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Ovules attached to scales or bracts which are usually numerous and 

 spirally arranged in imbricated cones ; but sometimes valvate and 

 jointly developed into a somewhat fleshy, drupe-like fruit. Leaves 

 mostly narrow, sometimes closely imbricated. 



CONII 1:1: .]:. p. 309. 

 Ovule single, erect, partially immersed in a berry-like cup. 



TAXACE/E. p. 310. 



AGLUMACEOUS ENDOGENS. 



109. Flowers not on a spadix. HI 

 Flowers on a spadix. 



Herbs. 110 

 Shrubs or trees. 



Flowers having both calyx and corolla. Ovary formed of three 



carpels usually. Pollen elliptical. PALM.K p. 316. 

 Flowers having no corolla. Style none. Pollen globular. 



PANDANACE.S. 



110. Flowers perfect, and having a perianth. ORONTIACE^E. p. 318. 

 Flowers perfect, with no perianth. NAIADACE^E. p. 316. 

 Flowers imperfect, with no calyx nor corolbi. 



Fruit dry. Filaments long, with wedge-shaped anthers. Scales 



or hairs in place of a perianth. TYPIIACE/E. p. 318. 

 Fruit juicy, berry-like. 



Spadix not adherent to the spatha. ARACE/E. p. 317. 

 Spatha adherent to the spadix. Seeds with a thick-ribbed cover- 

 ing. PISTIACE^:. p. 316. 



Ill, Proper perianth none. Flowers imperfect. Aquatic. 



NAIADACEJE. p. 316. 

 Perianth adherent to the ovary. 117 

 Perianth free from the ovary. 



Leaves parallel veined. H3 

 Leaves apparently net-veined. 



