CONSPECTUS OF FAMILIES XIX 



Fam. 23. Nymphseaeese. Fls. showy, hermaphrodite, solitary 

 on scapes ; sepals usually 4 ; petals and stamens numerous. 

 Fresh-water herhs with peltate leaves. (Page 182.) 



Fam. 24. CeratophyllaeeSB. Fls. mimt<e,moncecious, solitary ; 

 perianth calycine. Fresh-water submerged herhs. Leaves with 

 linear divisions, whorled. (Page 186.) 



Fam. 25. RanuneulaeesB. Fls. hermaphrodite or polygamo- 

 dicecious, of moderate size, in simple or branched inflorescences ; 

 perianth petaloid, or calyx and corolla ; stamens numerous ; ovaries 

 numerous, distinct. Herbs or shrubby climbers. Leaves divided 

 or compound, without stipules. Fruit a head of achenes. (Page 187.) 



Fam. 26. MenispermaeesB. Fls. dioecious, minute, paniculate 

 or racemose ; sepals 6 (in 2 series), or 4, or only one in female fl. 

 of Cissampelos ; petals distinct or united into a short cup, or 

 only one in female fl. of Cissampelos ; stamens 6 free, or 4 united ; 

 ovaries 3 distinct, or 1. Climbing shrubs or trees. Leaves 

 alternate, without stipules, entire. Fruit drupaceous. (Page 190.) 



Fam. 27. Annonaeese. Fls. hermaphrodite, small or of 

 moderate size, solitary or clustered ; sepals 3 ; petals 6 in 2 series 

 (inner series sometimes minute or wanting) ; stamens numerous with 

 the connective produced. Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, entire, 

 without stipules. Carpels free or united into a single large fruit. 

 Endosperm ruminate. (Page 194.) 



Fam. 28. LauraeesB. Fls. hermaphrodite or dioecious in 

 some species of Ocotea, small, generally paniculate ; perianth 

 inferior, calycine; anthers with 4 or 2 cells opening hy valves. 

 Trees or shrubs or parasitic twining herbs (Cassytha). Leaves 

 alternate, without stipules. Fruit a l-seeded berry, with a cupule 

 formed of the enlarged and persistent perianth, or only the tube 

 persistent, or rarely without a cupule, the whole perianth being 

 deciduous (Hufelandia). (Page 203.) 



Fam. 29. Hernandiaeese. Fls. monoecious, corymbose or 

 paniculate, small ; perianth superior, petaloid ; anthers 2-celled, 

 opening hy valves ; female fl. surrounded at the base hy a cupular 

 involucel, lohich increases and completely envelops tJie fruit. Trees. 

 Leaves alternate, without stipules. (Page 219.) 



Fam. 30. Papavepacese. Fls. hermaphrodite, large, showy 

 and solitary, or small in large panicles ; sepals 2 or 3 ; petals 

 hypogynous or wanting ; stamens numerous, hypogynous. Herbs 

 or shrubs, with coloured juice. Leaves alternate, lobed, without 

 stipules. Fruit a capsule. (Page 221.) 



