108 APOCINE/E. [Cl. 8. 



introduced Mr. Brown's Logania (Euosma Andr. Re- 

 pos. t. 520), curious as a connecting link between this 

 Order and the next. 



Sect. 4. contains only Nicandra Schreb. Gen. 283, 

 (Potalia Aubl.) as being akin to Gentians. So also 

 Mr. Brown subjoins Villarsia, fig. 184, Ventenat 

 Choix, t. 9, (extracted from the Linnrean Menyanthes,} 

 and Anopteru-s of Labill. Nov. Moll. t. 112; plants 

 differing from true Gent tan ce in having mostly alter- 

 nate, partly toothed, Leaves, and on the whole very 

 ambiguous. 



Ord. 47. APOCINE^E, " Calyx 5 cleft. Corolla 

 regular, with 5, often oblique, lobes, sometimes naked, 

 sometimes accompanied by 5 internal, variously shaped, 

 appendages. Stamens ,5, inserted into the lower part 

 of the Corolla, alternate with it's lobes ; the filaments 

 often short, either distinct, or more rarely united 

 into a tube closely embracing the Germen. Anthers 

 of 2 cells, the summit extended into a membrane, or 

 thread. Germen single, or double, standing on a fre- 

 quently glandular Receptacle. Styles 1 or 2, some- 

 times extremely short, attached, as it were by a joint, 

 to the single or double Germen. Stigma one, capi- 

 tate, obsolete. Fruit, in those with a single Germen, 

 pulpy, or rarely a solitary Capsule, usually of 2 cells, 

 with many Seeds ; in those with 2 Germens, 2 com- 

 bined, oblong, coriaceous Follicles (61 : 1), rarely 

 shortened and slightly pulpy, bursting lengthwise at 

 the inner edge, each of 1 cell. Seeds numerous, 



