346 Characters of the Orders. 



•enclosed in the stam. tube, many-ovuled ; styles 2, short, stigma 1, usually 

 5-angled, adnate to the anth. Follicles 2. Seeds many, crowned with a 

 long pencil of hairs ; endosp. copious. — Herbs or undershrubs, often 

 twining; 1. opp., entire, rarely o; stip. o. hi. 142. 



LXXXVI. Loganiace^e. — Cal. inf., or £-inf. ; segm. 4 or 5. Cor.- 

 lobes 4 or 5, valvate or imbric. Stam. 4 or 5, on the cor.-tube ; fil. 

 distinct. Ov. 1-2-celled; cells 1 -many-ovuled. Fr. indehisc, rarely a 

 caps. Seeds 1, 2, or many; endosp. copious. — Trees, shrubs, or herbs; 

 1. opp. or ternate, entire, iii. 169. 



LXXXVI I. Gentianace^e. — Cal. inf., persist., 4-7-partite. Cor. 

 rotate, tubular, or campanulate ; lobes 4-7, contort., rarely valvate. 

 Stam. 4-7, on the cor.-tube or throat; fil. distinct. Ov. i-celled with 

 pariet. placent, rarely 2-celled, many-ovuled ; style simple, stigmas 2. 

 Fr. a caps., rarely a berry, many-seeded. — Herbs, one gen. aquatic ; 



1. opp., rarely alt., entire; stip. o. iii. 179. 



** Fl. regular, I. usually alt. 



LXXXVI 1 1. Hydrophyllace^e. — Cal. inf., 5-partite. Cor. rotate, 

 5-cleft; lobes imbric. Stam. 5, on the cor.-tube; fil. distinct. Ov. 

 2-celled ; cells many-ovuled ; styles 2. Caps, septicidally 2-valved, many- 

 seeded. Seeds minute. — Herb; 1. alt. ; stip. o; fl. racemose, iii. 191. 



LXXXIX. BORAGINE^E, — Fl. rarely unisex. Cal. inf., 5-8-cleft, per- 

 sist. Cor. tubular, funnel-shaped or rotate ; lobes 5-8, imbric. Stam. 

 5-8, on the cor.-tube; fil. distinct. Ov. 2-celled; cells 2-ovuled, or 

 4-celled, cells i-ovuled; styles 1 or 2. Fr. a drupe, or of 4 separable 

 achenes. — Trees, shrubs, or herbs; 1. rarely opp.; stip. o; infl. corymbose, 

 often of scorpioid cymes, iii. 192. 



XC. CONVOLVULACE^E. — Cal. inf., persist., 5-partite, or sep. 5, imbri- 

 cate. Cor. campanulate, infundib. or rotate; lobes 5, plaited and contort. 

 in bud. Stam. 5, on the cor.-tube ; fil. free. Disk annular or o. Ov. 

 2-celled; cells 2-ovuled, or 4 -celled, cells i-ovuled, or 1 -celled and 

 4-ovuled ; style simple or bifid, stigmas usually 2. Fr. dry or fleshy, 

 indehisc. or 2-valved, or circumsciss., 1-4-seeded. Endosp. o, cotyled. 

 plaited (endosp. and cotyled. o in Cuscuta). — Herbs or shrubs, often 

 twining ; 1. alt. (o in Cuscuta), fl. usually cymose. iii. 204. 



XCI. SOLANACE^E. — Cal. inf.. often persist, and accresc, 5-cleft. 

 Cor. rotate or funnel-shaped ; lobes 5, plaited or valvate in bud. Stam. 

 5, on the cor.-tube; anth.-cells with pores or slits. Ov. 2-celled, very 

 many-ovuled, placents. large ; style and stigma simple. Fr. a berry or 

 caps., many-seeded ; embryo curved round fleshy endosp. — Herbs or 

 shrubs ; 1. alt. or binate ; stip. o ; fl. solitary, or in axill. or term, cymes. 

 iii. 230. 



*** Fl. mostly irregular or oblique, dorsal stam. often imperfect 

 or o; ov. -cells many- rarely i-ovuled. 



XCI I. SCROPHULARIACE^E. — Fl. irreg. Cal. inf., 5-lobed, or -partite. 

 Cor. 5- or 4-lobed, usually 2-lipped, lobes imbric. Stam. 4, didynamous, 

 or 2 only perfect. Ov. 2-celled ; cells many-ovuled ; style simple, stigmas 



2. Caps. 2-valved, many-seeded. Seeds small, endosp. fleshy. — Herbs; 

 1. usually opp.; stip. o; fl. racemose or spicate. iii. 239. 



XCI 1 1. Orobanchace,e. — Fl. irreg. Cal. inf., 5-partite or spatha- 

 ceous. Cor.-tube funnel-shaped; lobes 5, imbric, 2 upper exterior. 

 Stam. 4, didynam.; anth. connate in pairs or free, 1 -celled, opening by 



