xvi SYNOPSIS OF THE NATURAL ORDERS. 



DIVISION III. Apet'alse or Incomple tse. 



Corolla and often calyx absent. (For other apetalous genera see the 

 exceptions to the Polypetalcc and Monopetalce. 

 1. Corolla alone absent (Monochlam'ydece). Flowers 1 -2-sexual, not in 



cones or catkins, except in the female of 71 CANNABINE^;. See also 



74 CUPULIFEKJE. 

 * Ovary superior, 1-celled (1-celled in Ulmus), usually 1-ovuled ; sliymas 2-3. 



60. POLYGONE^E. Flowers usually 2-sexual. Sepals 3-6, green or 

 coloured, imbricate in bud. Stamens 5-8, perigynous or hypogynous. 

 Fruit usually enclosed in 2 or 3 enlarged sepals. Albumen floury ; unbrro 

 curved. Herbs ; leaves alternate ; stipules sheathing ; flowers small. 

 (p. 307.) 



61. AMARANTHACE*:. Flowers 1 -sexual. Sepals 3-5, subscarious, imbri- 

 cate in bud. Stamens 1 opposite each sepal. Utricle 1 -seeded, indehiscent. 

 Albumen floury ; embryo curved. Herbs ; .leaves usually alternate ux- 

 stipulate ; flowers inconspicuous, green, (p. 314.) 



62. CHEXOPODIACE.E. Flowers 1-2-sexual. Calyx 3-5-lobed, herbaceous, 

 imbricate in bud, persistent round the fruit. Stamens 1-5, opposite 

 the sepals. Utricle 1 -seeded, indehiscent. Albumen floury ; embryo 

 curved. Herbs ; leaves opposite or alternate, exstipulate, or stems leafless 

 and jointed ; flowers green, inconspicuous, (p. 314.) 



70. URTICEJE. Flowers 1-scxual. Male: Calyx 4-5-partite. Stamens as 

 many as and opposite the sepals. Female : Calyx tubular or 3-5-deft. 

 Style simple or ; ovule erect. Albumen fleshy ; embryo straight. II. <rl>s 

 or shrubs ; bark tenacious ; leaves stipulate or not. (p. 331.) 



71. CANNABINE.E. Flowers l-sexiisi\.Male panicled, with 5 sepals 

 and 5 stamens adiiate to their bases. ^Female fl. in cones. Sepal 1, bract- 

 like. Styles 2, subulate. Albumen ; embryo curved. Bitter herbs ; 

 leaves stipulate, (p. 333. ) 



72. ULMACE^L Flov-ers 2-sexual, fascicled. Calyx 4-8-fid, imbricate in 

 bud. Stamens as many. Ovary 2-celled ; styles 2, subulate ; ovule 

 pendulous. Fruit a samara. Trees ; leaves distichous, oblique, stipules 

 caducous, (p. 333.) 



** Ovary superior, 1-celled, l-ovuled ; style short or slender, stigma entire. 



63. THYMELE/E. Calyx tubular ; lobes 4-5, imbricate in bud. Stamens 

 definite, inserted in the tube. Ovule pendulous. Albumen or scanty; 

 embryo straight. Shrubs ; leaves quite entire, exstipulate ; bark 

 tenacious; flowers conspicuous, sweet-scented, (p. 322.) 



64. ELvEAGXE^. Calyx, in male fl. 3-4-sepalous ; in female or 2-sexual 

 fl. tubular. Stamens 4-8 at the base of the sepals in the male fl. Ovule 

 erect. Albumen or scanty ; embryo straight Shrubs with lepidnt.: 

 scales; leaves quite entire, exstipulate; flowers inconspicuous, (p. 323.) 



*** Ovary inferior, 1- or more-celled. 



65. LORANTHACE.S. Calyx 4-cleft, valvate in bud. Stamens one adnalc 

 to each calyx-lobe. Ovary 1-celled ; ovule 1, erect. Parasitic shrubs ; 

 leaves quite entire, exstipulate ; flowers inconspicuous, (p. 323.) 



