COHOETS AND ORDERS. (BY THE EDITOR.) 



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Staniens oo , free. Ovary 1-celled; placentas 

 parietal. — Herbs, rarely shrubs, with alter- 

 nate leaves and milky juice , , . . 



13. Ftjmakiace^. Flowers irregular. 

 Stameus 6, in two bundles, rarely 4, free. 

 Ovary 1-celled ; placentas parietal. — Herbs, 

 erect or climbing ; leaves alternate, usually 

 multifid 



* * Embryo large, cici-ved (except in 

 Moringeae) ; albumen 0. 



14. CETJCli'ERa). Sepals and petals 4 each. 

 Stamens 6, 4 longer. Capsule usually spu- 

 riously 2-celled, or 2-multi-locellate. — Herbs, 

 very rarely shrubs ; leaves alternate 



' 15. CAPPAEIDBJ3. Sepals 4-8. Petals 4-8 

 or 0. Stamens 4 or oo , often perigynous. 

 Ovary 1-celled, usually stalked. Fruit a cap- 

 sule or berry. — Shrubs, trees or herbs ; leaves 



alternate 



? 16. MoRiNGEJE. Sepals and petals 5. 

 Stamens 8-10, perigynous. Capsule elongate, 

 3-valved. — Trees ; leaves alternate, com- 

 pound ........ 



Cohort III. Polygalales. — Sepals 

 many or twice as many as the petals, 

 fleshy, rarely absent. — Herbs or shrubs ; 

 more in Vochysiacece.) 



23. PiTT0SP0EB.a!. Flowers regular. Se- 

 pals and petals 5 each. Stamens 5, free. — 

 Trees or erect or twining shrubs; leaves 

 alternate, simple, exstipulate 



23. PoLTaAXEiE. Flowers irregular. Se- 

 pals 5. Petals 3-5. Stamens usually 8, 

 monadelphous. — Herbs, shrubs or trees ; 

 leaves usually alternate, simple, exstipulate . 



236. Tbbmandrea Flowers regular. Se- 

 pals and petals 3, 4, 5 each. Stamens twice 



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17. Resedace^. Calyx 4-8-partite. Pe- 

 tals 4, 8, 2, 0, often cut. Stamens 3-40. 

 Fruit various. — Herbs or shrubs ; leaves al- 

 ternate 236 



* ' * Embryo large, irtjleshy albumen, 



18. ClsiiNEJS. Flowers regular. Sepals 

 3-5. Stamens many. Ovules orthotropous. 

 Embryo curved. — Leaves opposite or alter- 

 nate, usually stipulate 238 



19. ViOLAEiE^. Flowers usually irregu- 

 lar. Sepals 5. Stamens 5 ; anthers usually 

 curved ; connective usually dilated above the 

 cells. Fruit usually a capsule. Embryo 

 straight. — Leaves opposite or alternate, stipu- 

 late 240 



20. Canellaceje. Flowers regular. Se- 

 pals 4-5. Petals 4r-5-0. Stamens 20-30, on 

 the outside of a tube formed by the filaments. 

 Berry 2-oo -seeded. — Aromatic trees ; leaves 

 exstipulate 243 



21. BixiNE^. Sepals 2-6. Petals various 

 or 0. Stamens oo , free, inserted on a disci- 

 form torus. — Shrubs or trees; leaves stipu- 

 late or not. (See also 102, Samydacece) , 243 



and petals 5 each, rarely 4 or 3. Stamens as 

 Ovary 2- (rarely 1- or more-) celled. Albumen 

 leaves exstipulate. (Petals and stamens 1-3 or 



as many, free. — Small shrubs, often Heath- 

 like; leaves alternate, opposite or whorled, 

 exstipulate 249 



247 24. VocHTSlACB^. Sepals 5, sometimes 



adnate to the ovary, unequal, posterior 

 spurred or gibbous. Petals 1, 3, or 5, hypogy- 

 nous or perigynous. ■ Stamens several, usu- 



249 ally one fertile. — Shrubs or trees ; leaves 

 usually opposite or whorled, simple ; stipules 

 or small 251 



Cohort IV. Caryophyllales. — Flowers regular.. Sepals 2-5, rarely 6. Petals 

 usually as many. Stamens as many or twice as many, rarely more or fewer. Ovary 1- 

 Qelled, or imperfectly 2-5-celled ; placenta central, free, rarely parietal. Embryo usually 

 curved, and in a floury albumen. (Petals connate in some Portulacem and Twmariscinece.) 

 This Cohort is closely allied to XIV., Ficoidales, and XXVII., Ghenopodiales. 



35. Feankeniacb*. Sepals connate. Pe- 

 tals 4-5, long-clawed. Stamens as many. 

 Placentas 2-4, parietal. Albumen fleshy; 

 embryo straight. — Herbs or undershrubs; 

 leaves small, opposite, simple, exstipulate . 262 



26. Caetophyilejj. Sepals 3-5, free or 

 connate. Petals 3-5, clawed or not. Sta- 

 mens 3-5 or 6-10. Placenta usually central 

 and free.^ — Herbs, rarely shrubby ; leaves op- 

 posite, simple, stipulate or not . . 254 



