ENGLER'S SYSTEM. 
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superior to inferior, i-loc. with 00 — 1 ovules on basal or free-central 
placenta) : 
N. O. 219. Myrsinaceae. 220. Primulaceae. 221. Plumbaginaceae. 
Cohort 3. Ebcnales (flr. diplo- or triplo-stemonous, or haplostemo- 
nous by abortion, rarely with 00 sta.; petals united; ovary multi-loc. 
with axile placentae, and 1 or few ovules in each loc.) : 
N. O. 222. Sapotaceae. 223. Ebenaceae. 224. Symplocaceae. 
225. Styracaceae. 
Cohort 4. Contortae (flr. usually 5-, rarely 2- to 6-merous, usually 
sympetalous; sta. usually as many as petals, sometimes fewer, rarely 
hvpogynous, usually united at base to corolla; cpls. (2); corolla usually 
convolute, sometimes valvate; leaves usually opposite, undivided and 
exstipulate) : 
N. O. 226. Oleaceae. 227. Salvadoraceae. 228. Loganiaceae. 
229. Gentianaceae. 230. Apocynaceae. 231. Asclepiadaceae. 
Cohort 5. Tubijiorae (flr. typically with 4 isomerous whorls, or 
more often with reduction in gynoeceum, or if zygomorphic also in 
andreeceum ; sta. epipetalous) : 
A. Flr. usually regular ; cpl. with few or 2 ovules; leaves usually 
alternate. 
N. O. 232. Convolvulaceae. 233. Polemoniaceae. 234. Hydro- 
phyllaceae. 235. Boraginaceae. 
B. Flr. usually zygomorphic; cpl. with 2 or rarely 1 ovules; leaves 
usually opposite or whorled. 
N. O. 236. Verbenaceae. 237. Labiatae. 238. Phrymaceae. 
C. Flr. regular or more often zygomorphic, typically 5-merous; 
sta. 5, 4, or 2; cpls. rarely (5), usually (2), with mostly 00, rarely 2 — 1 
ovules; fruit usually a capsule, sometimes a berry or drupe; capsule 
loculicidal only just to the base. 
N. O. 239. Nolanaceae. 240. Solanaceae. 241. Scrophularia- 
ceae. 242. Lentibulariaceae. 243. Orobanchaceae. 244. Gesneraceae. 
245. Columelliaceae. 246. Bignoniaceae. 247. Pedaliaceae. 248. 
Martyniaceae. 249. Globulariaceae. 
D. Like C, but capsule loculicidal to very base. 
N. O. 250. Acanthaceae. 
E. Flr. 5-merous, regular or zygomorphic; cpls. (2), each with 
2 — 4 — 8 ovules, or (2 — 00), each with 1 pendulous ovule with micropyle 
facing upwards; drupe, with chambered endocarp or 2—00 stones. 
N. O. 251. Myoporaceae. 
Cohort 6. Plantaginciles (flr. 4-merous, isomerous except in cpls., 
$ or unisexual, regular; leaves alternate): 
N. O. 252. Plantaginaceae. 
Cohort 7. Rubiales (flr. typically 5 — 4-merous with isomerous sta. 
and cpls., or with latter oligomerous, regular or zygomorphic; G multi- 
loc., with 00 — 1 anatropous ovules in each loc.): 
N. O. 253. Rubiaceae. 254. Caprifoliaceae. 255. Adoxaceae (?). 
Cohort 8. Aggregatae (flr. typically 5-merous with fewer sta. and 
cpls., zygomorphic or asymmetric; G with only 1 fertile loc. and 1 
pendulous ovule) : 
N. O. 256. Valerianaceae. 257. Dipsaceae. 
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