SYNOPSIS OF THE NATURAL ORDERS 

 WHICH CONTAIN OUR PRINCIPAL 

 SEA-SIDE FLOWERING PLANTS 



I. MONOCOTYLEDONS 



A. GLUMIFEB^E 



FLOWERS WITHOUT A PERIANTH, ENCLOSED IN GLUMES 



1. Graminese Grassy plants with hollow stems enclosed in split 



sheaths. Flowers generally bisexual with (usually) three 

 stamens. 



2. Cyperaceae Grassy plants with solid stems and entire sheaths. 



Flowers arranged in spikelets, unisexual or bisexual, with from 

 one to three stamens. 



B. PETALOID.E 

 PERIANTH PETALOID 



3. Juncacese Rushes, with narrow leaves and small brown flowers. 



Perianth 6-partite, with scarious segments. Stamens usually 

 6 ; ovary superior ; fruit a 3-valved capsule. 



4. Naiadacese Aquatic herbs with inconspicuous, unisexual or 



bisexual flowers. Perianth absent or scale-like. Stamens as 

 many as the segments of the perianth. Fruit of from one to 

 four carpels superior. 



5. Alismacese Aquatic plants with radical net-veined leaves, and 



(generally) conspicuous, white, bisexual flowers. Perianth 

 6-partite. Stamens 6. Fruit of many carpels superior. 



6. Liliacese Herbs with narrow leaves and showy, bisexual flowers. 



Perianth 6-partite. Stamens 6. Ovary superior, 3-celled. 

 Fruit a berry or capsule. 



