CONSPECTUS OF THE FAMILIES CONTAINED IN 



THIS VOLUME 



DICOTYLEDONS 



Stems with open bundles. Leaves mostly net-veined. Floral 

 parts generally in fours or fives. Embryo normally with two 

 cotyledons. 



Families FIPEBACEM to CONNABACE^ 



Fam. 1. Piperaeese. Fls. liermaphrodite, witliout a perianth, 

 minute, in fleshy spihes, more or less covered by bracts. Herbs 

 or shrubs. Leaves alternate, opposite or whorled, without 

 stipules. (Page 1.) 



Fam. 2. Chloranthaeese. Fls. monoecious or dioecious, 

 minute, not covered by bracts ; male fl. without a perianth, in 

 spikes ; female fi. with inconspicuous perianth, in panicles. 

 Aromatic shrubs. Leaves opjposite ; stipjules united into a sheath 

 enclosing the stem. (Page 27.) 



Fam. 3. Laeistemaeese. Fls. hermaphrodite, with perianth of 

 distinct unequal segments more or less covered hy imbricated 

 bracts, minute, in spikes. Small trees. Leaves alternate, 

 distichous, without stipules. (Page 29.) 



[Fam. 3a. Salieaeese. h. dicecious, small, ivithout a perianth, 

 in catMns, more or less covered by bracts. Seeds ivoolly. Trees. 

 Leaves alternate ; stipules free.] (Page 30.) 



Fam. 4. Myrieaeese. Fls. unisexual, minute, without a 

 perianth, in spikes, more or less covered by bracts. Small trees 

 or shrubs, generally aromatic. Leaves alternate, without 

 stipules. Fruit waxy outside. (Page 31.) 



Fam. 5. Juglandaeese. Fls. monoecious, small ; perianth 

 calycine, epigynous ; male fls. in catkins ; female fls. in erect 

 terminal spikes. Trees. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate, with- 

 out stipules, aromatic. Fruit ivalnut-Uke. (Page 33.) 



Fam. 6. Batidaeese. Fls. dioecious, minute, in strobiles ; 

 male fls. : scales free, imbricate in 4 rows, perianth cup-shaped ; 

 female fls. : scales in alternating pairs ; perianth wanting. 3Iari- 

 time shrub. Leaves opjpjosite, fleshy, semiterete. Ovaries united 

 to form a fleshy compound fruit. (Page 34.) 



