PBIMULALES. 



50? 



AnagaMia arvensis is a little weed from Europe. 



Order Flantaginaceae. — The Plantain Family. Herbs, mostly with 

 radical leaves ; placenta central, not free ; ovules usually many, fixed 

 by tlieir ventral face. This anomalous order appears to be more at 

 home in this Cohort than anywhere else. It disagrees witli the charac- 

 ters given for the Cohort in its ovary being lor the most part two-celled. 



Figs. 433-5.— Illdstrations or Akaqalli3 arvensis. 



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?IS. 434. 



Via. 433. 



Fig. 435. 



Fie 433.— Section of yonns flower-bud. I, calyx ; c, corolla ; a, stamens ; X, pis- 

 til • % placenta. 3, gyncecium further advanced. 0, gyncecinm ready for fertiliza- 

 tion. ' A young fruit. (After Sachs.) 



Fig 434.— R'pe fruit. Magnfied. 



Fi*. 435.— Dehiscent fruit. Magnified, g, seeds. 



Otherwise its agreement is so marked as to allow us to regard it as a 

 group of degraded Primulales. The species number about fifty, and 

 are found in all temperate regions. 



Plantago major, the common Plantain, is found everywhere in door- 

 yards. 



Order Plvunbaginacese.— Herbs or barely woody plants, with 

 leaves radical or cauline ; ovary one-celled, one-ovuled. About 200 

 species are known, distributed throughout temperate climates. 



