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diverging, simple. Capsule 3-celled, 3-lobed, 3-seeded. Seed carunculate. — 

 Smooth upright plants, with the alternate leaves mostly 2-glandular at base ; 

 the fertile flowers few at the base of the dense sterile spike (rarely separate) ; 

 the bract for each cluster with a large gland on each side. (Named for Dr. 

 B. Still imjjiect.) 



1. S. sylvatica, L. Herbaceous (l -3° high) ; leaves almost sessile, ob- 

 long-lanceolate, serrulate ; glands of the spike saucer-shaped. — Sandv and drv 

 soil, Va. to Fla., west to Kan. and Tex. June -Sept. 



Ordek 99. UKTICACE^:. (Nettle Family.) 



Plants with stipules, and rnoncecious or dioecious or rarely (in the Elm 

 Family) perfect Jlowers, furnished with a regular calyx, free from the 1- 

 celled {rarely 2-celled) ovary which forms a 1 -seeded fruit : the embryo in 

 the albumen when there is any, its radicle pointing upward ; stamens as 

 many as the lobes of the calyx and opposite them, or sometimes fewer. Co- 

 tyledons usually broad. Stipules often deciduous. — A large order (far 

 the greater part tropical). 



Tribe I. ULftlK^. Flowers mostly ijolygaiiious, upon the last year's branches. An- 

 thers erect in the hud, extmrse. Styles or stigmas 2. Fruit a winged samara or nut- 

 like. Seed suspended. Embryo straight. — Trees, witli alternate serrate pinnately 

 veined leaves and fugacious stipules. 



1. Ulmus. Flowers preceding the leaves. Ovary 1 - 2-ovuled. Fruit winged all around. 



2. Plaiiera. Flowers appearing with the leaves. Ovule one. Fruit wingless, nut-like. 

 Tribe II. CELTIDE^. As in Tribe I., but the dicBcious-polygamous flowers upon 



1>i-anehes of the same year ; anthers introrse ; fruit a drupe ; embryo eurved. 

 ."? Geltis. Ovary 1-ovuled. Flowers appearing with the leaves. Leaves 3-nerved at base. 



Tribe III. CANNABINE^. Flowers dioecious; the sterile racemed or panicled; the 

 fertile in clusters or catkins, the calyx of one sepal embracing tlie ovary. Filament.^; 

 short, erect in the bud. Stigmas 2, elongated. Ovary l-celled, with a pendulous ovule, 

 forming a small glandular achene in fruit. Embryo curved or coiled. — Erect or climb- 

 ing herbs, with watery juice, mostly opposite lobed or divided leaves, persistent stipules, 

 and a fibrous inner bai-k. 



4 Cannabis. Fertile flowers spikert-i-lustered. Leaves 5- 7-divided. Erect 



5 Humulus. Fertile flowers in a short spike forming a membranaceous catkin in fruit. 



Leaves 3 - .>lobed. Climbing. 



Tribe IV. MORE^. Flowers unisexual, racemose, spicate or capitate; calyx becom- 

 ing fleshy or juicy in fruit. Anthers inflexed in the bud. Style undivided or 2-parted. 

 filiform; ovule pendulous ; fruit an achene, embryo curved. — Trees or shrubs, with 

 milky juice, alternate leaves, and fugacious stipules. 

 H. Madura. Sterile flowers in loose racemes ; fertile in globose heads. Leaves entire. 

 7. Moms. Fertile and sterile flowers in separate spikes. Leaves dentate, 3-nerved. 

 Tribe V. URTICE^. Flowers unisexual. Filaments inflexed in the bud. Style or 

 stigma simple. Ovary l-celled, with an erect ovule, forming an achene in fruit. Em- 

 brj-o straight. — Herbs with watery juice, tough fibrous bark, and opposite or alternate 

 leaves; often armed with stinging hairs. 



* Calyx in the fertile flowers of 2 -5 separate or nearly separate sepals. 

 •*- Plant beset with stinging bristles. 



S. Urtica. Sepals 4 in both fertile and sterile flowers. Achene straight and erect, en- 

 closed by the 2 inner and larger sepals. Stigma capitate-tufted. Leaves opposite. 



