i 3 2 BENTHAM AND HOOKERS SYSTEM. 
Cohort 9. Carnpanulatcie (fir. typically 5-merous with usually fewer 
cpls. ; anthers close together, often united; G multiloc. with 00 — 1 
ovules in the loculi, or i-loc. with 1 ovule) : 
N. O. 258. Cucurbitaceae. 259. Campanulaceae. 260. Goodenia- 
ceae. 261. Candolleaceae. 262. Calyceraceae. 263. Compositae. 
SYSTEM OF BENTHAM AND HOOKER, 
1862 — 93. 
PHANEROGAMAE. 
I. Dicotyledones (as above). 
I. Polypetalae (fir. usually with two whorls of perianth, the inner 
polyphyllous : exceptions as in Engler’s system) : 
SERIES I. THALAMIFLORAE. Sepals usually distinct and 
separate, free from ovary; petals 1-, 2- to 00 -seriate, hypogynous; sta. 
hypogynous, rarely inserted on a short or long torus or on a disc ; ovary 
superior. 
Cohort 1. Ranales (sta. rarely definite ; cpls. free or immersed in 
torus, very rarely united ; micropyle usually inferior ; embryo minute in 
fleshy albumen) : 
N. O. 1. Ranunculaceae. 2. Dilleniaceae. 3. Calycanthaceae. 
4. Magnoliaceae. 5. Anonaceae. 6. Menispermaceae. 7. Berbe- 
rideae. 8. Nymphaeaceae. 
Cohort 2. Parietales (sta. definite or 00 ; cpls. united into a i-loc. 
ovary with parietal placentae, rarely spuriously 2- or more-loc. by pro- 
longation of placentae) : 
N. O. 9. Sarraceniaceae. 10. Papaveraceae. n. Cruciferae. 12. 
Capparideae. 13. Resedaceae. 14. Cistineae. 15. Violarieae. 16. 
Canellaceae. 17. Bixineae. 
Cohort 3. Polygalinae (K and C 5, rarely 4 or 3; sta. as many or 
twice as many as petals; ovary 2-, rarely 1- or more-loc.; endosperm 
fleshy, rarely absent; herbs or shrubs with exstip. leaves) : 
N. O. 18. Pittosporeae. 19. Tremandreae. 20. Polygaleae. 21. 
Vochysiaceae. 
Cohort 4. Caryophyllinae (fir. regular; K 2 — 5, rarely 6; petals 
usually as many; sta. as many or twice as many, rarely more or fewer; 
ovary i-loc. or imperfectly 2 — 5-loc. ; placenta free-central, rarely 
parietal ; embryo usually curved in floury 3 lbumen) : 
N.O. 22. Frankeniaceae. 23. Caryophylleae. 24. Portulaceae. 
25. Tamariscineae. 
Cohort 5. Guttiferales (fir. regular; K and C usually 4 — 5, imbri- 
cate; sta. usually 00 ; ovary 3 — 00 -loc., rarely 2-loc. or of 1 cpl. ; pla- 
centae on inner angles of loculi) : 
N. O. 26. Elatineae. 27. Hypericineae. 28. Guttiferae. 29. 
Ternstrcemiaceae. 30. Dipterocarpeae. 31. Chlaenaceae. 
