344 Characters of the Orders. 



ovule pendulous. Fr. dry, indehisc, crowned with feathery cal. -lobes. — 

 Herbs; 1. opp., pinnate; stip. o. iii. i. 



LXIX. DlPSACEiE. — Fl. in dense heads, each involucellate. CaL 

 sup.; limb cupular, 4-fid. Cor. infundibular; lobes 4, imbric. Stam. 4, 

 on the cor.-tube. Ov. i-celled; ovule 1, pendulous. Fr. an achene 

 adnate to the spinescent involucel. — Herbs ; 1. opp., upper pinnatisect ; 

 stip. o. iii. 2. 



LXX. Composite. — Fl. packed in a head on a recept. surrounded 

 by bracts, all subsimilar, or dimorphous, the outer (ray fl.) with ligulate, 

 the inner (disk-fl.) with tubular corol. Cal. sup.: limb of hairs (pappus), 

 or scales, or o. Cor. of ray-fl. with the lobes connate in a strap ; of disk- 

 fl. with 4 or 5 valvate spreading lobes. Stam. 5, on cor.-tube ; fil. free, 

 anth. connate (fil. connate, anth. free in Xanthium). Ov. i-celled, disk 

 epig.; ovule 1, erect. Fr. an achene with or without a pappus. — Herbs 

 or shrubs, rarely trees; 1. rarely opp.; stip. o. iii. 3. 



. LXXI. STYLlDlACEyE. — Fl. irregular. Cal. sup. ; limb 5-partite. 

 Cor. unequally 5-lobed. Stam. 2, epig., fil. confluent with the style in a 

 geniculately decurved, elastically recurving column ; anth. distinct, sessile 

 on the column. Ov. 2-celled ; cells many-ovuled ; stigma minute, sessile 

 between the anth. Caps, linear, 2-valved, many-seeded. — Herb ; 1. 

 radical, iii. 53. 



LXXI I. Goodenovie^e. — Fl. irregular. Cal. sup.; limb 5 -partite or a. 

 Cor. tubular, cleft dorsally to the base and 5-lobed, induplicate-valvate. 

 Stam. 5, epig.; anth. free. Ov. 2-celled, ovule 1 erect in each cell; style 

 simple, stigma girt by a membranous cup. Drupe with a 2-celled stone. 

 — Shrubs; 1. alt.; stip. o. iii. 54. 



LXXI 1 1. Campanulace^e. — Fl. regular or not. Cal. sup. or ^-sup.; 

 limb 5 -partite. Cor. 5-lobed or 2-lipped and dorsally cleft to the base,, 

 lobes valvate. Stam. 5, epig. or on the base of the cor.-tube; anth. 

 distinct or connate. Ov. 2-3-celled, many-ovuled; stigma 2-3-lobed. 

 Caps, many-seeded. — Herbs; 1. alt; stip. o. iii. 55. 



§ 2. Fl. regular, bisex. Cal. inf. (sup. in Vacciniacece, | inf. in 

 Sphenoclea). Stam. hypog., perig., epig., or epipet, as many or twice 

 as many as the cor.-lobes, or indef. Ov. 1- or more-celled. 



LXXIV. Vacciniacece. — Cal. sup.; limb 5-partite. Cor. urceolate,. 

 shortly 5-lobed. Stam. 10, epig.; anth.-cells tubular above, opening by 

 a pore, also spurred dorsally. Ov. 5 -celled, disk epig.; cells few- or 

 many-ovuled. Berry crowned by the cal. limb, falsely 10-celled. — A 

 small tree; 1. alt.; stip. o. iii. 61. 



LXXV. Ericaceae. — Cal. inf., 5-partite, sometimes accrescent. Cor. 

 urceolate or campanulate, 5-lobed. Stam. 10, hypog.; anth. opening by 

 pores or slits. Ov. 5- or 10-celled; cells many-ovuled; stigma lobulate. 

 Caps. 5-celled, 5-valved, many-seeded. — Shrubs or trees ; 1. alt. ; stip. o. 

 iii. 62. 



LXXVI. Plumbagine^e. — Cal. inf., persist., tubular, 5-partite. Cor., 

 persist., tube long, lobes 5, twisted in bud. Stam. 5, hypog. Ov. 1- 

 celled; ovule pendulous from a basal funicle; style simple, stigmas 5. 

 Caps, circumsciss. at base. — Herbs; 1. alt.; stip. o. iii. 64. 



LXXVII. Primulace^e. — Cal. inf., persist., 5-cleft. Cor.-lobes 5,.. 

 contort, in bud. Stam. 5, on base of cor., opp. its lobes ; anth. bases. 



