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SYNOPSIS OF THE CLASSES, 



nt the tips. Disk annular or cupular. Ovary 

 of 2 bipartite 2-celled carpels ; style gyno- 

 basic; stigma simple; ovules pendulous. 

 Fruit of 4 nucules or a 2-4 pyrened drupe. 

 Embryo usually exalbuminous ; cotyledons 

 flat. Herbs, rarely shrubs, usually hispid or 

 prickly ; leaves quite entire ; inflorescence 

 scorpioid ....... 



165. CoRDiACK.'E. Corolla-lobes 4-5, con- 

 torted. Stamens 5 ; tilaments usually long, 

 exserted ; anthers distant. Disk annular or 

 capsular. Ovary 4-8-celled ; style forked or 

 twice forked at the top ; ovules pendulous or 



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erect. Drupe with a 1- or 4-8-celled stone. 

 Embryo exalbuminous; cotyledons longitu- 

 dinally folded. Trees or shrubs; leaves 



scabrous 673 



15G. NoLAKEji. Corolla - lobes 5-10, 

 folded. Stamens 5; filaments slender, ex- 

 serted. Disk fleshy. Carpels numerous, 

 distinct, crowded on the receptacle, 1-celled, 

 1-ovuled. Style simple ; stigma capitate ; 

 ovule erect. Drupes distinct ; embryo 

 curved in fleshy albumen. Herbs ; leaves 

 geminate, quite entire ; peduncles solitary, 

 axillary 574, 580 



Cohort XXIV. Solanales. Corolla monopetalous, hypogynous, regular or oblique. 

 Stamens as many as the corolla-lobes, epipetalous, equal or unequal. Ovary 2-celled, syn- 

 carpous ; cells very numerous, very many-ovuled. Herbs, rarely shrubs or trees; leaves 

 alternate or geminate, rarely opposite, exstipulate. 



157. SOLANEJK. Corolla-lobes 4 or 5, in- 

 duplicate or contorted. Stamens 4-5, in- 

 cluded or exserted ; filaments short or long. 

 Disk annular, cupular or 0. Ovary 2-celled, 

 placentas on the septum; style simple; ovules 

 very numerous. Fruit a 2-celled capsul or 

 berry. Embryo curved or annular in fleshy 

 albumen. Herbs, rarely shrub* ; upper 

 leaves often geminate . . 



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158. CF.STRINE,E. Corolla-lobes 4-5, in- 

 duplicate. Stamens 4-5, included. Disk 

 annular or cupular. Ovary 2-celled ; pla- 

 centas on the septum ; style simple ; stigma 

 capitate; ovules few or many. Fruit a 

 capsule or berry. Embryo straight, albu- 

 minous. Shrubs or trees . 582 



* * Flowers very irregular, rarely regular. 



Cohort XXV. Personales. Corolla monopetalous, hypogynous, often 2-labiate. 

 Stamens fewer than the corolla-lobes, rarely as many, unequal, most often 4 didynamous, 

 or 2. Ovary 1-2- very rarely 4--eelled ; style simple ; stigmas 1-2; ovules usually very 

 numerous. Fruit usually capsular. Herbs, rarely shrubs or trees ; leaves cxstipulate. 



159. ScRornuLARiNEJ-:. Corolla often 2- 

 lipped ; lobes imbricate or folded. Stamens 

 4 didynamous, or 2. Ovary 2-celled ; pla- 

 centas on the septum ; style simple ; stigmas 

 1-2 ; ovules definite or oo. Fruit a capsule, 

 rarely a berry. Embryo straight or curved, 

 albuminous. Herbs, very rarely shrubs or 

 trees ; leaves opposite, alternate or whorled, 

 simple '.'; . . . . . 



160. VERBASCE^. Corolla sub-regular ; 

 lobes 5, imbricate. Stamens 5, unequal, 

 exserted ; anthers sub-1-celled. Ovary 2- 

 celled ; placentas on the septum, inany- 

 ovuled. Capsule 2-valved. Embryo straight, 

 albuminous. Herbs ; leaves alternate 



161. UTRICITLARIE.E. Corolla 2-lipped; 

 lobes imbricate. Stamens 2, included ; 



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anthers 1-celled. Ovary 1-celled ; placenta 

 globose, basal, many-ovuled ; stigma 2-lipped. 

 Fruit capsular. Embryo straight, undivided, 

 exalbuminous. Scapigerous herbs, often 

 floating; leaves radical, entire or capillary 



and multifid 



162. OROBANcnEjE. Corolla 2-lipped; 

 lobes imbricate. Stamens 4 didynamous. 

 Disk fleshy. Ovary 1- rarely 2-celled ; 

 placentas parietal, many-ovuled. Capsule 

 2-valved. Embryo minute, in fleshy albumen. 

 Parasitic leafless herbs .... 

 1G3. COLUMELLIACE^E. See 123 a 

 1G4. GESNERACEJE. Corolla more or less 

 2-lipped, hypogynous perigynous or epigy- 

 nous ; lobes 5, imbricate. Stamens usually 

 4 didynamous ; anthers often cohering. 



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