MONQECIA. llii 



base of each. SEDGE TRIBE. Not described in this 

 work. (See Miss Pratt' s "Grasses and Sedges.") 



ORDER III. TEIANDKIA. 3 Stamens. 



9. TYPHA. Inflorescence in a large terminal spike, 

 the upper part of which contains stamens only, the lower 

 pistils only. 10. SPARGANIUM. Inflorescence in globular 

 heads, of which the upper ones contain stamens only, 

 the lower pistils only. Aquatic plants with linear 

 leaves growing on the margins of rivers and ponds. 

 EEED-MACE TRIBE. P. 635. 



* Many of the SEDGE TRIBE belong to this order ; 

 their inflorescence is in terminal spikes, formed of chafTy 

 scales or glumes, with a flower at the base of each. Not 

 described in this work. (See Miss Pratt 7 s " Grasses and 

 Sedges.") 



ORDER IV. TETKANDKIA. 4 Stamens. 



11. LITTORELLA. Barren flower : sepals 4 ; petals 4 ; 

 stamens very long. Fertile flower : ovary 1 -seeded ; 

 style very long. An herbaceous marsh plant with 

 fleshy, linear leaves, a stalked, barren flower, and sessile, 

 fertile flowers. PLANTAIN TRIBE. P 524. 



12. ALNUS. Flowers in catkins, the scales of which 

 are 3-cleft. JL tree with smooth jagged leaves and 

 numerous small catkins. CATKIN-BEARING TRIBE. 

 . 565. 



1 3. MYRICA. Flowers in catkins, the scales of which 

 are _entire. A shrub, growing in boggy ground, well- 

 distinguished by its resinous, aromatic catkins, which 

 appear before the leaves. CATKIN-BEARING TRIBE. 

 P. 565. 



14. Buxus. Sepals 4 ; styles 3 ; capsule with 3 

 beaks. A hard- wooded shrub, or small tree, with ever- 

 green leaves and green axillary flowers. SPURGE TRIBE. 

 P. 549. 



