H m Sta. fewer than corAobes. 
Family 92. VALERIANACE-^E. Herbs (rarely 
woody below). Lea. opposite, exstipulate. Infior. 
cymose. Flow, small, + irregular, g or i-sexual. 
Cal. a toothed rim, or involute at first, then expand- 
ing into a feathery pappus. Cor. 5 (in Brit, sp.), 
sometimes spurred. Sta. i or 3 (in Brit. sp.). Carp. 
3, of which in the fruit 2 are empty, the third has 
I pendulous ovule. Fr. small, dry, indehiscent. 
Seeds exendospermous. 
Valerianella, Valeriana, Centranthus. 
Family 93. DIPSACACE^. Herbs. Lea. oppo- 
site, exstipulate. Flow, usually in involucrate 
heads, ^ , + zygomorphic. Cal. represented by a 
border only. Pet. 4 — 5, imbricate. Sta. 4 (in Brit, 
sp.). Carp. (2); ovary i-celled, with i pendulous 
ovule. Fr. small, dry, indehiscent, enclosed in the 
epical3rx ” (an involucel of bracteoles). Seeds 
endospermous. 
Dipsacus, Scabiosa (incl. Knautia and Succisa). 
b. Anthers often + cohering. 
Order 8. CUCURBITALES. 
Herbs, mostly climbing. Vascular bundles bi- 
collateral. Per. 5-merous. Sta. 5, often + united 
and thus appearing as 3 ; anthers often 00-shaped. 
Family 94. CUCURBITACE.®. Herbs, prostrate 
or climbing by tendrils. Lea. spiral, + palmately 
lobed, exstipulate. Flow, actinomorphic, mostly 
i-sexual. Carp, usually (3); style 3-fid; ovary 3- 
celled ; ovules 00, anatropous; plac. axile, but turned 
outward. Fr. a berry (pepo). Seeds exendospermous. 
Bryonia, [Luff a, Ecballium, Citrullus, Cucumis, 
Cucurbita.'] 
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