§ 2. Ovary inferior. Cor. epigynous. 
a. Sta. epipetalous; anthers not at all cohering. 
Order 7. RU BIALES. 
Herbs, shrubs or trees. Lea. opposite or (appar- 
ently) whorled, simple, occasionally compound. 
Flow. 4 — 5-merous, mostly actinomorphic. Ovary 
with I — several cells, each with i — 00 anatropous 
ovules. 
m Sta. isomerous with cor.-lobes. 
Family 90. GALIE^ or STELLATE (a tribe of 
RUBIACE-®). Herbs. Stem 4-angled. Lea. appar- 
ently whorled and exstipulate (really opposite and 
with leaf-like stipules), entire. Flow, small, actino- 
morphic, cymose. Sep. inconspicuous, valvate, or 
o. Carp. (2), median; ovary 2-celled; style 2-cleft; 
ovules I in each cell, pendulous ; plac. axile. Fr. 
fleshy, or dry and separating into 2 seed-like meri- 
carps. Seeds endospermous. 
Sherardia, Asperula, Rubia, Galium; [Cinchona, 
Bouvardia, Gardenia, Coffea, Uragoga, belong 
to other tribes of the rubiace^.] 
Family 91. CAPRIFOLIACE^. Shrubs or small 
trees, rarely herbs. Lea. opposite, exstipulate (exc. 
in Sambucus). Flow. actinomorphic or zygo- 
morphic, cymose. Cal. 2 — 5-lobed. Cor. 4 — 5-lobed, 
sometimes 2-lipped. Sta. 4 or 5 (8 or 10 in Adoxa). 
Carp. (2 — 5), each with i — several pendulous anatro- 
pous ovules; plac. axile; style simple or divided. 
Fr. a berry or drupe (rarely a capsule). Seeds endo- 
spermous. 
Sambucus, Viburnum, Linncea, Lonicera, Adoxa* 
[Symphoricarpus , Diervilla {=zWeigelia)y Ley- 
cesteria.'\ 
* Placed by Engler in a separate family Adoxaceae. 
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