96 ANGTOSPERMyE. 



stip. rudimentary ; petiole and bracts with 2 'boss-like glands. Fl. 

 pale purple, 3' wide ; corona longer than pet. Fr. (May-pop) 2' long, 

 edible. Fig. 155. Va., Ky , S. to Gulf. Tribe 5. Corona dentate. 

 Fls. small, sol., hut infl. raceme-like. Boll. Stip. 0. 2 gen., 12 spec. 

 1. Maleshferbia ; small shrubs ; Peru. 2. Gynopleura ; herbs ; Chili. 

 Ord. 84. Turneracese. — ^Fls. § , reg., 5-merous. Ova. free, 1- 

 celled. Stigmas 3-6, fan-shaped. Boll 3-valved, oo-seeded; sds. 

 strophiolate. Lvs. alt., simple, petioled, exstip., but often with 2 

 glands at base. Herbs, Undershrubs, Shrubs, Trees. Few gen. ; trop., 

 both worlds. 1. Erblichia, trees ; lvs. lanceolate ; fls. large, axil., yel- 

 low ; petals with fine filaments at base. Cent. Am. 2. Turnera. 

 Herbs or shrubs ; lvs. notched or cleft ; fls. usually yellow ; axil. , or 

 adh. to petiole. Many spec; W. Ind., S. Am., Cape of Good Hope. 

 T. (Piriquita) fulva, %, 1° high ; N. C. to Fla. T. (P.) glabra, P-2° 

 high ; S. Fla. T. (P.) tomentbsa, 1° high ; S. Fla. 



Ord. 85. Loasacese. — Fls. §, reg., 4-5-10-merous, polypetalous ; 

 sta. 8-10- 00 , some of them sterile; grouped in bundles. Ova. adh., 

 placentation parietal; boll 3-5-10-valved, oo-seeded. Lvs. simple, 

 usually palmilobed ; exstip. Herbs (except Kissenia) ; often climbing; 

 with rigid or stinging hairs and showy fls. 20 gen. 1. Kissenia (incor- 

 rectly Fissfenia) spathuldta, only spec. Shrub, gooseberry-like ; petals 

 lb; fls. small, green. Boll 10-ribbed, of 10 nuts. S. and Cent. Af., 

 Arabia. Only type not American. 2. Cai6phora; and 3. Blumen- 

 bachia ; branching and climbing herbs with showy fls. ; Chili, Peru. 



4. Loasa, erect or climbing herbs ; fls. large, yellow ; same habitat. 



5. Bartonia, showy annuals, branching, 2° high ; fls. large, clustered, 

 white or orange. Pacific States. 



Ord. 86. Samydacese.— Fls. 8, reg., inconspicuous, 4-5-15- 

 merous. Ova. 1-celled. Berry or boll 1-2-celled, co-seeded. Lvs. 

 simple," petioled; stip. small or 0. Trees oi Shrubs. 16 gen., nearly 

 200 spec. ; trop. Ind., Af., Am. 4 Tribes. Tribe 1. Ova. adh. or 

 free. Fls. 4-15-merous. 1, ByrsSnthes, Leathek-flowbr. Corolla 

 purse-like, leathery. Shrubs with snow-white hairs. Andes. 3. 

 Homilium. Sta. oo, bundled in groups. Trees or shrubs. Both 

 worlds. Tribe 2. Lvs. opp., ova. free. Petals 0. Calyx 4-partite. 

 Sta. 8-00. 1. Abatia. 2. Raleighia. Shrubs. S.Am. Tribe 3. 

 Lvs alt. 0\a. free. Calyx 4-5-merous ; petals 4, 5, or more. bU 

 00 1. Bdnara. Small trees, shrubs, 15 spec. ; trop. Am. Tribe 4. 

 Lvs alt. Ova. free. Petals 0. Calyx 4-5-merous. Sta. 6-30; 

 staminodes as many. 1. Casearia. Small trees, shrubs ; 100 spec, 

 chiefly in S. Am., W. Ind. ; a few in Ind. 2. S4myda. Staminodes 

 0. Shrubs or trees, often thorny. S. suaveolens, fls. white, with odor 

 of orange-blossoms. Brazil. 



Myrtle Alliance.— Fls. usually g ; reg. or sub-reg. Ova. syn- 

 carpous, usually adh.; styles rarely distinct. Pl«centation various. 

 Lvs. simple, except in Combretacese. 87. Onagracese. 88. Haio- 

 ragea. 89. Lythracese. 90, Melastomacese. 91. Myrt^cese. 9Z. 

 Combret^ceae. 93. Rhizophoracese. „ . o lo n„„ 



Ord 87. Onagracese.— Fls. g , 2-4rmerous ; sta. 2-4-8-1.^. Uva. 

 adh o'r half-adh., 1-2-4-celled. Boll; berry; or nut. Aquatic or 

 terrestrial Herbs or Shrubs. 22 gen., 300 spec ; temp, regions, both 



^1, Triipa. Floating herbs. Fls. 4-merous; sta. 4. Ova. half-adh. 



