58 VASCULAR PLANTS 



ORDER VH. POLEMONIALES. 



Stamens as many as the lobes of the corolla, 

 and more than the loculi of the ovary. Stip- 

 ules 0. 



Family xvii. Solanaceae. 



Corolla regular; ovary and capsule or berry, 

 2 — 4-1 ocular; go -ovulate. 



1- Solanum, L. 



Calyx persistent in fruit. Corolla rotate, 

 in estivation valvate, induplicate. Anthers 

 connivent; opening by apical pores. Fruit a 

 berry, co-seeded. If. £. 



2. Datura, L. 



Calyx tubular; circumscissile. Corolla fun- 

 nel shaped, plicate and convolute in estivation. 

 Anthers often dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary 

 spuriously 4-locular. Capsule ovate; septifra- 

 gous. Seeds reniform, go . . % . b . 



3. Nicotiana, L. 



Calyx tubular, persistent. Corolla funnel 

 or salver-shaped. Anthers longitudinally de- 

 hiscent. Ovary 2-locular, co -ovulate. Cap- 

 sule serjticidous; seeds co , minute. 0. 2£ . b. 



Family xviii. Borragineae. 



Ovary 4-locular, 4-lobed; loculi 1-seeded, 

 (nutlets). Style 1. 



