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fewer, epipetalous and usually included in corolla-tube ;. ovary usually 
_ syncarpous and bilocular. Herbs, shrubs, or trees, almost always with 
opposite or verticillate exstipulate leaves. Orders:— Oleacee (Fasminum, 
Olea, Ligustrum, Phillyrea, Fraxinus, Syringa, Forsythia); Apocynacee 
(Allamanda, Tabernemontana, Vinca, Apocynum, Nerium) ; Asclepiadew 
(Vincetoxicum, Cynanchum, Asclepias, Stephanotis, Hoya, Stapelia); 
Loganiacee (Logania, Spigelia, Strychnos); Gentianacee (Lrythrea, 
Chlora, Gentiana, Villarsia, Menyanthes, Limnanthemum). 
Fic. 497.—I. Flower of Socanume Dulcamara (magnified) ; II. Floral diagram 
potato (Solanaceae). : 
Cohort V. EBENALES. Corolla gamopetalous or apopetalous, 
hypogynous or epigynous, rarely perigynous; stamens usually many 
more than thecorolla-lobes, or if equal in number usually alternate with 
them; ovary 2- or multi-locular; ovules usually few; fruit rarely 
capsular. Shrubs or trees, with alternate exstipulate leaves. Principal 
orders :—Lbenacee (Diospyros); Stvracee (Symplocos, Styrax, Flalesia). 
Cohort VI. PRIMULALES. Corolla regular, hypogynous, rarely 
epigynous ; gamopetalous, rarely apopetalous; stamens equal in number 
to corolla-lobes and opposite to them, or if more numerous one series 
always opposite, hypogynous or epipetalous; ovary unilocular, with 
free central placentation. Herbs or shrubs, rarely trees, wtth exstipulate 
usually alternate leaves. Orders :—/Plumébaginee (Plumbago, Armeria, 
Statice); Primulacee (Androsace, Soldanella, Cyclamen, Lysimachia, 
Primula, Anagallis, Hottonia, Samolus); Myrsinacee (Myrsine, Ar- 
disia, Theophrasta). | ities 
Cohort VII. ERICALES. Corolla hypogynous or rarely epigynous, 
gamopetalous or rarely apopetalous ; stamens as many or twice as many 
as corolla-lobes, hypogynous or epipetalous; ovary uni- or multi-locular; 
ovules one or many ; stigma simple, entire or lobed; seeds minute. 
Herbs, shrubs, or trees, often with heath-like leaves, or sometimes 
parasitic. Orders :—Lrecacee (Arbutus, Gualtheria, Andromeda, Evia, 
Calluna, Rhodora, Phyllodoce, Ledum, Kalmia, Azalea, Rhododendron, 
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