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with its segments. Ovary sessile. Style simple and 
hair-like. Stigma hairy. 
4th SuB-cLass. 
MonocHLaMyDE#.—F lowers having no corolla, and some- 
times even no calyx. It is divided into fifteen orders, 
as follows. 
1. Sanguisorbee.—Calyx tubular, lined with a disc, on the 
outside of which the few stamens are inserted. Carpel 
solitary, simple, one-seeded ; when ripe enclosed in the 
hardened tube of the calyx. Stipules leafy. 
2. Chenopodiacee.—Calyx herbaceous, Stamens opposite 
the divisions of the calyx. Carpel solitary, simple, one- 
seeded. No stipules. 
3. Polygonacee.—Stamens not regularly opposite the parts 
of the calyx. Carpel solitary, simple, one-seeded. When 
ripe a three-cornered nut. 
4. Ele@agnacee.—Stamens and pistils in different flowers. 
Calyx tubular, with the stamens on the tube. Carpel 
solitary, simple. When ripe, a nut inclosed within 
the succulent calyx. Leaves scurfy. 
5. Thymelacee.—Calyx tubular, stamens on the tube. Car- 
pel solitary, simple, one-seeded; when ripe, a nut or 
a drupe. Leaves smooth. 
