COHORTS AND ORDERS. (BY THE EDITOR.) 



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lobes valvate. Stamens epigynous or epi- 

 petalous, cohering in a tube. Ovary 1-3- 

 celled; stigma not indusiate; cells many- 

 ovuled. Fruit a capsule or berry. Seeds 



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albuminous. Herbs, rarely shrubby, usually 

 milky; leaves alternate or radical, exstipu- 

 late .512 



SERIES II. HYPOGYNO US or PERIGYNO US. 



Ovary superior, inferior in Vacciuiece and some Primulacece, Myrsinece, Styracece, and 

 Gesneracece. (See also exceptions to Series I.) 



* Flowers usually regular. 



Cohort XIX. Ericales. Corolla hypogynous. Stamens as many or twice as many as 

 the corolla-lobes, epipetalous or hypogynous. Ovary l-oo -celled; cells l-oo -ovuled ; stigma 

 simple, entire or lobed. Seeds minute. 



128. EKICINE^:. Corolla hypogynous, 

 mono- rarely poly-petalous ; lobes 4-5, con- 

 torted or imbricate. Stamens 8-10, rarely 

 4-5: anthers 2-celled, opening by terminal 

 pores, rarely by slits. Disk glandular. Fruit 

 a capsule berry or drupe. Seeds albuminous. 

 Shrubs or trees; leaves opposite or alter- 

 nate, usually evergreen, exstipulate . . 614 



129. MONOTBOPEJE. Corolla hypogynous, 

 mono- or poly-petalous ; lobes 4-5, imbricate. 

 Stamens 8-10, hypogynous ; anthers 1-2- 

 celled, opening variously. Disk glandular. 

 Capsule loculicidally 4-5-valved. Seed with 

 a loose testa and undivided minute exalbu- 

 minous embryo. Parasitic fleshy brown leaf- 

 less herbs 517 



130. PYBOLACEJE. Corolla hypogynous, 

 polypetalous or nearly so ; petals 5, imbricate. 

 Stamens 10, hypogynous; anthers 2-celled, 

 opening by pores or slits. Disk glandular. 

 Capsule loculicidally 3-5-valved. Seeds with 

 a loose testa and minute undivided exal- 

 buminous embryo. Perennial scapigerous 

 herbs; leaves alternate, evergreen, exstipu- 

 late . . -519 



131. VACCINIE^;. Corolla epigynous, mo- 

 nopetalous; lobes 4-5-6, imbricate. Sta^ 

 mens 8-10-12, epigynous; anthers 2-celled, 

 opening by pores. Berry 4-10-celled, many- 

 seeded. Seeds albuminous. Shrubs or trees ; 

 leaves alternate, exstipulate .... 520 



132. EPACBIDE^E. Corolla hypogynous, 

 monopetalous ; lobes 4-5, valvate or imbri- 

 cate. Stamens hypogynous or epipetalous, 

 4-5, rarely 8-10; anthers 1-celled, opening 

 longitudinally. Disk cup-shaped or glandu- 

 lar. Ovary 2-oo -celled; cells l-oo -ovuled. 

 Fruit a capsule or drupe. Seeds albuminous. 

 Shrubs or small trees, leaves alternate, 

 rarely opposite, often Heath-like, sometimes 

 sheathing, exstipulate 522 



* 133. DIAPENSIACEJB. Corolla monopeta- 

 lous, hypogynous ; lobes 5, imbricate. Sta- 

 mens 5, epipetalous, often alternating with 

 staminodes ; anther-cells 2-valved. Disk 0. 

 Capsule 3-4-celled, loculicidally 3-4-valved. 

 Seeds albuminous, testa firm or lax. Small 

 herbs ; leaves alternate, crowded or scattered, 

 evergreen, exstipulate 524 



Cohort XX. Primulales. Corolla regular, hypogynous, rarely -epigynous, mono- 

 rarely poly-petalous. Stamens equalling the corolla-lobes and opposite to them, or if 

 more, one series always opposite them, hypogynous or epipetalous. Ovary 1-celled, 

 with free basal placentation. Herbs or shrubs, rarely trees ; leaves rarely opposite, exsti- 

 pulate. 



Embryo straight, in floury albumen. Herbs, 

 sometimes shrubby below ; leaves alternate, 

 exstipulate, base often amplexicaul . . 525 



134. PLTJMBAGINE.E. Corolla mono-poly- 

 petalous, hypogynous; lobes 5, contorted 

 or imbricate. Stamens 5, hypogynous or 

 epipetalous. Ovary 1-celled; styles 8-5; 

 ovule 1, pendulous from a basal funicle. 

 Fruit membranous, included in the calyx. 



135. PBIMULACE^:. Corolla monopetalous, 

 hypogynous, rarely epigynous, rarely 0; 

 lobes 4-5, contorted or imbricate. Stamens 



