SEQUENCE OF ORDERS. 1X 
OLINIE (page 519). Flowers perfect. Calyx tubular, its base adnate /)) , 
with the ovary ; limb §-toothed. Petals 5, on the summit of the calyx-tube, pel 
with 5 alternating scales. Stamens 5, opposite the scales ; anthers splitting. |= — 
Ovary inferior, 4-5-celled ; cells with 3 pendulous ovules. Style simple. 
Drupe 3-4-celled. (A tree, with opposite, petioled, penninerved, entire, shining 
leaves, and densely cymose, panicled, white flowers. ) tos 
LXVL MYRTACEM (page 520). Flowers perfect. Calyx adnate ; its limb Cad a 
4-5-parted. Petals 4-5, epigynous. Stamens indefinite, epigynous. ee ye 
inferior, 2 or many-celled, with several axile ovules. Style filiform. Fruita; O),, 
capsule or berry. (Trees or shrubs, with mostly opposite, entire, penninerved, = | 
pellucid-dotted leaves. ) ae 
LXVII. UMBELLIFER4 (page 524). Flowers perfect, small, inumbels. Calyx Gun BS, pe 
adnate. Petals 5, epigynous. Stamens 5, alternate with the petals. Ovary a 2 
inferior, 2-celled, with solitary, pendulous ovules. Styles 2, divergent. Fruit 
dry, separating into 2 one-seeded pieces. Albumen copious. (Mostly herbaceous. — 
Leaves alternate, with sheathing petioles, mostly cut or lobed. ) 
LXVIII. ARALIACE (page 568). Flowers nearly as in the last Order ; but Dyce 6 
fruit fleshy, with a crustaceous or bony endocarp. (Mostly shrubs or trees. Pe ie 
Only one 8. African genus. ) 
its limb 4-toothed. Petals 4, epigynous, valvate. Stamens 4, alternate with 
the petals. Ovary inferior, 2-4-celled ; ovules solitary, pendulous. Style 
single. Fruit fleshy, 2-4-celled. (T'rees and shrubs. Only one S. African genus. ) 
LXX. HALORAGEZ (page 571). Flowers minute, often unisexual. Calyx —P/ Gg 
adnate; its limb 2-4-toothed. Petals 2-4, epigynous, valvate. Stamens as 3 
many or twice as many as the petals. Ovary inferior, 1-4-celled ; ovdlas 
pendulous, few. Styles as many as the carpels, short ; stigmata long, feathery. he 
Fruit nut-like. (Herbaceous, often marsh or water plants, with minute flowers.) — 
LXXI BALANOPHOREZ (page 572). Flowers unisexual, in dense spikes or Fe Tee! 
icled-heads. Perianth 3-parted, valvate. Stamens opposite the segments 
of the perianth. Ovary inferior, 1-celled, 1-ovuled. Frwt dry or wcanulens aR |o- 
(Fleshy, leafless or scaly, coloured, root-parasites. ) O ae . 
LXXIL. LORANTHACEZ (page 574). Calyx adnate ; its limb obsolete. - Petals i gi 
4-8, separate or cohering, epigynous, with valvate eestivation. Stamens opposite Gud + fe 
the petals. Ovary inferior, r-celled, with 1-3 pendulous ovules. Fruit succu- 
lent. (Parasitical shrubs. Leaves entire, coriaceous, exstipulate, or none. 
Inflorescence various. ) 
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