APPENDIX. 1053 
Division III. INCOMPLETA. 
Flowers with a single floral envelope (the calyx), or both calyx 
and corolla wanting. 
* Flowers usually hermaphrodite. Perianth regular. Ovary 
superior, syncarpous, I-celled ; ovule generally solitary. Embryo 
cowled or curved ; albumen farinaceous. 
LXI. Nyctaginez. Base of the perianth persistent, enclosing 
the fruit. Stamens hypogynous. Style single, undivided. Ovule 
basilar, erect.—Shrubs, trees, or herbs; leaves usually opposite, 
exstipulate. (p. 573.) 
LXII. Illecebraceze. Perianth 4—5-partite, herbaceous or coria- 
ceous. Stamens perigynous. Styles 2-3. Fruit an indehiscent 
1-seeded utricle.—Herbs ; leaves opposite, connected by a raised 
line, exstipulate in the single New Zealand genus. (p. 575.) 
LXIII. Amarantacez. Perianth 4—5-partite, dry and scarious. 
‘Stamens hypogynous or perigynous. Style usually simple. Fruit 
an indehiscent 1-seeded utricle.—Herbs ; leaves alternate or oppo- 
‘site, exStipulate. (p. 576.) 
LXIV. Chenopodiacez. Perianth usually 4-5-partite, herba- 
ceous. Stamens perigynous. Styles 2-3. Ovule basilar, amphi- 
tropous, horizontal or erect.—Herbs or undershrubs, often succu- 
lent or mealy-tomentose ; leaves alternate or opposite, exstipulate. 
(p. 577.) 
LXY. Polygonacee. Perianth 3-5-partite, green or coloured. 
Stamens perigynous. Styles 2-3. Ovule erect, basilar, ortho- 
tropous.— Herbs or shrubs; leaves alternate; stipules scarious, 
forming a tubular sheath round the branch. (p. 587.) 
** Flowers generally unisexwal, in spikes or catkins. Pert- 
anth rudimentary or wanting. Ovary superior or rarely in- 
ferwor, I-celled and 1-ovuled. Hmbryo very small; albwmen 
copious. 
LXYVI. Piperaceze. Flowers minute; perianth wanting. Sta- 
mens 2-6, hypogynous. Ovary superior ; ovule erect, orthotropous. 
Fruit a berry.—Herbs, shrubs, or trees; leaves alternate or oppo- 
site. (p. 594.) 
LXVII. Chloranthacee. Flowers minute; perianth rudiment- 
ary. Stamens 1-3. Ovary inferior; ovule orthotropous, pendu- 
lous from the apex of the cell.—Shrubs or small trees; leaves 
opposite. (p. 597.) 
