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CONSPECTUS OF THE ORDERS CONTAINED IN 
THE SIXTH VOLUME. 
Crass I. DICOTYLEDONS. 
SuBCcLAss III. MONOCHLAMYDELZE. 
(Continued from Vol. V.) 
an nd ^ € within the base of the perianth, 1- ierg defer with 
gas. ù W. Style simple but not oblique. Flowers mostly ıphrodite. 
Y A 
CV. TnvwELEx. Ovule pendulous. Hairs silky or spreading. Bark stringy. 
CVI. Evza EX. Ovule erect. Perianth contracted over the otherwise free ovary. 
.. Indumentum scur 
**** Flowers strictly unisexual, very rarely polygamous. Perianth present, at 
least in one of the sexes es, usually small and sometimes double, Ovary superior. 
-OVIL Nerenrnacex. Ovary 3- or 4-celled, with many ovules in each cell. Seed 
. albuminous. Scandent shrubs. Leaves ricum E in pitchers. 
pendulous ovules fien ach cell, and as many ug P or stigmatic M tendit as cells. 
wee oven I-celled, with 1 ovule, and 1 or 2 oblique styles or uni- - 
lateral Poe Albumen usually scanty. Stamens opposite the perianth lobes. 
Á* Perianth none besides small bracts. 
CX. CasuaARINEX. Bracts 2 or 4in decussate pairs. Tre ees or shrubs with jointed 
. stems and br — bare Bol a whorl of teeth at each joint. Male flowers in 
catkins, — in c 
PERITÆ Bact 1 under each flower. Herbs, shrubs or trees, with articu- 
esd branches and flat leaves. Flowers in spikes, racemes or heads, hermaphrodite or 
. unisexual. 
**Txx* Ra pano s 
t CSIL Flowers hermaphrodite. Perianth with an oblique or 
. valvately lobed tea, Verre Pear ew base of the style. Ovary 3- or 6-celled, with 
Several ovules in each cell. Herbs or climbers. 
XIII LIFERE. Flowers miere Perianth small, various. Ovary 1- to 
Trees o "hr vem 1 or 2 ovules in each cell. Nuts sated on or enclosed in an involucre 
_ Trees or s 
Btpens opposite the lobes. Ovary wiih pendulous ovules rarely 
Spicnons till after fecundation. Drupe i in ehissent? Shrabe, pies oe a : 
Fleshy scapigerous leafless root-p lowers uni- 
sexual, small, in dense terminal heads or spikes. Perianth- 5 ee deo Stamens 3. 
Ovary L of 2-celled, with 1 pendulous ovule in each cell. 
