142 BOTANY OF BIHAR AND ORISSA. 



bladders on the creeping axis.* Leaves often evanescent, either 

 simple entire radical and rosulate or in water capillary and multifid.* 

 Fls. often small. Galya 2-5-lobed. Corolla 



lar.'er entire or 3-u-lnbe.l. Stamens 2, inserted on the base of the 

 corolla, antioe- • nt. Ovary superior, globose, 



l-'-.//»-/; style short. Ovules v<ru many on a free basal placenta. 

 Fruit a 2-4-valved capsule ip. Seeds many. 



Lentibulariacece (p. 643). 



121. The Sesamum Family. 



Herbs with the leaves opposite or the upper alternate, often (espe- 

 cially the lower) lobed or pinnatifid. Fls. usualh axillary or ra< eine-e. 

 Calyx 4-5-lobed. Corolla tubular below, ventricose above, lobes 



. - , ■■ . ■..,.■■: ' • ' : 



each cell, axile or in one-cell-' 



Fruit capsular or drupaceous. Seeds wingless. . .Pedaliacece (p. 6€0). 



122. The Acanthus Family. 



Herbs or (bra limbs, only rarely aromatic. 



Leaves opp. (alt. in Elytraria and some Staumgym >. sometime^ m 

 equal in the pair, simple, //> lithsj Fkm •• 



rarely solitary, bracteate and bracteolate (with few exceptions). CalyN 

 ri- or 4-partite, rarely of several linear teeth (Thunbergia). Corolla 

 lobes imbricate or twisted in bud. St. !• or 2 ->/, rAe //<^. anther* 2-1- 

 celled, ceZfo sometimes remote or superposed. Disc usually evident. 

 O.v/r// usually elongate, 2-rdled, style filiform. Ovules 1 -wr//i// in each 



Woody or hei 

 Leaves opposite, rarely « borled or alternate, very rarely compound, 

 exstipulate. Flowers irregular or subregular. mostly ( yinose. r\ r: • - 

 often racemed or panicled. Calyx gamosepab ms, persistent. Sta>i» ; 



(see exceptions). 0™ f ;, ,,J -J. earp,ls. ,.//,,, 4-. >//,,/ l,y the format 

 of a secondary septum ml! f-.-nn nil >,' dee ph/ A -lobed, rarely 2-cel 

 and entire or li S-eelled. N/ 7 /« *,,„,,/,■.' n.-„/,'< „*„„//// 2 .'o ,«rA enr, 

 collateral, or 1 ,« wA , t /7. Fruit of 1- l-«-eW ,;»//» k or a drup* v 

 4 pyrenes or 1-4-celled endocarp, rarely with an 8-celled emlora 



