CI. 2.] AROLDE.E, TYPHLE. 67 



charidece, Prodr. N. Holl. v. 1. 345. See some of 

 the rest in Ord. 88. 



Class 2. Monocotyledon es, with inferior 



Stamens (97). 



" Calyx necessarily inferior, if present. Corolla none. 

 Stamens often definite, rarely indefinite. Germen 

 simple. Style 1, or many, or wanting. Stigma sim- 

 ple or divided. Seed 1, naked or covered, or Fruit 

 of 1 cell, with 1 or many Seeds. Leaves mostly 

 alternate and sheathing. Flowers occasionally be- 

 coming separated (G5), by the imperfection of one 

 or other organ." 



Ord. 7. Aroide.e. " Spadix simple, many-flow- 

 ered, either encompassed with -a Spatha (53:4), or 

 naked. Proper Calyx none, or simple. Stamens and 

 Germens inserted, either separately or intermixed, 

 into the Spadix. Style 1 to each germen, or want- 

 ing. Stigmas simple. Fruit of 1 cell, with 1 or 

 many Seeds. Embryo in the centre of a fleshy Al- 

 bumen. Leaves sheathing, alternate, generally all 

 radical. Plants rarely caulescent; some of them 

 very irregular in the arrangement of their Stamens 

 and Pistils. Their germination is not well known." 

 The Genera are Ambrosinia, Zostera, Aram, Calla, 

 Pothos, Acorns, fig. 137, and others. 



Ord. 8. TyphyE. " Flowers monoecious; barren 

 ones aggregate, triandrous, with a 3-leaved Calyx ; 

 fertile ones also aggregate, with a 3-ieaved Calyx, a 

 superior Germen, simple Style, and 1 Seed. Leaves 

 all alternate, sheathing. Aquatic herbs." 



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