Natural Orders.) III.—COROLLIFLOR2. 179 
ttCorolla- oe plicate or if (rarely) meohares the style 
entire [p. Solanacez. 
**Ovules in “ie carpel 2, less often 1, ra 4:—[p. 178] 
Corolla-lobes imbricate or contorted; ovary 2-locular 
loculi 2-ovuled, or spuriously 4-locular loculi 1-ovuled ; 
fruit of 2 1-2-seeded pyrenes or 4 1-seeded indehiscent 
nutlets ; embryo with radicle superior 
LX 
ini 
Corolla-lobes plicate or rarely (Cressa, Cuscuta) imbri- 
cate and then with fruit a valvular or circumscissile 
e 
tCorolla irregular, or at least somewhat oblique, its lobes over- 
lapping; uppermost stamen if present smaller than the others, 
often reduced to a staminode without anther or altogether 
absent; if corolla regular with ovules 1-2 in each ovary and 
fruit indehiscent (some VeRseNnacez) then with radicle 
inferior :—[p. 1 
ttCarpels 2- or more-ovuled, usually the ovules many, but if 
only 2 then the ovules superposed, or if ovules 2 collater al 
(AcantHACER : Thunbergia only) the fruit a 2-valved capsule 
Hees elastically from the tip :—[p. 180] 
Ovary 1-locular, placentas parietal, or if 2- locular by intru- 
sion of eit centas (some GESNERACE#) only imperfectly so; 
ovules 
beiuidise fa herbs; seeds very small, embryo very 
Minute 66... s ciiwees vs edsves XCIII. Orobanchacez. 
Green leafy habe or shrubs; ovary often inferior; leaves 
usually opposite........+++ ....XCV. Gesneracez. 
Ovary 2-locular or if 1-locular thi (some Bronontace#) 
(PEDALINEX 
within loll formed by, the much acerescent parie 
placentas 
Fruit opening elastically from the apex by 2 loculicidal 
valves ; seeds: usually pees on retinacule ; leaves 
usually opposite ......++++++++ thacez. 
Fruit dehiscent but not opuuing satay, or rarely 
indehiscent :— 
Seeds large transverse, usually with a broad mem- 
branous marginal wing, with horizontal embryo and 
