CLASS V. XXY11 



* * Corolla 1-pctalkd, regular or irregular. 



ttttf-j-tf CAPRIFOLIACEJE. in part. Shrubs or rarely herbs.often twininsr, 

 with opposite leaves, no stipules, the calyx-tube coherent with the 2 to 

 5-cellcd ovary. Stigmas I to 4. Fruit a berry,, drupe or capsule. 1 i'j 



1. LoxiCBRA Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla tubular or funnel form- often swelled 



at the 1 ase, irregularly or nearly regularly 5-lobed. Stigma capitate. 

 Uerry several seeded. — Climbing or erect shrub*. Staves often connate. 1*5 



2. Dijt.vtu.a.— Corolla funnel-form, 5 lobed.. nearly recruJar. Capsule oblong. 



2-cel!cd. 2 valved — Low upright titrate, with yellowi h lowers. 14.6 



3. Sbksteck. -^Calyx-loBea 5, leafrlike, persistent. Corolla, tubular, swelled 



at the base. scarcely longer than the calyx. Stiirina capitate, lobed. — 

 Coarse hairy, herbs, with the leaves connate around the stem. 147 



4. StxphobicakPUS. — Calyx 4 or 5-cleft. Corolla-bell-shaped, nearly regularly 



4 or 5-lobed. Stamens 4 or 5, inserted into the throat of the corolla- 

 Ben y 4-celled, 2-seedcd. — Shrubs, with small whitish flowers in short 

 spiles or clusters. 147 



Yikca — CcroPa salvcr-form. contorted"; border 5-cIcft, the tute oblique; orifice 



f-rg'ed. — Upright or trailing shrubs. 2£>0 



MlRABnJPT. — reriatth funnel-form, with a contracted tube, free from the ovary: 

 lnib plaited, entire. deciduous. Stigma globose. — Showy exotics, with 

 cj>j'Osite haves, and white, red, yellow, and variegated ' fllwers. S02 



SLvjaxtiiks — Calyx 5-rnrt< d» Corolla shorts funnel-form, with a spreading 

 equally 5-lobed limb, Lairy witiia. Stigma 1 or 2-lobed. Capsule 1- 

 celled.— Leaves 3 at the summit. Flowers reddish, racemed. 28S 



ERTlHE JCA— Calyx 4 bis 5-partcd. Coiolla funnel-form, with a slcrder tube, 

 and -I or 5 parted limb. Anthers after flowering sp'rally twisted. Cap- 

 sule linear, 1 or 2 celled.— Low he7-bs, tvith rose, purple, or reddish cymos« 

 flowers. 2afi 



Saebatta.— Calyx 5 to 12 parted. Corolla rotate, 5 to 12-parted. Stamens 5 to 

 12. Ar.taers at lungth revolute. Stigmas 2. spiral. Capsule 1-celled. — 

 J/erbs : with slender stems and handsome flowers. 285 



S.-.xmxv — Calyx 4 or 5-cleft. Corolla 4 or 5-lobed. regular, with folds on the 

 s : nu~es or fringed on the throat or margins. Style short or none. Stig- 

 mas 2. — Flowers solitary or cymose, showy. 287 



Sp:<? UA- — Calyx 5-pnrted. persistent, with blender lobe«. Corolla tubular- 

 fmmel-form, 5-cleft at the summit. Style slender, hairy above. Capsule 

 abort, twin. — Herds, with showy flowers in spil.es or h seeded cymes. 154 



TiRBAsriM. — Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 5-lobed, open or concave, rotate, the 

 lobes nearly equaL Stamens often hairy, the anterior longer. Capsvrie- 

 globose, many-seeded.— Flowers in spikes or racemes. 2J5 



Az.u.ia — Calyx 5-pai ted, often minute. Corolla fnnnel-form, 5-lobed, slightly 

 irregular. Filaments long, ess-rtvd, and usually declined, as well as 

 the loag- sty\e.^-l'prig/l& stirubs, with showy flowers, in umbelled clusters. 210 



S.OBILIA. — Calyx 5 cleft. Corolla irregular, cleft on the upper side, 2-lipped ; 

 lower lip 3-cl eft: upper lip of 2 rather erect lobes. Anthers cohering 

 and somewhat curved. Stigma 2-lobed 1 . Capsule 2-celled, many-seeded. 

 Flowers blue, white or red. 206 



Clixtonia -^-Calyx, corolla, and stamens nearly as in Lobelia. Capsule siliqne- 



f. irm. — Procum.bent lizr.bs, with minute leaves, and axillary solitary flowers. 207. 



* * * Flowers 5-petalled, regular. 



Curroxu. — Calyx 2-leaved, or 2-parted. Petals emarginate or obtuse. Sta- 

 mens inserted on the claws of the petals. Style 3-cleft. — Small fleshy 

 herb*, with a pair of opposite leaves, and a loose raceme of white or reddish 

 floi'xrs . fifi 



