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Saxifrageae. 62. Crassulaceae. 63. Droseraceae. 64. Hamamelideae. 
65. Bruniaceae. 66. Halorageae. 
Cohort 12. Myrtales (fir. regular or sub-regular, usually $ ; ovary 
syncarpous, usually inferior; style undivided, or very rarely styles free; 
placentae axile or apical, rarely basal; leaves simple, usually quite 
entire, rarely 3-foliolate in order 68): 
N.O. 67. Rhizophoraceae. 68. Combretaceae. 69. Myrtaceae. 
70. Melastomaceae. 71. Lythrarieae. 72. Onagrarieae. 
Cohort 13. Passijiorales (fir. usually regular, 5 or unisexual; ovary 
usually inferior, syncarpous, i-loc. with parietal placentae, sometimes 
3- or more-loc. by the produced placentae; styles free or connate): 
N.O. 73. Samydaceae. 74. Loaseae. 75. Turneraceae. 76. 
Passifloreae. 77. Cucurbitaceae. 78. Begoniaceae. 79. Datisceae. 
Cohort 14. Ficoicia les (flr. regular or sub-regular ; ovary syncarpous, 
inferior to superior, i-loc. with parietal, or 2 — 00 -loc. with axile or 
basal placentae ; embryo curved, with endosperm, or cyclical, or oblique 
with no endosperm) : 
N.O. 80. Cacteae. 81. Ficoideae. 
Cohort 15. U 7 nbellales (fir. regular, usually g ; sta. usually definite; 
ovary inferior, 1 — 2 — 00 -loc.; ovules solitary, pendulous in each loc. 
from its apex; styles free or united at base; seeds with endosperm; 
embryo usually minute) : 
N.O. 82. Umbelliferae. 83. Araliaceae. 84. Cornaceae. 
II. Gamopetalae (fir. usually with two whorls of perianth, the inner 
gamophyllous ; exceptions as in Engler’s system) : 
SERIES I. INFERAE. Ovary inferior; sta. usually as many 
as corolla- lobes. 
Cohort 1. Rubiciles (fir. regular or irregular; sta. epipetalous; ovary 
2 — 00 -loc., with 1 — 00 ovules in each loc.): 
N.O. 85. Caprifoliaceae. 86. Rubiaceae. 
Cohort 2. Asterales (fir. regular or irregular; sta. epipetalous; ovary 
i-loc., i-ovuled, sometimes >i-loc. but with only 1 ovule): 
N. O. 87. Valerianeae. 88. Dipsaceae. 89. Calycereae. 90. Com- 
positae. 
Cohort 3. Campanales (fir. usually irregular; sta. usually epigynous; 
ovary 2 — 6-loc., with usually 00 ovules in each loc.) : 
N.O. 91. Stylidieae. 92. Goodenovieae. 93. Campanulaceae. 
SERIES II. HETEROMERAE . Ovary usually superior; sta. 
epipetalous or free from corolla, opposite or alternate to its segments, or 
twice as many, or 00 ; cpls. > 2. 
Cohort 4. Ericales (fir. usually regular and hypogynous; sta. as 
many or twice as many as petals; ovary 1 — 00 -loc. with 1 — 00 ovules in 
each loc. ; seeds minute) : 
N.O. 94. Ericaceae. 95. Vaccinieae. 96. Monotropeae. 97. 
Epacrideae. 98. Diapensiaceae. 99. Lennoaceae. 
Cohort 5. Primulales (corolla usually regular and hypogynous, sta. 
usually = and opposite to corolla-lobes; ovary i-loc. with free-central or 
basal placenta and 1 — 00 ovules) : 
N.O. 100. Plumbagineae. 101. Primulaceae. 102. Myrsineae. 
Cohort 6. Ebenales (corolla usually hypogynous; sta. usually more 
