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Fam. 15. Chenopodiacese. Fls. hermaphrodite or monoecious, 

 small, in clusters which are sometimes in simple or branched 

 spikes ; perianth calycine, or sometimes wanting in female fls. 

 Herbs or shrubs, often with mealy hairs. Leaves alternate, 

 without stipules, sometimes reduced to scales. Fruit a utricle 

 enclosed in the perianth or at the base of the enlarged and hardened 

 bracts. (Page 122.) 



Fam. 16. Amarantacese. Fls. hermaphrodite or monoecious 

 or dioecious, small or minute, usually in terminal simple or 

 panicled spikes, cymes or clusters, each fl. with scarioiis bract 

 and bracteoles ; perianth scarious, persistent, sometimes wanting 

 in female fl. Herbs, rarely shrubs. Leaves opposite or alter- 

 nate, entire, without stipules. Fruit a utricle enclosed in, or 

 resting upon, the perianth, or enveloped by the bract and bracteoles. 

 (Page 126.) 



Fam. 17. NyetaginaeesB. Fls. hermaphrodite or unisexual 

 and dioecious, large or minute, in paniculate corymbs or rarely 

 umbellulate ; perianth cor olla-liJce, segments united, the basal portion 

 enclosing and adhering to the fruit, surrounded by a calyx-like 

 involucre in Mirabilis. Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves opposite 

 or partly alternate (in Pisonia), entire, without stipules. 

 (Page 145.) 



Fam. 18. Phytolaeeaeese. Fls. hermaphrodite, small, lohite, 

 in racemes ; perianth corolla-lihe, or rarely loith calyx and corolla. 

 Herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate, entire ; stipules wanting 

 or small. Fruit various. (Page 154.) 



Fam. 19. Ficoideacese. Fls, hermaphrodite, small, solitary 

 or in clusters or paniculate ; perianth calycine, persistent. Herbs. 

 Leaves opposite, alternate or spuriously whorled, entire. Fruit 

 a capsule. (Page 162,) 



Fam, 20. Poptulaeacese. Fls. hermaphrodite, small, solitary 

 or crowded at apex or paniculate or racemose ; sepals 2 ; petals 

 4-6, very deciduous. Herbs. Leaves alternate or subopposite, 

 entire ; stipules wanting, or scarious, minute or changed into 

 hairs. Fruit a capsule. (Page 168.) 



Fam 21. BasellaeesB. Fls. hermaphrodite, small, in spikes 

 or panicles ; sepals 2 ; corolla 5-partite. Herbs with twining 

 stems. Leaves alternate, entire, without stipules. Fruit a 

 utricle, enclosed in the perianth. (Page 172.) 



Fam, 22. CaryophyllaeesB. Fls. hermaphrodite, small or of 

 moderate size, in cymes ; sepals 5, persistent, in Silene united into 

 a 5-toothed tubular calyx ; petals 5 ; ovary l-celled with a central 

 placenta. Herbs with swollen nodes. Leaves opposite, entire; 

 stipules none, or small and scarious. Fruit a capsule. (Page 175.) 



