CONSPECTUS OF THE ORDERS CONTAINED IN 
THE FIFTH VOLUME. 
Crass, I. DICOTYLEDONS. 
Susciass II. MONOPETALZ/E. 
(Continued from Vol. IV.) 
Ovary in the following Orders superior, usually 2-celled or the cells divided so as to 
be oues 4. ana, with 1 pair of ovules or rarely 1 ovule or 2 supérposed pairs of 
ovules to each true cell.) 
Ecc Shrubs. Leaves alternate. Stamens nad 
XC. pairs 
anthers when open reniform and 1- celled by confluence. Ovary n npe ‘the style 
— Micropyle ap radicle superior. 
0 
X S INE rb small TEN Leaves alternate or the lower 
nes opp tamens usually Zansi straight, 1-celled. Ovary not 
lobed, the style terminal. Micropyle and äiti su r. 
VrgBENACEX. Herbs shrubs or trees. | peseb P eno or rarely alternate. 
Stamens 2 or 4, in pairs, or rarely equal and isomerous with the corolla-lobes ; anthers 2- 
ees Ovary. not at all or scarcely lobed, the style iial, p e le and radicle 
r. 
PLANTAGINES. nae c More or t nr y tered. Flow 
rice the corolla with 4 spreading s lobes. Stamens n a fewer, dui; 
anthers 2-celled. Ovary not Ghai, with a sender di siyle. peltate. 
SuscrLass III. MONOCHLAMYDEÆ. 
apparently simple, the lobes or segments s all calycine or herbaceous, 
or i petal: tke or pha. imi or entirely wanting (rarely petals or petal-like thiini 
ina r Phyto laccaceæ). 
i fe cept in Nyctaginez ?) ormed of several ae but 1-celled and usually 
Londate (e. (except in a very few Phytolaccacese vend NE taceæ). Embryo excentrical 
ealy, rarely wanting (Curv X. 
eee Puyrotaccace®. Herbs undershrubs or me shrubs. Leaves alternate, 
without stipules. Ovules 1 to each carpel. 
XC HENOPODIACEX. Herbs or undershrubs, often succulent or scaly-tomentose. 
Leaves alternate or rarely opposite, without stipules. Perianth usually herbaceous. 
Ovary (of 2 or 3 carpels) 1-celled, with 2 or 3 styles or style-branches and only 1 
ovule, 
XCVII. AMARANTACEX. Herbs or undershrubs, rarely shrubs. Leaves alternate or 
