Hi SYNOPSIS OP GENERA. 



adnate to the filaments. FERTILE FL. Stig. 3. Ber. globose. 

 3-celled. Smilaceot, p. 356. 



DIOSCOREA. Perianth 6-parted. FERTILE FL. Styles 3. Caps. 3- 

 celled, triangular, compressed ; cells 2-seeded. Seeds with membrana- 

 ceous margins. Dioscorea, p. 355. 



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

 arising from the tube of the calyx. Style short. Stig. pubescent. Le- 

 gume compressed, 1 or many-s,eeded. Seeds compressed. Legumina- 

 ,, p. 93. 



OCTANDRIA. 



POPULUS. Amtni cylindrical ; scales lacerated. STERILE FL. Anlh. 

 8 30, arising from a turbinate, oblique, entire, single perianth. FER- 

 TILE FL. Per. turbinate. Stig. 4. Caps. superior, 2-celled, 2 valved. 

 many-seeded. Seeds woolly. Jlmenlacc<x % p. 322. 



DIOSPYROS. Calyx 4 6 cleft. Cor. urceolate, 46 cleft. STERILE 

 FL. Stain. 8 16 ; f.1. often producing 2 anthers. FERTILE FL. like 

 the sterile. Stig. 45. Ber. 812 seeded. Ebenaceu, p. 229. 



SHEPHKRDIA. STERILE FL. Perianth 4-cleft. Slam. 8, included, 

 alternating with 8 glands. FERTILE FL. Per. 4-cleft, bell-form, supe- 

 rior. Style 1. Sltg. oblique. Ber. 1-seeded. Eluagnece, p. 306. 



E.VNEANDRIA. 



UDORA. Spathe bifid. Perianth 6-parted ; 3 inner segments pet- 

 aloid. STERILE FL. Slam. 9, 3 of them interior. FERTILE FL. Tube 

 of the perianth very long. Sterile fil. 3. Caps bladder-like, about 3- 

 seeded. Seeds cylindric. Ilydroc/mriJta:. p. 342. 



DECAIO>RIA. 



GYMNOCLADUS. Cal. tubular, 5-cleft. Cor. 5-petalled. Legume ob- 

 long, thick, pulpy within. Leguminosce, p. 93. 



POLYANDRIA. 



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

 RILE FL. Stam. 16 20. FERTILE FL. Ovaries 2 4. Drupe berried, 

 roundish-reniform, 1-seeded. JMenispermacece, p. 16. 



MO-VADELPHIA. 



JIWIPERUS. STERILB FL. Amtnt ovate ; scales whorled and peltate. 

 Jlnth. 4 8, 1 celled. FERTILE FL. Amtnl globose ; scales 3, coadu- 

 jiate. Slig. gaping. Ber. with 3 bony 1-seeded nuts, surrounded 

 with the united and fleshy scales. Com/era, p. 337. 



TA*US. Fl. surrounded with numerous scales. STERILE FL. Stam. 

 8 10. jlnlk. peltate. FERTILE FL. Style none. Slig. concave. Drupe 

 fleshy, open at the extremity. JVuf 1 seeded. Coniferce, p. 341. 



CBYPTOGAMIA. 



FlLICES. 



OBS. This order forms the Filicoidece, or Fern-like plants, p. 445, 



