CONSPECTUS OF THE ORDERS CONTAINED IN 
THE SIXTH VOLUME.—SECTION 1. 
CLASS I.—DICOTYLEDONES. 
SUBCLASS IIIl.—MONOCHLAMYDEA, 
Series i.—Curvembryez. Seed with usually floury albumen; embryo 
curved, lateral or peripheral, more rarely nearly straight, subcentral, Ovule 
usually solitary and erect, rarely several, Flowers hermaphrodite, rarely unisexual 
or polygamous. Petals usually absent. Stamens as many as the perianth-segments 
or fewer, rarely more. Leaves usually entire. 
Base of the perianth persistent, enclosing and often 
Stamens hypogynous. Carpel solitary; style simple. Seed 
Herbs, shrubs or trees. 
CIV. NycTaGine®, 
adhering to the fruit. 
with inferior radicle. 
Perianth persistent, herbaceous or with scarious margins. 
.. CY. ILLECEBRACEER. 
‘Stamens perigynous. Ovary 1-celled; style-arms 2-3 or styles 2-3. Herbs, rarely 
small shrubs. Leaves usually opposite; stipules scarious. 
CVI. AMARANTACER. Perianth dry, not herbaceous, subtended by a bract and 
2 bracteoles, Stamens hypogynous or perig'ynous ; filaments united at the base and 
often with alternating teeth. Ovary 1-celled; style simple or 2-3-fid. Fruit a 
membranous utricle (rarely a berry), breaking irregularly or circumscissile. Herbs 
or undershrubs. Leaves opposite or alternate, exstipulate. 
CVIL. CHenoropIacem. Perianth membranous or herbaceous. Stamens 
hypogynous or perigynous ; filaments usually free. Ovary 1-celled, 1-ovuled ; style 
simple or 2-3-lobed, or styles 2-5, distinct. Utricle included in the persistent 
perianth, indehiscent, sometimes subbaccate. Herbs or shrubs, Leaves alternate, 
exstipulate. 
CVIII. Puyronaccacex. Perianth herbaceous or coriaceous, rarely membranous, 
Dersistent or deciduous. Stamens hypogynous; filaments sometimes connate at the 
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