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SYNOPSIS OF THE CLASSES, 



117. CAPRIFOLIACEJG. Flowers usually 

 irregular. Corolla-lobes imbricate, rarely 

 valvate. Shrubs or trees, rarely herbs ; 

 leaves usually exstipulate .... 



118. HuBiACE-ic. Flowers very rarely ir- 



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regular. Corolla-lobes valvate contorted or 

 imbricate. Styles 1-2. Trees shrubs and 

 herbs; leaves opposite or whorled, quite 

 entire, stipulate; stipules leaf-like in one 

 tribe . 483 



Cohort XVII. Asterales. Flowers regular or irregular ; if unisexual, usually collected 

 in involucrate heads. Stamens as many as the corolla-lobes, rarely fewer, inserted on the 

 corolla. Ovary inferior, 1-celled, 1-ovuled (or if 2-3-celled, with one cell only ovuliferous). 

 Herbs or shrubs, rarely trees ; leaves exstipulate ; limb of the calyx usually reduced to a 

 pappus or 0. 



119. VALERIANE.E. Flowers irregular. 

 Corollft-lobes imbricate. Stamens as many 

 as the corolla-lobes or fewer. Ovary 3-celled, 

 2 cells 1-ovuled, one empty ; style 1 ; ovule 

 pendulous. Seed exalbuminous. Herbs; 

 leaves opposite, simple or divided, exstipu- 

 late 



120. CALYCERE-. Flowers , regular. 

 Corolla-lobes valvate. Stamens as many as 

 the corolla-lobe?. Ovary 1-celled ; ovule 1, 

 pendulous. Seed albuminous. Herbs; leaves 

 alternate, exstipulate ; flowers in involucrate 

 heads . . 



121. DIP9ACE.E. Flowers $ , irregular. 

 Corolla-lobes imbricate. Stamens usually 4. 

 Ovary 1-celled; ovule 1, pendulous. Seed 

 albuminous. Herbs; leaves opposite, exsti- 



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pulate ; flowers usually in involucrate heads, 

 rarely in axillary whorls, involucrate . . 493 



122. COMPOSITE. Flowers unisexual or 

 5 . Corolla-lobes valvate. Stamens as many 

 as the corolla-lobes ; anthers usually synge- 

 nesious. Ovary 1-celled ; ovule 1, erect. 

 Seed exalbuminous. Herbs or shrubs, rarely 

 trees ; leaves usually alternate, exstipulate ; 

 flowers small or minute, in involucrate heads ; 

 often dimorphous ...... 495 



122a. (125.) BRUNONIACE.S. Flowers sub- 

 regular, in an involucrate head. Corolla 

 hypogynous, lobes valvate. Stamens hypo- 

 gynous. Ovary 1-celled, 1-ovuled; stigma 

 indusiate; ovule erect Fruit a utricle. 

 Seed exalbuminous. Scapigerous herbs ; 

 leaves all radical 509 



Cohort XVIII. Campanales. Flowers most often irregular, rarely unisexual or col- 

 lected into involucrate heads. Stamens as many as the corolla- lobes or fewer. Ovary 

 2 6-celled, rarely 1-celled ; style simple, stigma often indusiate ; ovules n'umer'ous in the 

 cells, rarely solitary. 



123. STYLIDIEA Flowers irregular. Co- 

 rolla-lobes imbricate. Stamens 2, epigynous ; 

 filaments confluent with the style in a long 

 column, which is curved and irritable at the 

 top. Ovary 1-2-celled. Capsule septicidal. 

 Seeds albuminous. Herbs, rarely under- 

 shrubs; leaves scattered or whorled, exsti- 

 pulate 



123a. (1G3.) CoLmELLiACE^. Flowers 

 sub-regular, corolla-lobes imbricate. Stamens 

 2 ; connective broad ; anther-cells sinuous. 

 Ovary inferior, 2-celled; placentas on the 

 septum, many-ovuled. Capsule woody, 2- 

 valved. Seeds albuminous. Evergreen trees 

 or shrubs ; leaves opposite, exstipulate . 



124. GOODENIACE2B. Flowers irregular. 



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Corolla epigynous or perigynous; lobes in- 

 duplicate-valvate. Stamens 5, epigynous. 

 Ovary 1-2-4-celled ; cells 1-oc-ovuled; stig- 

 ma indusiate. Fruit a drupe, berry or capsule. 

 Seeds albuminous. Herbs, rarely shrubby; 

 leaves alternate, exstipulate . . . . 607 

 125. BRTJXONIACEJS. (See 1220.) . . 509 

 120. CAMPANULACEJB. Flowers regular, 

 rarely in an involucrate head. Corolla epi- 

 gynous, lobes valvate. Stamens epigynous. 

 Ovary 2-5-celled ; cells uiany-ovuled; style 

 often furnished with collecting hairs ; stigma 

 not indusiate. Fruit capsular. Seeds albu- 

 minous. Herbs, usually milky ; leaves rarely 

 opposite, simple, exstipulate . . . .610 

 127. LOBELIACE.E. Corolla epigynous, 



