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Bracts become Calyx, — a law from which wider conclusions 

 may be deduced. 



Lamiales. — Perleb's PYRENACEiE, Vent. c. add. Ph., are 

 WStilbinece, \\Selagine<B, Myoporine(B, Vei'henacece, Oleinese, 

 Jasmineae. — Burmeister throws these under his Tetracarp^e, 

 properly removing Oleineae and Jasmineae. 



Ericales. — Perleb's Atax^ are Sapotese, Ebenacea?, Sty- 

 raceae, RhodoracecB, Ericece, PyrolecB, Monotrope<B, Epacri- 

 decB, VacciniecB. — Burmeister's Atax^e make, moreover, a 

 sound approach to My^'sinales, including MyrsinecB, Sapo- 

 te(B, Ehenacem, IlicinecB, Styracece, &c. 



Campanulales. — Perleb's Rapuncule^ contain Campa- 

 nulacecB, Lobeliaceae, \\Brunomace(B, WScavolece, \\Goodeno- 

 viece, Stylidiece. Sphenoclea he omits wholly ; perhaps it is 

 allied in structure to Pentaphragma. 



Asterales. — Perleb's SYNANTHEREiE Rich. c. add. Pb. 

 are HCalycerese, Cynarocephalae, Discoidece, Perdiciece, Ra- 

 diatce, Lingulatce. 



DiPSACALES. — Burmeister's Aggregat.e are Valerianece, 

 GlobularinecB, Dipsacece. 



RuTALES. — The RuTARiiE of Perleb contain Polygaleae, 

 IITremandreae, HPittosporese, Brexiaceae, Zygophylle(B, Ru- 

 tacecB, Diosmece, Xanthoxyleae, Simarubace(B, Ochnacece, 

 llCoriarieae. 



Malvales. — The CoLUMNiFERiE Linn. e. e. Ph. of Perleb 

 are ^^Elceocar'peae, TiliacecB, Buttneriacece, BombacecSy Mai- 

 vaceac, DipterocarpecBy ? || Chlenaceae. 



Orchidales-Zingiberales. — The Gynandr^ of Bur- 

 meister include OrcJiidecB [Vanilla, Cypripedium), Scita- 

 mine(B, MusacecB. 



Amaryllidales. — Perleb, in arranging his characters of 

 L1LIACE.E, throws together (unnamed) \Hypoxideai, Amaryl- 

 lidece, Tacce(B,H(Bmodorace(B,Burmanniaceai, Irideae : " Stam. 

 cum. pist. n. junctis, perigonio simplici 6-fid. vel. 6-petalo, 

 ovario infero, flor. hermaphr." — The leaves of Endogens seem 

 generally of the nature of Phyllodia or dilated Petioles, such 

 as are found in Mimosaceae. 



