CO SS PECTUS OF OB DEBS AND FAMILIES. 141 



;::i didynamous or sometimes only 2, anthers 2-1-celled. Disc 

 annular or unilateral. Ovarii with l' median carpels, 2-relled with Inn/,* 



nious. Embryo 



1 straight or slightly curved Vcrnph ulariarea (p. 617). 



I 117. The Broomrape Family. 



■<,'ew and no true harps, f'ls. solitary spiked or raeemed. ( alu.r 



. .:liuus foi ! hers 1-2-celled, more or less 



-purred. Orary 2-carpellarv. 1- rarely 2-r tiled, style long, tip curved, 

 r 2-lobed <> I (siuiHu ma, li> f j 



Albumen fleshy. Embryo ovoid simple or 2-hd. 



118. The Bignonia Family. 



Woody plant*, often (in exotic species) climbing by tendrils de\ 

 from the leaves. L, a ,;■.■< opposite. rarel\ whorled, sometimes s] 



He. rar,h, </, 'pi, t Iui< ■ i medium, 2-sexual 



tpathaceous or 2-5-lobed. Corolla usually tubular (at least 

 then ventricose, lobes subequal and imbricate (rarely valvate) 

 ■"'■ didynamous. often with a 5th present as a staminode, 



("'•■W////W) r> perfect, mostly inserted .ulteriorly m the corolla 



style long. Ovule*' »m ,,', ear/, e, : il. Fruit elongate, capsul 



%mhtd with tin ■->>>> >»>"■?> "** 



Seeds .flat or 3-gonous, i 



olded, often 2-lobed... 

 Family. 



rarely cymose clustered or solitary. Calyx f 



" rl! y 2 fertile. Orary superior (half- inferior in . 

 wiled, placentce often 2-fid and parietal, sometim 

 at »d making ovary 2-celied. Ovules very many, « 



