vili CONSPECTUS OF THE ORDERS. 
. Ficorpeæ. Herbs or rarely seine? catering succulent. Leaves DEE: 
or hts opposite, bes any or with minute s us stipules. Petals none or indefinite 
and narrow. mens indefinit te or aiy de finite, Ovary i inferior 0 ior, several- 
r superi 
celled riy mn tol m Zoé ntas basal or nearly so. Styles free or united at the 
. Jumbryo curved in a mealy albu | 
LVI. UMBELLIFERA. Her bs s or Goen shrubs. Leaves mex e we eege Kä 1 
out any or rarely with scarious stipules. Calyx-teeth small or obsolet 
d with th 
any 
as petals, and inserte: em round an epigynous 2-lobed disk Ova vary gen pe 
. 2-celled with 1 mua ovule in each cell. Styles 2. Fruit dividing into 2 small | m 
1-seeded nuts eds a inous with a minute emb 
VII. ARALIAcE&. Trees shrubs or very rarel Leaves siete. “without . 
stipules. Flowers of Umdéellifere, except that the ovary-cells are often more than t d 
t drupaceous, the endocarp har into 2 or more distinct, 1-seeded bri the epi- | 
carp fleshy, succulent, or rarely d thin = albuminous with a minute | 
I. CoRNACEX. Trees shrubs or v very rarely herbs. : 
(as in the Australian genus) alternate, without dx Petals valvate. Stamens as many / 
or twice as many as petals. Ovary inferior, 1- or 2-celled wit 
du 
cell. Style simple. Seeds albuminous, the embryo nearly as long as the album 
SuBcLAss II. MONOPETALZ. 
Petals united into a single lobed corolla. (exceptionally free in a few Loran- | 
shacee). i 
LIX. mp Ser Parasitical she ubs trees. Leaves opposite or alternate, vid 
out stipules. Stamens opposite the Sege? be or petals. Ovary rm keclled, with 1 ` 
erect ovule, not pereeptible till the flowe s over. Seeds albuminou d 
L APRIFOLIACE®. Trees, ilis $ or Liliane: rarely herbs. ene opposite Ger E 
nate in the eet genus) without real stipules. Stamens a many as corolla-lobes an 
alternate wi em. Ovary inferior, 2- or age Seeds albumino E 
LXI einn Trees, shrubs, or herbs opposite, with interpetiola or M 3 
> * Leav E 
ing stipules. Stamens as many as corolla-lobes eur adem ate with them. Ovary in ferior, : 
ed o 1 cell. inous. 
: s te, with- 
n heads, each vien surrounded bya calyx libs im- 
i y 
the true calyx ced to a pappus. Stamens as ma 3 
soris lobis and ven? with them. Ovary inferior, 1- celled, with 1 erect ovule. Seed - 
without albumen E 
