178 
pistil 3-merous 
BENGAL PLANTS. [Synopsis of ti 
§§Pollen aggregated in solitary or 
(p 
paired masses 
pollinia) in each anther-cell; apex of pn mer | 
into a plane or beaked disk with stigmatic border 
bearing 5 glands (corpuscles) to which the pollinia 
are attached in pairs or fours; stipules always 4 
absent; fruit usually of 2 free follicles pi 177] 
LXXXIV. 
“|Carpels as well as styles always unite a stigma tet- 
sclepiadez. 
minal; corolla-lobes parr an or fc or, if contorted — 
(Logantacez: Fa agrea; GENTIAN : except Canscora 
and Limnanthemum), ‘tina twisted to the right; stamens — 
and corolla-lobes 4-5, occasion 
ally 7 
Leaves joined at bases by pig a stipules a 
raised horizontal lines, always oppos 
ov : 
locular ; corolla-lobes valvate or im eee bale ¥ 
oe Stee corolla long tubular and 
COLES B-HG? 2 SPSS t 2h LXXXV. 
cicaa ri even rudimentary stipules ; ovary 1. 
locular or if 2-locular (Exacum) with corolla short 
rotate and placentas simple; corolla-lobes contorted 
or if valvate (Limnanthemum) the leaves alternate 
tian 
numerous, or if 3-5 (certain ConvonvuLa ce) with corolla 
Plicate and — in each loculus 1—4 erect from the base 
of the loculus 
seeds not arising from the carpel-base :— [P- Ve 
Prete sider imbricate or if Bac, contort style 
ovary 1-, not 2-locular; fruit always capsular; 
2-fid or styles 2 [p. 179] EXXXVIIL. “a 
SLeaves alternate or if opposite (Poiauionincieile® Phioz) the — 
; carpels never free; stamens never hidden — 
