Plate 12. 
THE PERIWINKLE FAMILY ( ORDER xlv, APOCYN ACWE. ) 
| CALYX of 5. rarely a SEPALS, united at the base, remaining with, the fruit (per- 
sistent), entirely free from and inserted below the seedcase (inferior). 
COROLLA of 5,rarcly 4 PETALS, salver- or funnel-shaped united at the base into 
a tube, often twisted in budjnserted below the seedcase (hypogynous) 
STAMENS 5, rarely 4 , alternating with the petals, insertedon the corolla-tube 
(epipetalous). 
PISTIL of 2 CARRELS, separate at the base and united only at the upper end, 
with one style surmounted with a stigma which has below it a ring-shaped border. 
FRUIT of 2 follicles (dry i-celled many- seeded fruits opening down one side) 
with seeds which have a plume of hairs at the apex. 
FLOWERS often showy, solitary in the axils of the Leaves in the British species, 
usually in clusters abroad 
STEMS often containing a milky juice. 
LEAVES usually opposite and entire. 
DISTINGUISHED from the Primrose and Gentian 
Families, which members of this order most closely 
resemble, by the ring-shaped stigma, the fruit of 
two follicles, and the milky juice often 
LESSER 
PERIWINKLE, 
corona, a stamens, 
pistil 
magnified shewing inflated, filaments 
