144 ANGIOSPERMJE. 



subterranean. Fls. dimorphous ; cleistSgamous fis. (and most fertile) 

 spicate on subt. stems ; complete fls. showy, carina fringed, on short 

 erect leafy stems, racemed, purple or white. N. Eng., along mts. to 

 Ga. P. pol/ggama, similar, but @ ; sands, N. Bng. to Tla. and La. 

 P. Senega, Snakbkoot. Fls. homomorphous, white, sol. Qj. ; rhiz. 

 knotty; P. lutea, (g); fls. bright orange (1 variety purple), m close 

 oblong term. hds. P. sanguinea, Q ; hds. similar to last, but fls. bi-ight 

 red-purple. Common, U. S. Many other XJ. S. spec. P. thesioides, 

 ev. shrub, fls. blue, Valparaiso. P. vulgaris, %,'6' high, As. blue. 

 Pig. 185. Pollen, Tig. 4, 2. N. Bur. P. cordifolia, latifdlia, oppo- 

 sitifolia, handsome ev. shrubs, fls. purple, Cape of G. H. P. vene- 

 nata, Java ; intensely poisonous, even to the touch. 4. Krameria. 

 Sep. 4-5, Irreg. Pet. 4-5 ; 3 inner small, clawed. Sta. 4-5 or fewer ; 

 ova. 1-celled, ov. 2, collateral. Pr. 1-seeded, indehisc, prickly. Fls. 

 racemed. Lvs. silky, simple or trifoliolate. Q|. herbs, small shrubs, 

 spreading, branched. 12 spec. Am. K. laneeoldta, Q|., rhiz. woody ; 

 stems prostrate, 1° long. Tampa Bay, Fla. K. parmflara, Nevada, 

 Ariz. K. paueijKsra, ev. shrub, 4° high, fls. white, Mex. K. triandra, 

 Khatany. Kts. medicinal ; juice making a blood-red infusion, used 

 to adulterate port wine. Peru. 



Ord. 142. Pittosporacese. — Fls. g, rarely cf § ?; reg., in 

 raceme, corymb, cyme; rarely sol. Sep. 5, free or connate. Pet. 5, 

 clawed, claws sometimes coherent; deeid. Sta. 5, distinct. Ova. 

 sometimes stipitate ; 2-ceUed, or incompletely 2-5-celled ; ov. 2-seriate ; 

 sty. simple. Boll or berry. Emb. minute. Perisperm fleshy. Lvs. 

 simple, alt., exstip. Ev. Trees, Shrubs, often resinous. 9 gen. and 90 

 spec. , chiefly in Australasia. 1. Citriobatus, Orange-Thorn. Small 

 thorny trees or shrubs; fls. small, sol. ; berry yellow, 1^' in diam., 

 edible. 2-3 spec. Austral. 2. Billiardiera ; fls. sol., yellow, blue, or 

 purple. Berry blue or amber color. Climbing shrubs, 10 spec. Tas- 

 mania, Austral. 3. S611ya; fls. blue, eymose; berries papery. 3 

 spec, New HoU., Van D. L., Austral. 4. Pronaya. 3 spec; fls. 

 blue or white, racemes term. ; berries round. Erect or climbing 

 shnibs. W. Austral. 5. Burs^ria ; fls. small, white, often pink- 

 tinged ; peduncle 3-flowered, or racemed. Boll like the silique of 

 Shepherd's Purse. Shrubs, branches often spiny. 2 spec. B. spinosa, 

 10° high. New S. Wales. 6. Pittosporum ; fls. small, in term, cymes 

 or racemes. Boll 1 -celled. Large shrubs, small trees. 50 spec. Old 

 World. P. ^»rfe?-sd;Mi, fls. yellow; New HoU. P. 6Jcoior, fls. choco- 

 late; Van D. L. P. erassifolia, fls. crimson; New Z. P. Tobira, fls. 

 white ; Japan. P. mauritidnum, fls. yellow ; Mauritius. P. viridi- 

 flbrum, fls. green ; P. capense, fis. yellow, both Cape G. H. P. cori- 

 dceum, fls. blue ; Madeira. P. feiTugineum, fls. yellow ; Guiana. 



Violet Alliance. — JEst. usually imb. Sta. oo or def. Carpels con- 

 nate into a 1-celled ova. with parietal placentation ; rarely spuriously 

 2-more-eelled ; rarely free ; ova. sometimes regularly 3-more-oelled. 

 3 Sections : 1. Emb. straight or curved, usually lai'ge. Perisperm fleshy, 

 sometimes 0: 143. Bixaceae. 144, Canellaceae. 14S. Violaceae. 146. 

 Droserjiceae. (See Ord. 96.) 147. Cistaceae. 2. Emb. large, usually 

 curved. Perisperm, : 148, Resedacese. 149, Moringaceee. 150. 

 Capparidacese. 151. Cruciferae. 3, Em,b. minute. Perisperm fleshy ; 

 152, Fumariacese. 153, Papaveracese. 154, Sarraceniaceae. 



Ord. 143. Bixacese. — Fls. reg., infl. various. Sep. 4-5, 2-6, free 



