. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. e.——ColumelliacesB. Hijdran(jcacc(e. Fig. DVIII.—1. flower of Linnsea borealis; 2. the same cut open and showing the interior of theovary; 3. a cross section of the ovary ; 4. section of fruit of Lonicera tatarica; 5. half its seed. 768 GALIACEiE. [Epigynous Exogens. Order CCXCV. GALIACE^.—Stellates. Stellatse, Ray Synops. 223. (1690); R. Brown in Conqo, (1818),—Galiese, Turp, in Atlas du Noiiv. Diet,des Sc. (?)—Rubiaceae, § Stellatas, Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnc
. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. e.——ColumelliacesB. Hijdran(jcacc(e. Fig. DVIII.—1. flower of Linnsea borealis; 2. the same cut open and showing the interior of theovary; 3. a cross section of the ovary ; 4. section of fruit of Lonicera tatarica; 5. half its seed. 768 GALIACEiE. [Epigynous Exogens. Order CCXCV. GALIACE^.—Stellates. Stellatse, Ray Synops. 223. (1690); R. Brown in Conqo, (1818),—Galiese, Turp, in Atlas du Noiiv. Diet,des Sc. (?)—Rubiaceae, § Stellatas, Cham, et Schlecht. in Linncea, 3. 220. (1828) ; DC. Prodr. ; Bartl. Ord. Nat. 209 ; Endl. Gen. p. 522; Meisner, p. 173.—Rubiacese, § Galieae, N. db Es. etFuhlrott. Nat. Pfanz. Syst. 165. (1829). Diagnosis.—CincJional Exogens, with epipetalous atamens, straight anthers bursting longi-tudinally, didymous fruit, and verticillate leaves xoithout stipides. Herbaceous plants, -with whorled leaves, destitute of stipules, and angular minute. Calyx superior, obsolete, or 4- 5- or 6-lobed. Corolla valvate, rotate,or tubular, regu-lar, inserted into the calyx; thenumber of its divisions equalto those of the calyx. Sta-mens equal in number to thelobes of the corolla, and alter-nate \vith them. Ovary pel-tate or 2-celled; ovules soli-tary, erect; styles 2 ; stigma simple. Fruit a did^Tuous,indehiscent pericarp, \Ai\\ 2 cells and 2 seeds. Seedserect or peltate, sohtary ; embryo in the axis of hoiuyalbumen ; radicle inferior ; cotyledons leafy. There can be little doubt that the inconspicuousweeds of which this Order is composed have as strongFig. DIX. a claim to be separated from Cinchonads as that Order from Caprifoils. It is true that no very positivecharacters are to be obtained from the fructification, but the want is abundantlysuppUed by the square stems and verticillate leaves without stipvdes, fonning a kind ofstar, from which cucumstance the name Stellate is
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