CONSPECTUS OF ORDERS AND FAMILIES. 137 



; ".;";"; ' '; ''j"/',',' 1 P 1 ^'"**. Style often short, stigmas 2. 

 <ted* many small. Albumen copious (U „,„„„., , ,, 566 " 



108. The Strychnine Family. ( > Rubiahs.) 



cell; placenta 



• -l-.iTr. Hint ., m , t nd.ll 



strai g ht ' Logania,, a | p. 563.. 



109. The Oleander Family. 



Woody or herbaceous plants usually u-ith mil!.-y juice and often 

 twining. Leaves opp. or whorled or (only in introduced species) 



hues aiul (.Hands. Cah.x .">-. rarely 4-Ioled. 



I in the exotic 



. , . ■ ...... 



Jejes, more rarely a berry or drupe. Seeds often ,,-Uh a m„,a nf silk,/ 



*»", albuminous or not Apocynacece (p. 531). 



HO. The Asclepias or Mudar Family. 



' I'inj: herbs, ranis erect shrubs, ahoundhu, in milky juicr. 

 r.nuiinr masses (polli? " ' 



^aX^(p e 546). 



Order XXX. POLEMONIALES. 



^Climbers or rarely erect, sometimes with milky juice. Leaves 



'■m ft imps free. St. 5, alt. with lobes of cr 

 ■mminent. Carpels 2 or rarely 3-5, combined into a 

 *««erf, rare.i/ 1- ,,r 3 o-clhd unit,,. St\le 1. ^ti-mas 2 or styles 



