Natural Orders.} III.—COROLLIFLOR. 177 
**Qvary inferior or half-inferior or at least partially attached 
to calyx-tube; ovules in each chamber 2 or more {p. 176] 
LX Styracez. 
tOvary 2-carpelled, or if 3—-5-carpelled (PoLeMoNIACEz ; some Con- 
VOLVULACE& and some VERBENACE&) with stamens either equal to 
and alternate with, or fewer than the corolla-lobes :—[p- 176] 
tCorolla regular, rarely slightly oblique; stamens as many as 
and alternate with corolla-lobes, or if oblique or irregular and 
perfect st f tl lla-lobes (S x: Browallia; 
GENTIANACE® : Canscora) the corolla-limb plicate or subcon- 
torted ; if stamens fewer than corolla-lobes and corolla regular 
(Oteack) then stamens alternate with carpels :—(p. 179) 
§ Leaves opposite or if alternate (APOCYNACE® : Thevetia, Cer- 
bera, Plumeria; GENTIANACEZ : Limnanthemum) then either 
(Cerbera, Plumeria) with carpels free and only styles united, 
or if carpels united then (Thevetia) with a ring of hai 
rs lla throat hiding the stamens, or (Li nthemum) 
floating aquatic plants with 1-locular ovaries :—[p. 178 
Stamens 2 i 
more, imbricate or valvate; ovary 2-locular, each chamber 
2-ovuled or, rarely, 1- or 4- or 8-ovuled ; stipules 0 
LXXXI. Oleacezx. 
Stamens 4 or more, alternate with eorolla-lobes :— 
Corolla-lobes or free petals and stamens 4, segments of 
corolla imbricate ; ovary 1-locular, 1-ovuled or 2-locular, 
each chamber 2-ovuled; rudimentary stipules usually 
present ....eseeceseeereeees LXXXII. Salvadoracee. 
Corolla-lobes or free petals 5, rarely many or, if 4 (Loganta- 
cez and GENTIANACE% sometimes) the chambers of the 
larged towards the top with its stigmatic surface below 
the tip; stamens and corolla-lobes always 5:—([P- 178) 
§§Pollen granular ; stigma annular or interrupted 
below the smooth non-stigmatic entire or 2-fid tip 
of style; fruit berry-like or drupaceous or of two free 
follicles; ovules sometimes few (1-6) in each cham- 
ber, usually many ; stipules 0, or rarely represented 
by interpetiolar glands or horizontal lines [p. 178) 
LXXXIII. Apocynacee. 
