26 MANUAL OF BOTANY 



No division of the series of the Monochlam3'de8e or of the 

 Monocotyledons is made in ' Genera Plantarum ; ' but in the 

 English translation of Le Maout and Decaisne's ' Traite General 

 de Botanique,' which was edited by Sir J. D. Hooker, another 

 classification of them is adopted as follows : — 



Sub-Class 3. Monochlamyde^. 



Division 1. Ovary superior {Super cb). 

 Cohort 1. Chenopodiales. 



2. Laurales. 



3. Daphnales. 



4. Urticales. 



5. Amentales. 



6. Euphorbiales. 



7. Piperales. 



8. Nepenthales. 

 Division 2. Ovary inferior {Infer ce). 



Cohort 1. Asarales. 



2. Quernales. 



3. Santalales. 



Class 2. Monocotyledones. 



Division 1. Ovary inferior {Infer cb). 

 Cohort 1. Hydrales. 



2. Aniomales. 



3. Orchidales. 



4. Taccales. 



5. Narcissales. 



6. Dioscorales. 



Division 2. Ovary superior {Super ce). 



Sub-division 1. Ovary apocarpous {Apo€ar2:>ce). 

 Cohort 1. Triurales. 

 2. Potamales. 

 Sub-division 2. Ovary syncarpous {Syncai'pce). 

 Cohort 1. Palmales. 



2. Arales. 



3. Liliales. 



4. Pontederales. 



5. Commelynales. 



6. Piestiales. 



7. Glmnales. 



For full particulars in reference to this system, reference 

 should be made to Bentham and Hooker's ' Genera Plantarum,' 



