130 CLASS-BOOK OF BOTANY. 
30. ONAGRARIEZ:.—Herbs, shrubs, or trees; leaves op- 
posite or alternate. Calyx-lobes 4, valvate. Petals 4, con- 
torted (0 in Fuchsia kirkit). Stamens 8. (Fuchsia, 4 SD. ; 
Epilobium, about 17 sp.) (P. 142.) 
y. Ovules few or co, on parietal placenta. Endosperm 0, 
31. Passirnorrm. — Climbing shrub; leaves alternate, 
tendril-bearing. Calyx 4—5-lobed. Petals 4-5, with a corona. 
Stamens 4-5. Fruit a berry with co seeds. (Passiflora 
(Passion-flower), 1 sp.) 
32. CucurBITAcEa&. — Climbing herb; leaves alternate, 
tendril-bearing. Flowers unisexual. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 
5, connate. Stamens 3 (-5), united into a column. Fruita 
1-celled spinous nut, with 1 seed. (Szcyos, 1 sp.) 
6. Ovules few or co, on axle placente. LHndosperm fleshy. 
33. Ficoipna.—Fleshy herbs. Calyx 3-d-lobed. Petals 
co or 0. Stamens 38-8 or co. Ovary 3-8-celled. Fruit a 
capsule (enclosed in the fleshy calyx-tube) or indehiscent. 
(Mesembryanthemum, 1 sp.; Tetragonia, 1 sp.) 
«. Ovules solitary im each cell. Hndosperm horny or fleshy. 
34. Umpniiirer®.—Herbs, rarely undershrubs. Flowers 
umbellate. Petals and stamens 5. Styles 2. Fruit sepa- 
rating into 2 dry nuts. (P. 1438.) 
35° ARALIACEH.—Shrubs or trees, rarely herbs. Flowers 
umbellate. Petals 5 (0 in Meryta). Stamens 5. Styles 2-10. 
Fruit fleshy cr coriaceous, 2-10-celled. (Stilbocarpa, 1 sp.; 
Aralia, 1 sp.; Panax, 11 sp.; Schefflera, 1 sp.; Meryta, 1 sp.) 
36. CornEa&.—-Shrubs or trees. Flowers solitary or 
panicled. Petals and stamens 5. Styles 2-3, or 0. Ovary 
1-2-celled. Truit a berry or drupe. (Griselinia (Broadleat), 
2sp.; Corokia, 2 sp.) 
Sub-class Il. GamMopnrana or CoronLirLora.—Petals 
joined. | | 
Hxcepiions.—Corolla wanting in some Oleines. Petals free in some 
Myrsinee. 
Division I., Epicynas.—Flowers with calyx and corolla, the 
latter epigynous. 
* Stamens epipetalous. 
37. CAPRIFOLIACEH.—Shrubs or trees; leaves alternate (or 
opposite), exstipulate. Flowers solitary or panicled (often 
irregular). Anthers free. Ovary 2-celled, with several ovules 
in each cell. (Alseuosmia, 4 sp.) 
