X CONSPECTUS OP THE ORDERS. 



Series iv. Calycinee. — Perianth calyx-like, small, rigid or herbaceous, the 

 inner rarely petaloid hut small. Ovary superior. Albumen copious. 



CXLV. Flagellaeie^. Flowers regular or subregular. Perianth subpetaloid 

 or scarious. Stamens 6. Ovary 3-celled; ovules solitary. Fruit succulent or 

 drupaceous. Embryo lenticular, outside the floury albumen. Robust herbs. 



CXLVI. JuNCACE-E. Flowers regular. Perianth glumaceous. Stamens 6, 

 rarely 3. Ovary 1-3-celled ; ovules solitary or more. Capsule 3-valved. Embryo 

 enclosed in the more or less fleshy albumen. Perennial herbs, rarely shrubs. 



CXLVII. Palm^. Flowers regular or subregular. Perianth coriaceous, fleshy 

 or membranous. Stamens 6 or more. Ovary 1- to many- (usually 3-) celled, 

 son;etimes of 3 distinct carpels; ovules solitary. Fruit baccate or drupaceous; 1- or 

 more celled. Embryo small, enclosed in a pit near the margin of the albumen. 

 Trees or shrubs with -pinnatisect or flabellate leaves. 



Series v. MTudlfloree. — Perianth none or reduced to scales or seta. Ovary 

 superior; carpels solitary or if many syncarpous, 1- to many-ovuled. Seeds 

 usually albuminous. 



* Flowers arranged on spadices. Trees, shrubs, or terrestrial herbs. 



CXLVIII. PANDANEiE. Flowers dioecious. Perianth none or rudimentary 

 Carpels 1-celled, solitary or more frequently collected into phalanges. Shrubs or 

 trees, erect or climbing. Leaves sessile, long ensiform, sheathing at the base, usually 

 spiny on the margins and underside of the midrib. Spadices fascicled or paniculate ; 

 bracts spathaceous. 



CXLIX. Ttphace^. Flowers monoecious, very rarely dioecious. Perianth of 

 3-6 membranous scales, or absent. Aquatic or marsh herbs with a creeping rhizome. 

 Leaves linear, entire, sheathing at the base. Spadices naked or with 1 leaf -like bract 

 at the base. 



CL. Aeoede^. Flowers hermaphrodite or monoecious, very rarely dioecious. 

 Perianth none, or of 3-9 free or connate membranous segments. Herbs or shrubs of 

 various habit. Leaves various. Spadices solitary; spntbes convolute, tubular or 

 open at the base. 



** Flowers solitary or in pairs in marginal cavities. Minute lenticular or 

 globose floating herbs. 



CLL Lbmitacb^.. Flowers very minute, enclosed in a membranous snathe 

 (perianth?). Stamens 1-2. Ovary l-celled. emoianous spathe 



series VI. Apocarpae.-P.rian^A l-2-seHate or none. Ovary superior- 

 carpels solitary, or if several distinct. Seeds exalbuminous . 



CLIL ALiSMACEiE. Flowers hermaphrodite, mon<Bcious or polygamous, verv 

 rarely dioecious. Perianth regular; segments 6, imbricate, biseriate, rarely uni^eriate 



