GAMOPETALAE, 125 
plaited or valvate in aestivation or 
shrubs or trees. Fruit indehiscent or 
dehiscing longitudinally, rarely trans- 
versely above the middle. 55. 
55 (a) Corolla valvate or plaited in aestivation 
(sometimes plaited and imbricate at the 
same time), rarely imbricate and not 
plaited, in this case fruit berried or de- 
hiscing transversely, embryo much 
curved (in a more or less annular or 
spiral form), and corolla usually regular 
and with a long tube. Dissepiment of 
the ovary usually oblique to the axis of 
the flower. Inflorescence usually cymose. 
Leaves alternate, but sometimes in pairs. 
Solanaceae. 
(4) Corolla imbricate and not plaited in 
aestivation. Fruit dehiscing longitudi- 
nally. Embryo straight, or but little 
curved. Corolla regular, with a very 
short tube, or more frequently irregular. 
Dissepiment of the ovary transverse to 
the axis of the flower. Inflorescence 
racemose, but sometimes consisting of 
cymes. Herbs or undershrubs. 
Scrophularvnece. 
56 (a) Ovules in each cell of the ovary 1-2. 57. 
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