Cohort VII. Gentianales. Corolla regular. Stamens equal to the lobes of the corolla, or if fewer, usually alternating with the carpels. Leaves generally opposite.

Cohort VIII. Polemoniales. Corolla regular. Stamens equal to the lobes of the corolla. Leaves generally alternate.

Cohort IX. Personales. Corolla most often irregular or oblique. Posterior stamen less than the others, more often reduced to a staminode, or altogether absent. Ovary ∞-ovuled, or 2-ovuled.

Cohort X. Lamiales. Corolla most often irregular or oblique. Posterior stamen less than the others, most frequently reduced to a staminode or absent. Carpels 1-ovuled or with 2 collateral ovules. Fruit enclosed in the persistent calyx, indehiscent, and with one seed, or dehiscing into 2 or 4, rarely ∞, 1-seeded nuts.

Anomalous Order 127. Plantagineæ.

III. MONOCHLAMYDEÆ.