14 SYNOPSIS OF ORDERS AND GENERA. 



Order VI. VIOLACE^. 



Herbs. Stamens 5, 2 of them with spurs. Flowers irregular. One 

 petal dissimilar, mostly prolonged into a hollow spur. Ovary free. 

 Fruit, a capsule. Placentae 3, on the wall. Leaves alternate. 



Sepals with or without ears. Herbs acaulescent, or mth stems. Flowers 

 white, blue, yellow, or violet. Petals 5, one of which is broader thau the 

 others and prolonged into a spur. 



Violet, Viola. 



Order VII. BIXINE^. 



Shrubs. Flowers usually regular, with many stamens, perfect, 

 axillary or terminal, solitary or fascicled, racemose or panicled. 

 Leaves alternate. 



Sepals 5, fleshy, spatulate, eared, and some multiple of 5. Style thread- 

 like. Fruit 1-celled, in a bristled pod. 



Annatto, Bixa. 



Order VIII. TERNSTRCEMIACE^. 



Shrubs and small trees. Leaves alternate, simple, entire, or 

 toothed, sometimes with pellucid dots. Flowers axillary or terminal. 



Calyx 5-parted. Petals, 5 or more, united at base. Stamens numerous, 

 distinct, or united at their base into groups. 



Tea, Thea. 



Order IX. MALVACE^. 



Herbs and shi-ubs. Leaves alternate, monadelphous. Petals 5, 

 large, twisted in the bud. Calyx cup-like, 5-toothed. Involucre 

 3-leaved. Styles united. Stigmas 3-5. 



Capsules 3-5-celled, many-seeded. Seeds immersed in a wool-like sub- 

 stance, which is the cotton of commerce. 



Cotton, Gossypium. 



Order X. STERCULIACE-a]. 



Trees and shrubs. Like Malvaceae, except that the anthers are 

 extrorse and 2-celled. Capsules united into a 2-5-celled ovary. 



Leaves large, evergreen, oblanceolate, alternate. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 

 5, cordate. Strap-shaped stamens, united at base, extending upwards in ten 

 divisions. Pistil thread-like. Fruit, in form and size like an ordinary cucum- 

 ber, 5-angled, warty, with 20-40 seeds imbedded in pulp. 



Cocoa, Theobroma. 



Order XL TILIACEJE. 



Trees and shrubs. Leaves alternate, occasionally opposite ; simple 

 or palmately lobed, coriaceous, stipulate. Fruit 2-10-celled. 



Leaves alternate, serrate, stipulate. Calyx .5-parted. Petals alternating with 

 sepals. Stamens two or three times as many as the petals. Flowers solitarr 

 or in small terminal and bracteate cymes. 



Yellow Jute, Corchorus. 



