. Flowers regular. Sepals 2-5, rarely 6. Petals 

 usually as many. Stamens as many or twice as many, rarely more or fewer. Ovary 1- 

 oelled, or imperfectly 2-5-celled ; placenta central, free, rarely parietal. Embryo usually 

 curved, and in a floury albumen. (Petals connate in some Portulacece and Tamariscinece.) 

 This Cohort is closely allied to XIV., Ficoidales, and XXVII., Chenopodiales. 



25. FRANKENIACEJE. Sepals connate. Pe- 

 tals 4-5, long-clawed. Stamens as many. 

 Placentas 2-4, parietal. Albumen fleshy; 

 embryo straight. Herbs or undershrubs; 

 leaves small, opposite, simple, exstipulate . 



252 



26. CARYOPHYLLEJE. Sepals 3-5, free or 

 connate. Petals 3-5, clawed or not. Sta- 

 mens 3-5 or 6-10. Placenta usually central 

 and free. Herbs, rarely shrubby ; leaves op- 

 posite, simple, stipulate or not . . 264 



