Characters of the Orders. 343 



Caps, small, dehisc. at top ; seeds minute. — Tree ; 1. alt., simple ; stip. o. — 

 ii. 265. 



§ 4. Ov. inf. or sup., syncarpous, 3-4-celled, with subbasilar placent., 

 or 1 -celled with pariet. placent.; styles distinct or connate below; embryo 

 cyclical or excentric. 



LXI. Cactace^e. — Cal. sup., segm. of limb 4 or 5. Pet. 5 or 6, 

 imbric. Stam. indef., free, inserted at mouth of cal. Ov. 1- or im- 

 perfectly 3-4-celled, placent. parietal; style simple, stigma 3-4-lobed. 

 Berry few-seeded. — A succulent, leafless perennial, with cylindric stem 

 and branches, ii. 266. , 



LXI I. Ficoidete. — Sep. 5, inf. or |-inf. Pet. o, or 5. Stam. def. or 

 indef., perig. or hypog. Ov. 2-5-celled, or of 5 free i-ovuled carpels ; 

 cells few- or many-ovuled. Caps, or carp, thin-walled, loculicidal or 

 circumsciss. ; seeds reniform, embryo curved round mealy endosp. — 

 Herbs ; 1. simple; stip. o. ii. 267. 



§ 5. Ov. inf., syncarpous, or of one carpel ; ovules 1 in each carp* 

 pendulous. 



LXI II. — Umbellifer^e. — Cal. sup., limb 5-fid or o. Pet. 5, often 

 inflexed, free, valvate or imbricate. Stam. 5, and large disk epig. Ov. 

 2-celled ; cells with 1 pendulous ovule ; styles 2. Fr. of 2 indehisc. carpels, 

 at length pendulous from an axis, each with 5 ridges, and often with 

 definite oil-canals. — Herbs ; 1. alt., simple or compound ; fl. umbellate. 

 ii. 274. 



LXIV. ARALIACE^E. — Cal. sup. or |-sup. ; limb small or o. Pet. 5-9, 

 valvate. Stam. 5-9, and disk epig. Ov. 4-9-celled ; cells with 1 pendu- 

 lous ovule; styles 4-9 or stigmas sessile. Fr. a drupe, with compressed 

 pyrenes. — Trees or climbing shrubs ; 1. alt., compound ; stip. adnate to 

 petiole, ii. 281. 



LXV. Cornace^e. — Cal. sup.; limb 4-5-fid. Pet. 4-10, valvate, 

 Stam. def. or indef., and disk epig. Ov. 1 -celled ; ovule 1, pendulous ; 

 style simple. Fr. a drupe. — Trees or shrubs ; 1. alt.; stip. o. ii. 285. 



B. GAMOPETALOUS (Orders LXVI.-CI.) 



§ 1. Fl. regular or irregular. Cal. sup., rarely \\ sup. Stam. as 

 many as the cor. -lobes, rarely fewer, epipet. or epig. (See also Vac- 

 ciniacece in § 2.) 



LXVI. Capri foliace^e. — Cal. sup.; limb 5-lobed. Cor.-lobes 5, 

 equal, imbric. Stam. 5, on the cor.-tube. Ov. 1-3-celled; cells with 1 

 pendulous ovule; style short. Drupe i-seeded. — Shrubs or small trees ; 

 1. opp.; stip. o. ii. 288. 



LXVI I. RUBIACE^E— Cal. sup., limb usually 4-5 -cleft. Cor. from 

 tubular to rotate, 4-9-lobed. Stam. 4-9, on the tube of cor., alt. with 

 its lobes. Ov. 1-10- usually 2-celled; cells 1-2- or many-ovuled; 

 style simple. Disk epig. Fr. a capsule, drupe, or berry, or of distinct 

 cocci, 2-many-seeded ; endosp. horny — Herbs, shrubs, or trees ; 1. opp., 

 stipulate, whorled and exstip. in Galiecs. ii. 289. 



LXVI 1 1. ValerianacEjE.— Cal. sup.; segm. minute, becoming fili- 

 form and plumose in fr. Cor. infundib.; lobes 5, imbricate. Stam. 3, on 

 .base of cor.-tube; anth. distinct. Ov. 3-celled; one cell alone fertile; 



