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SEQUENCE OF ORDERS CONTAINED IN VOLUME II. 
WITH BRIEF CHARACTERS. 
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Continuation of Sub-Class IT. Catycrrtorm. Orders XLVIIL-LXXII. se 
XLVIII. LEGUMINOSAE (page 1). Calyx free, 5-cleft, unequal. Petals inserted Gem 82 of 
in the base of the calyx. Stamens (except in gen. 80-82) 10, variously com- 
bined. Ovary of 1 carpel, with a terminal style. Fruit a legume; seeds 1 or 
several. (A vast Order, including all leguminous plants. ) 
XLIX. ROSACEZE (page 285). Calyx free or nearly so, equal. Petals inserted Gould os 
on the margin of the calyx-tube, or none. Stamens mostly indefinite. Ovary Fos 
(except in Grielum) apocarpous, of several (or rarely only 1) carpels; styles 
mostly lateral. Fruit of dry achenia; rarely succulent. Albumen none. : 
( Leaves alternate, compound or cut, stipulate: ) ‘ a ; 
L. SAXIFRAGACEZ (page 305). Calyx 4-5-cleft or parted, adnate or free, 0,4 the 
Petals 4-5, regular, marginal. Stamens as many or twice as many as the petals. ( . ~ 
Ovary of 2~5 connate carpels ; styles 2~5, terminal. Fruit a many-seeded capsule. ~ ~~ 
splitting through the middle. Seeds albuminous. (Herbs, shrubs, or trees. 
Leaves simple or compound, alternate or opposite, exstipulate or stipulate. ) 
LI. BRUNIACE/& (page 309). Flowers small, perfect, regular. Calyx 4—5-cleft, wG 
adnate. Petals 4-5, epigynous. Stamens 4-5, alternating with the petals. (- / | 
Ovary inferior or nearly so, 1-3-celled, with solitary, pendulous ovules. Fruit © 9). — 
dry, 1-2-coccous. Seeds albuminous. (Heath-like shrubs. Leaves small, mostly 
linear, entire, crowded, subsessile, exstipulate. Flowers mostly white, sessile, spiked 
or capitate ; very rarely red.) : os Be 
LI. HAMAMELIDEA (page 324). Flowers small, in heads or spikes. Calyx Gund : 3 
3-s-cleft, or subentire, adnate." Petals 4-5, epigynous, valvate ee Se 
5-10; anthers opening by a valve! Ovary 2 , with solitary, pendulous 
ovules. Fruit dry, capsular or nut-like. (Shrubs with petiolate, entire, simple 
_ leaves. Stipules minute, deciduous. ) ee 
LITT. CRASSULACEZ: (page 327). Calyx free, 4-5—7-cleft or parted, imbricate. Jong , pe 
Petals inserted in the bottom of the calyx, as many as its lobes, regular, free " 
or connate in a monopetalous orgs ndboes rae coe a with the 
tals, as many or twice as many. of 4-5-7 , nearly apocarpous ; 
sevice eaten: subulate, terminal. Fruit of 4-7 follicles. Seeds albuminous. 
(Succulent plants, with fleshy, opposite or alternate, mostly entire, exstipulate 
leaves. Flowers in cymes, regular. ) aon - 
LIV. PORTULACEZ (page 381). Calyzx free, 2-leaved. Petals 4-6, inserted in 
the base of the calyx, dissolving. Stamens numerous. Ovary free, 1-celled, 
with several (or 1) long-stalked ovules, rising from a free, central placenta ; 
stigmata several. rwit capsular or nut-like. tir curved round a central 
albumen. (Succulent plants, with jfles hy, entire leaves. en ingen: Readily 
known by the 2-lobed calyx.) if oes 
_ LV. MESEMBRYACEZ (page 386). Calyx 4-5-cleft, adnate or free. Petals Qu. 
very numerous, or none. ‘Stamens definite or indefinite, perigynous. ry v 
2~§~-20-celled, inferior or superior, with long-stalked ovules attached to the = 
base or inner angle of the cell. Stigmata as many as the carpels. Fruit 2h 
capsular or nut-like. Zmbryo curved round a central albumen. ( Succulent 
plants, with fleshy, entire leaves. Flowers showy or minute. ) Se ae 9 oe 
LVI. CACTEA (page 479). Flowers bisexual. Perianth many-leaved, imbricating 8)! 
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