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ORDER V. HEXANDRIA. 6 Stamens. 



SMILAX. Penanth campanulate, spreading, of 6 leaves in a double 

 series, somewhat petaloid. STERILE FL. Filaments short. FERTILE FL. 

 Stigmas 3, thick. Berry 3- (or by abortion 1 2-) celled. Smtiacea, 

 p. 356. 



DIOSCOREA. Perianth 6-parted. STERILE FL. Stamens 6, 3 sometimes 

 barren. FERTILE FL. Styles distinct nearly to the base. Capsule 3- 

 celled, triangular ; the angles winged. Dioscoreatete, p. 356. 



GLEDITSCHIA. Sepals 3 4 5, equal. Petals as many as the sepals, 

 arising from the tube of the calyx. Style short. Stigma pubescent above. 

 Legume compressed, 1 many-seeded. Leguminosce, p. 88. 



ORDER VI. OCTANDRIA. 8 Stamens. 



POPOLUS. Ament cylindric ; scales lacerately fringed at the summit. 

 STERILE FL. Anthers 8 30, arising from a turbinate oblique entire sin- 

 gle perianth. FERTILE FL. Perianth turbinate, entire. Stigmas 4. Cap- 

 sule superior, 2-celled, 2-valved, many-seeded. Seeds comose. Saticacecz. 

 p. 322. 



DIOSPYROS. Calyx 4 6-cleft. Corolla urceolate, 4 6-cleft. STERILE 

 FL. 8 16, often producing 2 anthers. FERTILE FL. Stamens about 8, 

 abortive. Style divided. Stigmas simple or 2-cleft. Fruit globose or 

 ovoid, 4 8-celled. Ebenacece, p. 227. 



SHEPHERDIA. STERLE FL. Perianth 4-parted. Stamens 8, included, 

 alternating with 8 glands. FERTILE FL. Perianth 4-cleft, campanulate, 

 superior. Stamens none. Style 1. Stigma oblique. Berry 1-seeded. 

 Elczagnacece, p. 306. 



ORDER VII. ENNEANDRIA. 9 Stamens. 



UDORA. Spathe bifid, 1-flowered. Perianth 6-parted, petaloid. STERILE 

 FL. Stamens 9, 3 of them inferior. PERFECT FL. Tube of the perianth 

 very long and slender. Stamens 3 6. Stigmas 3, large and spreading, 

 2-lobed. Fruit coriaceous, few-seeded. Hydrocharida^ece, p. 342. 



ORDER VIII. DECANDRIA. 10 Stamens. 



GYMNOCLADUS. Calyx tubular, 5-cleft. Petals 5, equal, oblong, exserted 

 from the tube. Legume oblong, very large and thick, pulpy inside. Legu- 

 minosce, p. 89. 



ORDER IX. POLY ANDRIA. Many Stamens. 



MENISPERMUM. Sepals and petals arranged in fours, 2- or 3-rowed. 

 STERILE FL. Stamens 1220. FERTILE FL. Ovaries 1 4. Drupe 

 berried, roundish-reniform. with a single lunate nut or seed. Menisperma- 

 ce<z, p. 16. 



ORDER X. MONADELPHIA. Stamens united. 



JUNIPERUS. STERILE FL. Ament ovoid-oblong, very small ; scales verti- 

 cillate, peltate. Anther-cells 36. FERTILE FL. Ament ovoid; scales 

 few, concave, united at base, becoming a fleshy tuberculate berry, and en- 

 closing 1 3 crastaceous seeds. Conifers, p. 338. 



