xiv SEQUENCE OF ORDERS. 
ANOMALOUS ORDER. 
CVI. PLANTAGINEZ (page 387). Corolla regular, 4-lobed,. 
scarious. Stamens 4, alternate with the corolla-lobes. Ovary 
entire, 2-celled. (Perennial or annual herbs, either stemless with 
-rosulate leaves or caulescent with alternate or opposite leaves. 
Inflorescence spicate.) 
Sub-class IV. Monocutamypes. Ord. CVIT.-CXVII. 
Series i. CurvemBryex. Seeds with farinaceous albumen ; embryo 
curved, Jateral or surrounding the albumen, rarely nearly 
straight, narrow and subcentral. Ovule solitary in each cell 
or carpel, or {in some Amarantacez) several. Flowers herma- 
phrodite, rarely 1-sexual or polygamous. Stamens as many as 
the perianth-segments or fewer, rarely more. 
CVIT. NYCTAGINEA (page 392). Perianth with a persistent 
base enclosing and sometimes adhering to the fruit. Stamens 
hypogynous, sometimes many. Ovary l-celled; style simple. 
Seeds with inferior radicle. (Herbs, shrubs or trees, with 
usually opposite entire exstipulate leaves. Flowers in cymes, 
panicles or corymbs, usually coloured.) 
CVIII. ILLECEBRACE (page 398). Perianth herbaceous, 
or scarious at the margin, persistent. Stamens perigynous, as 
many as the perianth-segments and opposite to them. Ovary 
l-celled ; styles or style-arms 2-3. (Annual or perennial herbs, 
rarely shrubs, Leaves usually opposite and stipulate. Flowers 
minute, usually green.) 
CIX. AMARANTACE (page 402). Perianth dry, not 
herbaceous. Stamens hypogynous or perigynous, as many as 
the perianth-segments and opposite to them ; filaments connate 
at the base. Ovary 1-celled; style simple or 2-3-fid; ovules 
‘1 to many. Uftricle indehiscent, or bursting irregularly or 
circumscissile. (Herbs or wndershrubs, rarely trees. Leaves 
opposite or alternate, exstipulate. Flowers small or minute, 
bracteate and bracteolate.) 
CX. CHENOPODIACEZ (page 433). Perianth membranous 
or herbaceous. Stamens hypogynous or perigynous, as many 
as the perianth-segments and opposite to them or fewer ; 
filaments free. Ovary 1-celled, l-ovuled; style simple, 2-3- 
lobed, or styles 2-3 distinct. Utricle indehiscent. (Annual or 
perennial herbs or shrubs, rarely small trees. Leaves alternate 
eit opposite, exstipulate. Inflorescence various; flowers 
small, ) 
