Order 93. Nyctaginece. 263 



CONSPECTUS OF ORDEKS. 



93. NYCTAGINE-E. Leaves usually opposite entire, perianth 

 petaloid monopetalous, anthers twin. 



94. AMAEANTACE^. Leaves simple without stipules, flowers 



with conspicuous chaffy bracts, sepals and fruit dry. 



95. CHENOPODACE^. Mostly succulent herbs, often tinged 

 with red, leaves alternate without stipules. 



96. POLYGONACE.&. Leaves generally alternate with con- 

 spicuous sheathing stipules, sepals imbricated, nut hard. 



97. PODOSTEMONACE^;. Minute aquatic plants with very 

 imperfect fiowers. 



98. ARISTOLOCHIACE^. Leaves alternate without stipules, 



perianth superior, generally large and tubular. 



99. PIPERACE.E. Aromatic herbs or shrubs, flowers minute 



in a catkin-like spike, with a bract, but no perianth. 



100. MYRISTICE^. Trees, generally aromatic, leaves alternate 

 without stipules, perianth 3-lobed, fruit fleshy. 



101. LAURINE^;. Aromatic trees or shrubs, leaves gland- 



dotted without stipules, perianth usually 6-cleft. 



102. THYMELEACE^;. A shrub, leaves without stipules, 

 perianth coloured, regular, 4 or 5-lobed. 



103. ELEAGNACE^;. Flowers regular, perianth tubular, fruit 



enclosed in the tube. 



104. LORANTHACE^;. Parasitic shrubs, generally with com- 

 plete calyx and corolla, leaves generally thick and 

 fleshy, fruit a one-seeded berry or drupe. 



105. SANTALA.CE.E. Leaves without stipules, perianth more 

 or less tubular. 



106. EUPHOKBIACE^. Plants generally full of milky and 



acrid juice, flowers very various, often with conspicuous 

 involucre and glands. 



107. URTICACEJE. Leaves generally rough, flowers minute, 

 often crowded on a fleshy involucre. 



108. SALIOINE^. A tree, flowers in catkins. 



109. GNETACE^;. A large climber with male flowers consist- 

 ing of a single stamen, and females of a naked ovule, 

 in catkins. 



ORDER 93. NYCTAGINE^l. 



Leaves usually opposite quite entire, without stipules, one 

 of each pair being generally smaller than the other, perianth 



