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38. Ruprack#.—Shrubs or trees with opposite stipulate 
leaves, or herbs with whorled and (apparently) exstipulate 
leaves. Flowers solitary or panicled. Anthers free. Ovary 
9-celled, with 1 ovule ineach cell. (P. 143.) 
39. Compostta.—Trees, shrubs, or herbs, with alternate 
or radical exstipulate leaves. lowers (florets) small, crowded 
into involucrate heads. Anthers syngenesious. Ovary 
1-celled, with 1 erect ovule. (P. 144.) 
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40. StynipiIn®.— Small herbs. Stamens 2; filaments 
united with the style into a column; anthers usually trans 
verse. Ovary 1- or 2-celled, with numerous ovules. (J/‘orstera, 
8 sp.; Phyllachne, 5 sp.; Oreostylidium, 1 sp.; Donatia, 1 sp.) 
41. GooDENIACE#.—Herbs. Corolla 1—2-lipped, split pos- 
teriorly to the base. Anthers 5, free. Ovary 2-celled; ovules 
1, or numerous in each cell. (Selliera, 1 sp.; Scevola, 1 sp. 
in Kermadec Islands only.) 
42. CAMPANULACE&.—Herbs, often with milky juice. Co- 
rolla regular, campanulate. Anthers 5, free. Ovary 2-5- 
celled; ovules numerous. (Waslenbergia, 3 sp.) 
43. LoBELIACEH.—Herbs with milky juice. Corolla 1-2- 
lipped, posteriorly split to the base. Anthers 5, united. Ovary 
4-celled ; ovules numerous. (Lobelia, 2 sp.; Colensoa, 1 sp. ; 
Pratia, 4 sp.) 
Division II., Hypoaynm.—Flowers with calyx and corolla, 
the latter hypogynous. 
Exceptions.—Ovary inferior in some Ericacew and Primulacee. 
* Flowers usually regular. 
a, Stamens as many as and opposite the corolla-lobes, or 
twice their number. 
44. ErtcaAcrm (including Hpacrmra).—Shrubs or small 
trees. Stamens hypogynous with 2-celled anthers opening by 
pores, or epipetalous with 1-celled anthers. (P. 145.) 
45. Myrsinsm.—Shrubs or small trees; leaves gland- 
dotted. Corolla of 4 or 5 nearly free petals. Ovary 1-celled, 
with 1 or more ovules on or in a free-central, often fleshy 
globose placenta. Fruit a 1-seeded berry. (Myrsine, 6 sp.) 
46. Priwunacem.—Herbs. Ovary 1-celled, with numerous 
a Re Bootie) placenta. Fruit a 5-10-valved cap- 
we, or de 1 : ver ; a } 
ieee coun transversely. (Samolus, 1 sp.; Anagallis, 1 
47. Sapoream.—Shrubs or trees with milky juice; leaves 
entire. Corolla 4—6-lobed. Ovary 4- or more-celled, with 
fo mm each cell. Fruit a 1-seeded berry. (Sideroxylon, 
