CONSPECTUS .OF THE FAMILIES CONTAINED IN 

 THIS VOLUME 



DICOTYLEDONS 



Stems with open bundles. Leaves mostly net-veined. Floral 

 parts generally in fours or fives. Embryo normally with two 

 cotyledons. 



Families PIPER ACE^ to CONNABACEM 



• Fam. 1. PiperaeesB. Fls. hermaphrodite, without a 'perianth, 

 minute, in fleshy spihes, more or less covered by bracts. Herbs 

 or shrubs. Leaves alternate, opposite or whorled, without 

 stipules. (Page 1.) 



Fam. 2. ChloranthaeesB. Fls. monoecious or dioecious, 

 minute, not covered by bracts ; male fl. without a perianth, in 

 spikes ; female fl. with inconspicuous perianth, in panicles. 

 Aromatic shrubs. Leaves opposite; stipules united into a sheath 

 enclosing the stem. (Page 27.) 



Fam. 3. LacistemacesB. Fls. hermaphrodite, with perianth. of 

 distinct unequal segments more or less covered hy imbricated 

 bracts, minute, in spikes. Small trees. Leaves alternate, 

 distichous, without stipules. (Page 29.) 



[Fam. 3a. SallcacesB. Fls. dicecious, small, mj/Mou< a pmanfA, 

 in catJcins, more or less covered by bracts. Seeds icoolly. Trees. 

 Leaves alternate ; stipules free.] (Page 30.) 



Fam. 4. Myrieacese. Fls. unisexual, minute, without a 

 perianth, in spikes, more or less covered by bracts. Small trees 

 or shrubs, generally aromatic. Leaves alternate, without 

 stipules. Fruit waxy outside. (Page 31.) 



Fam. 5. Juglandacese. Fls. monoecious, small; perianth 

 calycine, epigynous ; male fls. in catkins ; female fls. in erect 

 terminal spikes. Trees. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate, with- 

 out stipules, aromatic. Fruit walnut-like. (Page 33.) 



Fam. 6. Batidacese. Fls. dioecious, minute, in strobiles ; 

 male fls. : scales free, imbricate in 4 rows, perianth cup-shaped ; 

 female fls. : scales in alternating pairs ; perianth wanting. Mari- 

 time shrub. Leaves opposite, fleshy, semiterete. Ovaries united 

 to form a fleshy compound fruit. (Page 34.) 



