CONSPECTUS OF THE ORDERS CONTAINED IN 

 THE SIXTH VOLUME.— SECTION 1. 



CLASS L— DICOTYLEDONES. 



SUBCLASS III.— MONOCHLAMYDE^. 



Series Z. — Curvembryeee. Seed with usually floury albumen; embryo 

 curved, lateral or peripheral, more rarely nearly straight^ subcentral. Ovule 

 usually solitary and erect, rarely several. Flowers hermaphrodite, rarely unisexual 

 or polygamous. Petals usually absent. Stamens as many as the periaath'Segments 

 or fewer, rarely more. Leaves usually entire. 



CIV. Nyotaghnejs. Base of the perianth persistent, enclosing and often 

 adhering to the fruit. Stamens hypogynous. Carpel solitary ; style simple. Seed 

 with inferior radicle. Herbs, shrubs or trees. 



CV. Illecebeace^. Perianth persistent, herbaceous or with scarious margins. 

 Stamens perigynous. Ovary 1-celled; style-arms 2-3 or styles 2-3. Herbs, rarely 

 small shrubs. Leaves usually opposite ; stipules scarious, 



CVI. Amarantaceje. Perianth dry, not herbaceous, subtended by a bract and 

 2 braeteoles. Stamens hypogynous or perigynous ; filaments united at the base and 

 often with alternating teeth. Ovary 1-celled; style simple or 2-3-fid. Fruit a 

 membranous utricle (rarely a berry), breaking irregularly or circumscissile. Herbs 

 or undershrubs. Leaves opposite or alternate, exstipulate. 



CVIL Chenopodiace^. Perianth membranous or herbaceous. Stamens 

 hypogynous or perigynous ; filaments usually free. Ovary 1-celled, 1-ovuled ; style 

 simple or 2-3-lobed, or styles 2-5, distinct. Utricle included in the persistent 

 perianth, indehiscent, sometimes subbaccate. Herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate, 

 exstipulate. 



CVIIL PHYTOLACCACEiE. Perianth herbaceous or coriaceous, rarely membranous, 

 persistent or deciduous. Stamens hypogynous; filaments sometimes connate at tho 



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