70 palma:. [CI. 3. 



Class 3. Monocotyledones, with perigynous 

 Stamens (97). 



" Calyx of 1 leaf, tubular, or deeply divided, superior 

 or inferior, sometimes naked, bat mostly subtended 

 by a single- or many flower eel Spatha (53 : 4,) rarely 

 with an Involucrum resembling an outer Calyx. 

 Corolla none, (what Tournefort, Linnaeus, and 

 others call so, being Jussieu's Calyx). Stamens 

 mostly definite, inserted into the base or the top of the 

 Calyx (Corolla), opposite to its segments ; their Fila- 

 ments distinct, rarely combined; Anthers distinct, 

 of 2 cells. In a few the Germens are several, su- 

 perior, with as many Styles or Stigmas. Capsules 

 as many, either of 1 cell, with 1 Seed, or internally 

 of 2 valves, with numerous Seeds inserted into 

 their margins. Most have a single, superior or infe- 

 rior, Germen; with 1, rarely 3, Styles or sometimes 

 none ; and a simple or divided Stigma. Fruit pulpy, 

 or capsular, of 3 cells, with 3 or many Seeds; some- 

 times only 1 cell, or 1 Seed, coming to perfection. In 

 the Berried fruits (61:6) the Seeds are inserted into 

 the inner angle of each cell ; in the Capsules, usually 

 of 3 valves, they stand on the edge of an elevated 

 Receptacle (63), constituting the partition, from the 

 middle of each valve, and separating therewith. 

 Embryo small, in a rather large horny Albumen." 



Ord. ] 1 . Palm*;. The Palm tribe, fig. 142. " Ca- 



