MONCECIA. 



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MONCECIA. 



receptacle naked. Female : calix of many leaves, single- 

 flowered ; corolla none; styles four; drupe dry, bristly, 

 of four cells. 



SCHISANDRA Calix nine-leaved, disposed in three series; 

 corolla none ; anthers subsessile, covering at the points ; 

 berry single-seeded, inserted upon an elongated filiform 

 receptacle. 



6. HEXANDRIA (Male Flowers with Six Stamens.) 



ZIZANIA, Wild Rice Male : calix none; corolla of two un- 

 equal closed valves, the outermost largest, revolute at the 

 edges, with a terminal awn ; styles two, divaricated ; seed 

 solitary, enclosed in the plaited corolla, but unconnected 

 with it. 



PHARUS, Wild Jamaica Oat Calix glume two-valved, one- 

 flowered. Male : corolla glume two-valved. Female : 

 corolla glume one-valved, long, involving; seed one. 



BACTRIS Male : calix three-parted ; corolla one-petallcd, 

 three-cleft ; stamens six. Female : calix one-leafed, three- 

 toothed ; stigma obscurely three-cleft; drupe coriaceous. 



Coccos Male : calix three-parted ; corolla three-petalled ; 

 stigmas three ; drupe coriaceous. 



ELATE Common spathe of two valves; common spadix 

 branched. Male: calix three-toothed; petals three; an- 

 thers sessile. Female : calix three-toothed ; petals three ; 

 stigmas three; drupe with one nut. 



EPIBATERIUM Male: calix double, the outer of six, the 

 inner of three leaves; petals six, in two series; stamens 

 six. Female: calix and corolla as in the male; styles 

 three; drupes three, globular, pointed; nuts solitary, 

 kidney-shaped. 



GUETTARDA Calix superior, cylindrical, slightly toothed ; 

 corolla of one petal, Tunnel-shaped ; anthers in the mouth of 

 the tube; drupe dry; nut with several seeds. Schreber. 



POMETIA Calix one-leafed, six-cleft; petals six. Male: 

 stamens six. Female : berry globular, with one seed in 

 the centre. 



7. ENNEANDRIA (Male Flowers with Nine Stamens.) 



ARECA, Cabbage Tree Corolla three-petalled. Male: nine 

 stamens. Female : a drupe, with an imbricate calix. 



8. POLYANDRIA (Male Flowers with many Stamens.) 



CERATOPHYLLUM, Hornwort Male : calix many-parted ; 

 corolla none; stamens sixteen to twenty. Female: calix 

 many-parted; corolla none; pistil one; style none; seed 

 one, naked. 



THELYGONUM, Dog's Mercury Male: calix bifid; corolla 

 none; stamens commonly twelve. Female: calix lateral, 

 two-leaved; corolla none; style one ; capsule coriaceous, 

 one-celled, one-seeded. 



JUGLANS, Walnut Tree Male: calix one-leafed, scale- 

 form ; corolla six-parted ; filaments eighteen. Female : 

 calix four-cltft, superior; corolla four-parted; styles two; 

 drupe with a grooved nucleus. 



FAGUS, Chestnut and Beech Trees Male : calix bell-shaped, 

 five-cleft; corolla none; stamens five to twenty. Female: 

 calix four-cleft; corolla none; styles in three or six deep 

 divisions; nuts two or three; invested with the leathery 

 prickly calix. 



CAUPINUS, Hornbeam Calix one-leafed, with a ciliate scar; 

 corolla none. Male : stamens twenty. Female : germens 

 two, with two styles on each ; nut ovate. 



CORYLUS, Hazel-nut Tree Male : calix one-leafed, three- 

 cleft, scale-form, one-flowered ; corolla none ; stamens 

 eight. Female: calix two-leaved, lacerated ; styles two; 

 nut ovate. 



QUERCUS, Cork and Oak Trees Calix commonly five-cleft ; 

 corolla none ; stamens five to ten. Female : calix one- 

 leafed, quite entire, rugged; corolla none; style one; 

 stigmas two to five; seed one, ovate. 



MYRIOPHYLLUM, Water Milfoil Calix four-leaved ; corolla 

 none, (or, according to Geertner, two-petalled.) Male : 

 stamens eight. Female: pistils four; style none; seeds 

 four, naked ; (Gsertner says, stigmas two or four, sessile ; 

 nuts two or four, corticated. 



PLATANUS, Plane Tree Male: calix, anient globular; 

 corolla scarcely apparent; anthers growing round the fila- 

 ment. Female: calix, ament globular; corolla many- 

 petalled ; stigma recurved; seeds roundish, ruucronate 

 with the style, pappose at the base. 



LIQUIDAMBER, Sweet Gum Male : calix, common four- 

 leaved ; corolla none ; filaments numerous. Female : calix 

 in a globe, four-leaved ; corolla none ; styles two ; cap- 

 sules many in a globe, two-valved, many-seeded. 



POTERIUM, Burnet Male: calix four-leaved ; corolla four- 

 parted ; stamens thirty to forty. Female : calix four- 

 leaved ; corolla wheel-shaped, four-parted ; pistils two ; 

 berry formed of the hardened tube of the corolla. 



SAGITTARIA, Arrowhead Male: calix three-leaved; corolla 

 three-petalled ; filaments commonly twenty-four. Female : 

 calix three-leaved; petals three; pistils many; capsules 

 numerous, inflated, single-seeded. 



BEGONIA Male: calix none; corolla many-petalled ; sta- 

 mens numerous. Female : calix none ; corolla many- 

 petalled, superior; capsule winged, many-seeded. 



ACIDOTON Male: calix five-leaved; corolla none; stamens 

 fixed to a globular receptacle. Female : calix six-leaved ; 

 corolla none ; style trifid ; capsule three-grained. 



CALADIUM Anthers peltate, many-celled, collected into a 

 spike at the summit of the spadix ; germs inserted at the 

 base of the spadix ; style none ; stigma umbilicate ; berry 

 one-celled, many-seeded. 



CARYA, Hickory Male : ament imbricated ; calix, three- 

 parted scales ; corolla none ; stamens four to six. Female : 

 calix four-cleft, superior; corolla none; styles none; 

 stigma partly discoid, four-lobed ; pericarp four-valved; 

 nut subquadrangular, even. (A species of Juglans.) 



CARYOTA Male: calix common ; corolla tripartite; stamens 

 very many. Female : calix as in the male ; corolla tri- 

 partite; pistil one ; berry dispermous. 



HEDYOSMUM Male: ament covered with anthers; no peri- 

 anth, corolla, or filaments. Female : calix three-toothed ; 

 corolla none ; style one, three-cornered ; berry three- 

 cornered, one-seeded. 



MABEA Male: calix one-leafed, five-toothed; corolla none; 

 filaments nine to twelve, inserted into the bottom of the 

 calix. Female: stigmas three, revolute; capsule covered 

 with a thick bark, three-celled, three-seeded. 



OSTRYA, Hop Hornbeam Tree Ament imbricated. Male : 

 calix consisting of scales ; filament of the stamens ramose. 

 Female: ament naked; capsules inflated, imbricated at 

 the base, one-seeded. 



PARIAN A Male flowers in whorls, forming spikes; calix 

 two-valved ; corolla two-valved, larger than the calix ; 

 filaments forty. Female : flowers solitary, in each whorl ; 

 calix two-valved ; corolla two-valved, less than the calix ; 

 stigmas two; seeds three-cornered, enclosed. 



SALISBURNIA Male: aments naked; anthers incumbent, 



