1048 APPENDIX. 
Order Plantaginales. 
Composed of the following family alone :— 
97. Plantaginaceae. Herbs; leaves usually all radical. Flowers 
regular. Corolla 4-lobed, scarious. Stamens 4, or rarely 2 only, inserted 
on the throat of the corolla; anthers pendulous. Ovary 2-celled, or 
spuriously 4-celled ; ovules 1 or several in each cavity of the ovary. Fruit 
a capsule with transverse dehiscence. (p. 850.) 
Order Rubiales. 
Trees, shrubs, or herbs; leaves opposite, usually simple. Corolla 
gamopetalous ; stamens as many as the corolla-lobes and alternate with 
them, or twice as many; anthers free. Ovary inferior, adnate to the 
calyx-tube ; cells 1-many; each with l-many ovules. Fruit various. 
| 98. Rubiaceae. Herbs, shrubs, or trees; leaves opposite or sometimes 
verticillate ; usually furnished with interpetiolate stipules. Flowers regular, 
Calyx-lobes 4-5 or obsolete; corolla-lobes the same number. Stamens as 
many as the corolla-lobes, and inserted on its throat ; anthers free. Ovary 
inferior, 1—10-celled ; ovules solitary in each cell in the New Zealand species. 
(p. 854.) 
99. Caprifoliaceae. Shrubs, trees, or herbs; leaves opposite or alter- 
nate; stipules wanting. Flowers regular in the New Zealand species. 
Calyx-lobes 4-5; corolla-lobes the same number, Stamens 4-5, inserted 
on the tube of the corolla; anthers free. Ovary inferior, 2-celled ; ovules 
several in each cell. Fruit usually a berry. (p. 880.) 
Order Cucurbitales. 
Herbs or rarely undershrubs, mostly climbing or trailing; leaves 
alternate, broad, entire or lobed; tendrils often present. Flowers uni- 
sexual, rarely hermaphrodite. Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary; limb 
5-lobed. Petals 5, epigynous, free or united into a gamopetalous corolla. 
Stamens 3, rarely 5; often more or less coherent. Ovary inferior, usually 
3-celled ; ovules generally many, anatropous. Fruit large, fleshy. 
100. Cueurbitaceae. Characters as above. (p. 882.) 
: Order Campanulatae. 
Herbs, more rarely shrubs or trees; leaves alternate, rarely opposite, 
exstipulate. Flowers typically 5-merous; regular or irregular. Corolla . 
gamopetalous, Stamens as many as the corolla-lobes, epipetalous or 
epigynous ; anthers often united. Ovary inferior; either 1-celled with a 
single ovule, or with several cells with l—many ovules in each. 
101. Campanulaceae. Herbs, or in some species not found in New 
Zealand shrubs or even trees ; sap acrid and often milky. Flowers regular 
or irregular. Stamens 5, free or connate into a tube surrounding the style ; 
anthers introrse. Ovary inferior, 2-8-celled ; ovules usually numerous in 
each cell, Fruit a capsule or berry. (p. 883.) 
