. Analytical class-book of botany : designed for academies and private students. Plants. rig. 20. Order LXV.âLobeliaceee. Herbs, or shrubby plants, often -w^ith a miUry juice. Leaves alternate, â without stipules. Flo-wers often showy, axillary and terminal. Calyx-tube adherent to the ovary; limb 5-cleft, per- sistent. Corolla irregularly 5-lobed, often somewhat bilabiate, cleft on one side nearly or quite to the base, inserted in the calyx. Stamens 6, inserted with the corolla, above the ovary, united into a tube. Style 1. Stigma fringed. Fi'uit a 2â3, rarely 1- celled, many-seeded capsule. A
. Analytical class-book of botany : designed for academies and private students. Plants. rig. 20. Order LXV.âLobeliaceee. Herbs, or shrubby plants, often -w^ith a miUry juice. Leaves alternate, â without stipules. Flo-wers often showy, axillary and terminal. Calyx-tube adherent to the ovary; limb 5-cleft, per- sistent. Corolla irregularly 5-lobed, often somewhat bilabiate, cleft on one side nearly or quite to the base, inserted in the calyx. Stamens 6, inserted with the corolla, above the ovary, united into a tube. Style 1. Stigma fringed. Fi'uit a 2â3, rarely 1- celled, many-seeded capsule. An order embracing many splendid ornamental species, and distingnislied by ncrid and narcotic properties. These are especially developed in tbe Lobe- lia inflata, which forms so important an article in the Mateiia Medica of Botanic rhysicians. Order LXVI.âCampanulaceEe. Herbs with a somewhat milky juice. Leaves alternate. Sti- pules none. Flowers usually blue and showy. Calyx-tube adher- ent to the ovaiy; limb usually 6-eleft, persistent. Corolla regu- lar, eampanulate, usually 6-lobed, withering. Stamens 5, distinct, inserted on the calyx, alternate with the 5 lobes of the corolla. Anthers 2-celled. Ovary 2â5-celled. Style furnished with collecting hairs. Capsule crowned with the persistent calyx- tube, opening with locuUcidal dehiscence, many-seeded. An order remarkable chiefly for the beauty of its flowers. The yarious spe- cies of Campanula, such as the Harebell, Canterbury Bell, and Bell-flower, are examples. GROUP III. Order LXVII.â^Ericaceas. Shrubs; or evergreen or leafless hei-bs. Leaves simple, alter- nate, rarely opposite, often evergreen. Stipules none. Calyx- tube usually free from the ovary, sometimes adherent; limb 4â6, usually 5-cleft, rarely entire. CoroUa regular, or sometimes irre- gular, 4â6, usually, 5-cleft, rarely with 5 distinct petals. Stamens inserted with the corolla, 5, 8, or 10. Anthers 2-celled, opening by pores, often appendaged at top. Ova
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