DICECIA. lv r 



A curious herbaceous plant with large glossy leaves, 

 from among which rises a sheath containing a solid 

 crimson column, bearing a ring of stamens about the 

 middle, and a row of -pistils beneath. CUCKOO-PINT 

 TRIBE. P. 639. 



23. QUERCUS. 24. FAGUS. 25. CASTANEA. 26. B- 

 TULA. 27. CARP!NUS. 28. CORYLUS. Barren flowers 

 in a catkin or loose spike. Trees, the fruit of which is 

 a nut, wholly or in part enclosed in a tough case, with 

 the exception of BETULA, the small nut of which is 

 winged. CATKIN-BEARING TRIBE. P. 565. 



ORDER VII. MOKADELPHIA. Stamens united 

 in 1 set. 



1. PINUS. Trees with resinous wood, and linear, often 

 rigid leaves, and bearing their fruit in cones. FIR- 

 TRIBE. P. 574. 



CLASS XXII. DICECIA. Stamens and Pistils in 

 separate flowers and on different plants. 



ORDER I. DIAKDBIA. 2 Stamens. 



1. SALIX. Inflorescence in catkins, the scales of which 

 contain each a single flower ; stigmas 2 ; seeds cottony. 

 Trees or shrubs with long, flexible branches and 

 simple leaves. CATKIN-BEARING TRIBE. P. 565. 



ORDER II. TBIANDBIA. 3 Stamens. 



2. EMPETRUM. Perianth of several scales ; filaments 

 very long ; stigma 1, rayed. A small shrub with heath- 

 like leaves, small flowers, and black berries. CROW- 

 BERRY TRIBE. P. 549. 



3. Buscus. Flowers solitary, from the centre of the 

 leaf ; sepals 6 ; petals 0. A low shrub with green 

 branches, stout leaves each of which terminates in a 

 thorn, small green flowers, and scarlet berries. LILY 

 TRIBE. P. 607. 



