ANTHOPHYTA 357 
Family 9. Taxaceae. Yews. Microsporophyll with 
3 to 5 sporangia; megasporophyll 
solitary; seeds 1 or 2, erect.—Taxus, 
Torreya. 
Phylum XIV. ANTHOPHYTA. The Flowering Plants 
Minute gametophytes developed in seeds enclosed in carpels 
in flowers, produced by the large, leafy-stemmed and 
rooted sporophytes; sperms not motile 
(Sp. about 132,500.) 
Class 32. MONOCOTYLEDONEAE. Monocotyledons: 
Leaves of sporophyte alternate, from 
the first, usually parallel veined; 
fibrovascular bundles of stem scat- 
tered. (Sp. about 23,700.) 
Sub-Class MONOCOTYLEDONEAE-HYPOGYNAE. Peri- 
anth and stamens arising below the 
carpels (carpels superior). 
Order ALIsMATALES. Carpels separate, superior to all other 
parts of the flower. ; 
Family 1. Alismataceae. Water Plantains. Large- 
leaved herbs with rather large flowers 
having calyx and corolla of 3 leaves 
each.—Alisma, Sagittaria. . 
Family 2. Butomaceae;3, Triuridaceae; 4, Scheuch- 
zeriaceae. 
Family 5. Typhaceae. Cat-tails. Tall herbs with 
linear, sheathing leaves and cylin- 
drical-crowded flowers.—Typha. 
Family 6. Sparganiaceae; 7, Pandanaceae; 8, Apon- 
ogetonaceae. 
Family 9. Potamogetonaceae. River-weeds. Most- 
ly aquatic herbs with reduced small 
flowers.—Potamogeton, Zostera, Zan- 
nichellia, . 
Order Litiates. Carpels (usually 3) united forming a 
compound pistil, superior; perianth 
in two whorls (of 3 each), corolla-like. 
Family 10. Liliaceae. Lilies. _—‘Pistil, mostly 3- 
celled; stamens 6.—Lilium, Erythron- 
