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Family 270. Cornaceae. Shrubs and trees (rarely herbs), with 

 usually opposite leaves; flowers umbellate, capitate, or corym- 

 bose; ovary 2- to 4-celled; fruit drupaceous. Garrya, Nyssa, 

 Conius, Auctiba. (Pf, III, 8, 250.) 



Subclass INP'ERAE. Pistil of two or more carpels, united, 

 its ovary inferior ; stamens usually as many as the corolla-lobes ; 

 mostly attached to the corolla. 



Order Rubiales. Flowers regular or irregular ; stamens at- 

 tached to the corolla ; ovary 2- to 8-celled ; ovules 2 to many. 



Family 271. Rubiaceae. Trees, shrubs and herbs, mostly trop- 

 ical, with opposite or whorled leaves; flowers usually regular, 

 with valvate, contorted, or imbricate corolla-lobes ; style simple 

 bifid, or multifid; fruit a capsule, berry, or drupe. Houstonia, 

 Cinchona, Bouvardia, Cephalanthiis, Randia, Coifea, Mitchella, 

 Galium, Rtihia. (Pf. IV, 4, i.) 



Family 272. Caprifoliaceae. Flowers usually irregular, with 

 imbricate corolla-lobes; style usually with a capitate undivided 

 stigma; fruit a berry. Samhucus, Viburnum, Linnaea, Lonicera. 



(Pf. IV, 4, 156.) 



Family 273. Adoxaceae. Slender, herbs with scaly rootstocks, 

 bearing ternately compound leaves ; flowers small, greenish, in 

 heads; stamens 10; fruit drupaceous. Adoxa. (Pf. IV, 4, 170.) 



Family 274. Valerianaceae. Herbs (and shrubs) with oppo- 

 site leaves ; flowers cymose, corymbose, or solitary ; anthers free ; 

 ovules pendulous. Valcrianella, Fedia, Valeriana. (Pf. IV, 4, 

 172.) 



Family 275. Dipsaceae. Herbs (and shrubs) with opposite 

 or whorled leaves ; flowers in involucrate heads ; anthers free ; 

 ovule pendulous. Cephalaria, Dipsacus, Scabiosa. (Pf. IV, 4, 

 182.) 



Order Campanulales. Flowers regular or irregular ; stamens 

 mostly attached to the corolla, their anthers mostly connate; 

 ovary i- to several-celled; ovules 1-8. 



Family 2y6. Campanulaceae. Mostly milky-juiced herbs 

 (shrubs and small trees), with alternate (or opposite) leaves; 

 flowers regular or irregular; stamens usually 5, free from the 

 style. Campanula, Lobelia. (Pf. IV, 5, 40.) 



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