CONSPECTUS OF FAMILIES XIX 



Fam. 23. Nymphseaeese. Fls. slioimj, hermaphrodite, solitary 

 on scapes ; sepals usually 4 ; petals and stamens numerous. 

 Fresh-water lierhs with peltate leaves. (Page 182.) 



Fam. 24. Ceratophyllacese. Fls. TO/?j?(/e,mono?cious, solitary ; 

 perianth calycine. Fresh-ioater suhhierged herbs. Leaves with 

 linear divisions, whorled. (Page 186.) 



Fam. 25. Ranunculacese. Fls. hermaphrodite or polygamo- 

 dicecious, of moderate size, in simple or Ijranehed intlorescences ; 

 perianth petaloid, or calyx and corolla ; stamens numerous ; ovaries 

 numerous, distinct. Herbs or shrubby climbers. Leaves divided 

 or compound, loithout stipides. Fruit a head of achenes. (Page 187.) 



Fam. 20. Menispermaeese. Fls. dioecious, minute, paniculate 

 or racemose; sepmls 6 (in 2 series), or 4, or only one in female fi. 

 of Cissampjelos ; petals distinct or united into a short cup, or 

 only one in female fl. of Cissampelos ; stamens 6 free, or 4 united ; 

 ovaries 3 distiiict, or 1. Climbing shrubs or trees. Leaves 

 alternate, without stipules, entire. Fruit drupaceous. (Page 190.) 



Fam. 27. Annonaeese. Fls. hermaphrodite, small or of 

 moderate size, solitary or clustered ; se2)als 3 ; petals 6 in 2 series 

 (inner series sometimes minute or wanting) ; stamens numerous with 

 the connective produced. Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, entire, 

 without stipules. Carpels free or united into a single large fruit. 

 Endosperm ruminate. (Page 194.) 



Fam. 28. Lauraeese. Fls. hermaphrodite or dioecious in 

 some species of Ocotea, small, generally paniculate ; perianth 

 inferior, ccdycine ; anthers with 4 or 2 cells opening hi/ valves. 

 Trees or shrubs or parasitic twining herbs (Cassytha). Leaves 

 alternate, without stipules. Fruit a 1-seeded herry, with a capule 

 formed of the enlarged and persistent perianth, or only the tube 

 persistent, or rarely without a cupule, the whole perianth being 

 deciduous (Hufelandia). (Page 203.) 



Fam. 29. Hernandiacese. Fls. monoecious, corymbose or 

 paniculate, small ; perianth superior, pjetaloid ; anthers 2-celled, 

 opening hy valves ; female fl. surrounded at the base by a cupular 

 involucel, which increases and completely envelops the fruit. Trees. 

 Leaves alternate, without stipules. (Page 21 'J.) 



Fam. 30. Papaveraeese. Fls. hermaphro)dite, large, showy 

 and solitary, or small in large panicles ; sep(ds 2 or 3 ; petals 

 hypogynous or ivanting ; stamens numerous, hypogynous. Herbs 

 or shrubs, loith coloured juice. Leaves alternate, lobed, without 

 stipules. Fruit a capsule. (Page 221.) 



