CLASS XXI. ORDER XIIL qs 



ORDER III. TRIANDRIA. 



Ficus. Common receptacle fleshy enclosing the ape- 

 talous florets, either in the same or in a distinct individ- 

 ual. Staminate flowers calyx 3-parted. Pistillate flow- 

 ers calyx 5-parted : pistil 1, lateral : ceed i, coveretl 

 with the closed permanent somewhat fleshy calyx. 



* Carex. 



ORDER IV. TETRANDRIA. 



Myrica. Staminate flowers ament oblong : calyx an 

 ovate scale : corol 0. Pistillate flowers calyx and corol 

 like th staminate : styles 2 : drupe or berry 1 -seeded. 



OKDF.R V. PENTANDRIA. 



Spinada. Staminate flowers calyx 5-parted : corol 

 0. Pistillate flowers styles 4 : seed 1, within the indu- 

 rated calyx. 



Ilumulus. Staminate flowers calyx 5-leaved : corol 

 0. Pistillate flowers calyx 1-leafed, entire, oblique, 

 spreading : styles 2 : seed 1, within the leaf-like calyx: 

 inflorescence strobile-form. 



Cannabis. Staminate flowers calyx 5-parted. Pis- 

 tillate flowers calyx 5-leaved, entire, gaping laterally : 

 styles 2 : nut 2-valved, within the closed calyx. 



* Vitis. 



ORDER VI. HEXANDRIA. 



Lapathnm. Calyx 3-leaved : not marked with grains : 

 petals 3, converging : seed 1, 3-sided. (Distinguished 

 from rumcx, by always being dioecious,) 



Smilax. Staminate flowers calyx 5-leaved : corol 0. 

 Pistillate flowers calyx and corol like the staminate : 

 .styles 3 : berry S-celled : seeds 2, 



FROM ORDER VIII. OCTANDRIA, TO ORDER XIII. 



POLYANDRIA. 



fopulus. Staminate flowei s ament cylindric ; calyx a 

 torn scale : corol turbinafe, oblique, entire. Pistillate 

 flowers ament, calyx and corol like the staminate : stig- 

 ma 4 -cleft : capsule 2-cellcd : seed with *gret-like hairs. 



Menispermum. Staminate flowers calyx 2-leaved : pet- 

 als 4 or 6 outer and 8 inner : stamens 16. Pistillate flow- 

 ers corol like the staminate : 8 barren stamens : genus 

 .% or 3 : berries paired, 1 -seeded. 

 '* Thalictrum. Arum. 



