CONSPECTUS OF THE ORDERS CONTAINED IN THE 
SEVENTH VOLUME. 
Cass II. MONOCOTYLEDONS. 
(Continued from Vol. VJ.) 
** Ovary superior. 
1. Cononarta.— Perianth rahe less distinctly 2-seriate. Ovary syncarpous 
inne a 5 file Palms). Seeds albumin 
t Perianth-segments all boi ie or membranous and coloured. 
XXVI. Roxsunmnaaum. Perianth-segments 2 in each series. Stamens 4. 
CXXVII. Lira Perianth-segments or so 3 in each series. Stamens 6 or 
fewer. ‘Terrestrial heb or Stinateek or arboresce 
CXXVIII. Fen Aquatic herbs a slightly irregular flowers, other- 
wise as in Liliac 
tt Le perianth-segments petal-like, outer ones calyz-like or wanting. 
CXXIX. Puitypracex. Inner perianth of 2 broad petals, outer deficient. 
Stamen 1 perfect, 2 staminodia. 
CXXX. . Outer perianth of 1 Sois — E — segment ; 
inner of 3 petal-like segments. Stamens 3 dus inodia 3 
oe . CommELyNacez. Outer perianth o pese rae segments, 
inner of 3 equal or unequal Detal-like gemi "ences 6 or fewer med when 
fe bue replied by staminodia. 
Pe ia +h p3 77 7. li Lo ( 7 7. a P. d 77^ 
CXXXII. Juncacex. Stems rarely gaze] No spatha. 
CXXXIII. Patma., Stems usually arborescent, or climbing and woody. Young 
inflorescence enclosed in a spatha. 
Series II. NUDIFLORÆ.— Perianth of small scales or none (except some Alismacez). 
Ovary apocarpous or monoca: pillary (except a few Aroidex and Pandanez). 
XXIV. Panpanem. Flowers closely esae in dense spikes or heads with a 
bract at the — diecious. No perianth. Stam g the rhachis 
Ovaries sessile often connate. Stem Enon with. when in a spire, or climbing 
and leafy. 
CXXXV. Arom:x. Flowers closely packed in a dense simple spike with a spatha 
at the base, unisexual or hermaphrodite. Fruit baccate. Seeds albuminous or in a 
few genera "without albumen 
CXXXVI. TypHacex. Flo wers closely eme in dense simple spikes or iege 
the upper one or more male, the lower one or more female. Fruit-carpels small dry 
or drupaceous. Seeds albuminous. Tall daian herbs. 
