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Eichler and Warming make the following divisions : 

 Helobiese . . . As in Engler. 

 Glumiflorae ... „ „ (and Jun- 



caceae) . 

 Spadiciflorse . . Pandanales, Principes, 



Synanthse, Spathiflorae. 

 Enantioblastae . . Farinosse in part. 

 Liliiflorae . . . Liliiflorae and Farinosae, 



omitted ante, 

 Scitamineae . . As in Engler. 



Gynandrae . . Microspermae. 



Bentham and Hooker in Genera Plantarum include 

 Juncaceae in another group Calycinae, making seven 

 not six groups (as in their Handbook). 



Microspermece or Gynandrce, 



As the name signifies, this group includes plants 

 v^'ith small seeds. It includes the Hydrocharitaceae 

 and the Orchidaceae. 



The perianth is in two rows. The inner perianth is 

 petaloid. There is an inferior ovary, w^hich is syn- 

 carpous, with one- rarely three- to six-celled placentae, 

 three parietal. The seeds are minute and do not 

 possess endosperm. 



In the group are included some of the most lovely 

 flowers, and the most wonderful that the world has 

 produced, the Orchids. Remains of them are not 

 found in plant-beds until rather recent beds are 

 reached. 



