xyin 
65. Ebenaceae. FIs (in our species) dioecious. Stas inserted 
on the cor., in the male fls gen. 16 (8—50). Berry.—Lig. pis. 
§ Stas equal in number to, or fewer than the di¬ 
visions of the corolla. 
0 Stas alternate with the cor .-divisions. 
* Cor. regular (Comp. Boragineae and Solanacese. 
84. Plantaginaceae. Cor. scarious, persist., 4-lobed. Stas 4. 
Fr. a roundish, dehisc. capsule or (Litorella), l-seeded, indehiscent. 
67. Oleacess. Cor. 4-fid or 4-partite (in Fraxinus excel¬ 
sior 0). Stas 2. Ovary 2-celled. Caps., samara, berry or drupe. 
Lig. pis with opp. Is. 
68. Jasminaceae. Cor. 5—8-fid. Stas 2. Caps, or berry. 
—Ls opp. or altern. Lig. pis. 
66. Aquifoliaceae. Cor. gen. 4-partite. Stas gen. 4. Ovary 
gen. 4-celled. Fr. drupaceous.—Lig. pis with altern. (spiny) ls. 
69. Asclepiadese. Cor. 5-fid. Stas 5 Filaments united 
and provided with appendages which form a secondary corolla. 
Pollen grains as in Orchidacese, united in 2 definitely formed 
masses. Ovaries 2, separated. Fr.: 2 1-celled follicles of 
which one is often barren.—Ls gen. opp., entire. 
70. Apocynacese. As above, but stas free and pollen 
granular. 
71. Gentianacese. Cor. gen. 5-(4—10)fid. Stas gen. 5 (4—-10), 
free. Ovary 1-celled. Fr. capsular, many-seeded, gen. dehiscing 
by 2 valves.—Ls gen. opposite. 
73. Convolvulaceae. Cor. 4 —5-fid. Stas 4—5, free. Fr. 
capsular, gen. 2-celled, cells 1—2-seeded.—Gen. climbing herbs 
with altern. ls. Cuscuta: a leafless parasite without cotyledons. 
72. Polemoniaceae. Cor. 5-fid. Stas5, free. Ovary 3-celied. 
Caps. 3-valved. 
74. Boragineae (Asperifolise). Cor. 5-fid or with 5 teeth. 
Stas 5, free. Fr. dividing into 4, l-seeded (rarely 2, 2-seeded), 
nutlets.— PI often rough with stiff hairs. Ls altern. Fls gen. 
in racemes or scorpioid spikes, rolled up before flowering. 
Echium has a rather irreg. corolla. Cl. 5. 
75. Solanaceae. Cor. 5-fid. Stas 5, free. Ovary 2-celled. 
Fr. capsular or berry-shaped, many-seeded. Embryo gen. curved. 
—Ls altern. or the upper ones in pairs. Hyoscyamus has a 
rather irreg. cor. Cl. 5. 
* Cor. more or leas irreg. (lobes almost equal in some Scrophula- 
riacese and Labiatse). 
76. Scrophulariaceae (Verbascese, Antirrhinese, Rhinanthese). 
Cor. with unequal lobes, or bilabiate, often ringent, deciduous. 
Stas 4, didynamous •*. e. 2 shorter and 2 longer or (Scrophu- 
laria) a fifth transformed into a staminode; rarely (Verbascum) 
5 stas of unequal lengths, of (Veronica) only 2. Ovary gen. 
