. Analytical class-book of botany : designed for academies and private students. Plants. Fig. 27. GEOUP VII. Oedee LXXXII.—HydropliyllaceEe. Hei'bs. Leaves alternate, or the lower ones opposite, usualty lobed, or pinnatifid. Flowers usually in ciroinate racemes, or unilateral spikes. Calyx 5-oleffc, usually appendaged at the sinuses, persistent. Corolla 5-lobed, regular, with melliferous scales or grooves near the base. Stamens 5, inserted on the base of the corolla, alternate with its lobes. Anthers 2-celled. Ovary free, 1-celIed. Stylo 1, bifid. Stigmas 2. Capsule invested with the permanent
. Analytical class-book of botany : designed for academies and private students. Plants. Fig. 27. GEOUP VII. Oedee LXXXII.—HydropliyllaceEe. Hei'bs. Leaves alternate, or the lower ones opposite, usualty lobed, or pinnatifid. Flowers usually in ciroinate racemes, or unilateral spikes. Calyx 5-oleffc, usually appendaged at the sinuses, persistent. Corolla 5-lobed, regular, with melliferous scales or grooves near the base. Stamens 5, inserted on the base of the corolla, alternate with its lobes. Anthers 2-celled. Ovary free, 1-celIed. Stylo 1, bifid. Stigmas 2. Capsule invested with the permanent oalj'x. Seeds few, crustaceous. .'V small order of unimportant, chiefly N. American plants, represented by Ilydrophyllnm (Water-Leaf, Burr-Flower'), Oedee LXXXIII.—Polemoniacese. Herbs. Leaves opposite, rarely alternate, simple or com- poimd. Calyx free from the ovary, 5-oleft, persistent. Corolla regular, with a 5-lobed limb, convolute in prefloration. Stamens 5, inserted on the corolla, alternately with its lobes, often un- equal in length. Ovary 3-celled. Style 1. Stigma trifid. Cap- sule 3-ceUed, 3-valved, loeulioidal, the valves separating from the 3-angled axis, which bears the few, or many seeds. A small order consisting chieily of N. American plants. Phlox and Pole- monium {Greek Valerian), are examples. Oedee LXXXIV.—Diapensiacese. Low, prostrate, evergreen under-shrubs. Leaves crowded, heath-like. Flowers terminal and solitary. Sepals 5, distinct, with 3 bracts at base. Corolla regular, deeply 5-lobed, with the lobes imbricated in prefloration. Stamens 5, inserted by their petaloid tilamerits on the corolla-tube. Anthers 2-oelled, with transverse valves. Ovary 3-celled, free. Style 1. Stigma 3- lobed. Capsule 3-valved. Seeds small, many. An order consisting of only two plants, Diapensia Lapponica, native of the White Mountains, and , found in tlio Pine barrens of N. . Oedee LXXXV.—ConvolvitlaceEe. Herbs, or shrubs; often with ,• milky
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