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adnate to the ovary, the limb various. Corolla sympetalous, 4-5-lobed, varying from 
rotate to campanulate or salverform or funnelform. Stamens as many as the lobes of 
the corolla and alternate with them, inserted on its tube or throat ; anthers linear or 
oblong. Ovary 1—10-celled ; style short or elongated, simple or lobed ; ovules 1 io many 
in each cell. Fruit a capsule, berry, drupe, drupelet, or nutlet ; seeds variou 
Approximately 400 genera, and 6,000 species, of wide distribution but most abundant in mei regions. 
Large shrub; flowers in dense, vin 3 long-peduncled heads; corolla tubular-funnelform. 1. Cephalanthus. 
Herbs or somewhat suffrutescent plan 
Flowers in pedunculate valerate heads. 2. Sherardia. 
Flowers not in involucrate heads. 
orolla pti sae 
Leaves opposite; flowers in a loose forked cyme. 3. Kelloggta. 
Leaves in whorls; Aaneess in clustered cymes, 4. Asperula 
Corolla rotate. 5. Galium 
1. CEPHALANTHUS L. Sp. PI. 95. 1753. 
Shrubs or small trees with opposite or whorled, short-petioled, entire leaves and termi- 
nal or axillary, densely capitate, small, bracteolate, white or yellowish flowers. Calyx-tube 
obpyramidal with 4 obtuse lobes. Corolla tubular-funnelform with 4 short, erect or spread- 
ing lobes. Stamens ' inserted on the corolla-throat ; filaments very short; anthers “arte 
Plantago bigelovii 4985. Planatgo heterophylla 
ae Plantago pusilla 4986. Plantago indica 
