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Cohort X. LAMIALES. Corolla most often irregular or oblique. Posterior 

 stamen less than the others, most frequently reduced 4o a staminode or absent. 

 Carpels 1-ovuled or with 2 collateral ovules. Fruit enclosed in the persistent 

 calyx, indehiscent, and with one seed, or dehiscing into 2 or 4, rarely oo, 

 1-seeded nuts. 



Order 123. Myoporineaa. I Order 125. Verbenaceaa. 



124. Selagineaa. 120. Labiateaa. 



Anomalous Order 127. Plantagineae. 



III. MONOCHLAMYDE-flB. 



Perianth simple, lobes or segments 1-2-seriate and often sepaloid, or small, 

 or wanting. 



Series I. Curvembryeae. Endosperm frequently farinaceous. Embryo 

 curved, excentric, lateral or peripheral, rarely straight. Ovules most frequently 

 1 in the ovary, or 1 in each loculus. Flowers $ , in some genera unisexual or 

 polygamous. Petals very rare. Stamens equal to the segments of the peri- 

 anth, rarely fewer or more. 



Order 128. Nyctagineaa. 

 ,, 129. Illecebraceaa. 

 130. Amarantaceaa. 



Order 132. Phytolaccaceaa. 

 133. Batideae. 

 134. Polygonaceaa. 



131. Chenopodiaceaa. 



Series II. Multiovulatse Aquaticse. Aquatic herbs, submerged. Ovary 

 syncarpous ; ovules numerous in each loculus or on each placenta. 



Order 135. Podostemaceae. 



Series III. Multiovulatse Terrestres. Terrestrial trees or shrubs. Ovary 

 syncarpous ; ovules numerous in each loculus or on each placenta. 



Order 136. Nepenthaceaa. I Order 138. Aristolochiaceae. 



137. Cytinaceae. 



Series IV. Micrembryeae. Ovary syncarpous, monocarpous, or apocarpous. 

 Ovules generally solitary in each carpel, rarely 2 or few. Endosperm copious, 

 fleshy, or rarely farinaceous. Embryo very minute. 



Order 139. Piperaceae. 



140. Chlorantbaceae. 



Order 141. Myristiceae. 

 142. Monimiaceaa. 



Series V. Daphnales. Ovary monocarpous, very rarely syncarpous, with 

 2-4 loculi ; ovules in the ovary or in each loculus, solitary, or in pairs. Trees 

 or shrubs, very rarely herbs ; flowers generally . Perianth perfect, sepaloid, 

 1-2 seriate. Stamens perigynous, equal to the lobes of the perianth, or double 

 unless fewer. 



Order 143. Laurineae. 

 144. Proteaceaa. 



Order 146. Penaaceaa. 

 ,, 147. Elaaaguaceaa. 



,, 145. Thymelaaaceae. 



Series VI. Achlamydosporeae. Ovary unilocular, 1-3 ovu'es. Ovules 

 most frequently poorly developed before flowering. Seeds endospermous, 



