DICECIA. 



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DICECIA. 



HYPHYDRA Male: calix one-leafed, three-parted ; corolla 

 none; stamens six, inserted above the germen. Female: 

 calix and corolla none; style triangular, with three slig- 

 mns ; capsule one-celled, three-valved ; seed single. 



CLASS XXIX. DICSCIA. 



Consisting of such Plants as have barren, or Male Flowers, on 

 one individual, and fertile, or Female ones, on another of 

 the same species. 



1. MONANDRIA (Male Flowers with One Stamen.) 



PANDANUS, Screw Pine Calix and corolla none. Male : 

 anthers sessile ; inserted into the ramifications of the 

 spadix. Female: stigmas two; fruit compound. 



ASAIUNA Calix, ament filiform ; corolla none. Male: an- 

 thers worm-shaped. Female : style none ; stigma three- 

 lobed. 



BROSIMUM Male: ament globular, covered all round with 

 orbiculate peltate scales. Female: ament as in the male; 

 corolla none ; style bifid ; berry one-seeded. 



PHYLLACIIXE Male : calix three-leaved, superior ; corolla 

 funnel-form. Female: stigma four-cornered ; capsule in- 

 ferior, many-seeded. 



2. DIANDRIA (Male Flowers with Two Stamens.) 



VALLISNERIA Male: spathe two-parted; spadix covered 

 with flowers ; corolla three-parted. Female : spathe bifid, 

 one-flowered; perianth three-parted, superior ; corolla in 

 three deep linear segments; stigma three-parted ; capsule 

 one-celled, many-seeded. 



SALIX, Willow Male: calix, ament composed of scales; 

 corolla none ; nectary a melliferous gland. Female: style 

 bifid ; capsule one-celled, two-valved ; seed downy. 



CECROPIA, Trumpet Tree, or Snake-wood Male: spathe 

 caducous ; ament imbricate with turbinate scales, com- 

 pressed, quadrangular; corolla none. Female: as in the 

 male ; germen imbricate ; style one ; stigma lacerated ; 

 berry one-seeded. 



FRAXIXUS, Ash. See Polygamia D'uecia. 



BORYA Male : calix four-leaved ; corolla none ; stamens 

 two or" three. Female : stigma capitate ; berry one- 

 seeded. 



CERATIOLA Calix gemmaceous, imbricated; scales six to 

 eight; corolla none; stamens two, exserted ; stigmas un- 

 equal, four to six, two larger; berry two-seeded; seeds 

 osseous. 



CORIARIA Calix six-leaved; corolla five-petalled, very like 

 the calix. Male: anthers two-parted. Female: styles 

 five ; seeds covered with succulent berried petals. 



3. TRIANDRIA (Male Flowers with Three Stamens.) 



EMPETRUM, Crow Berries Calix deeply three-cleft ; petals 

 three ; stamens capillary, from three to nine. Female : 

 calix deeply three-cleft; petals three; stigmas nine; 

 berry superior, with three to nine seeds. 



OSYRIS, Poet's Cassia Male : calix trifid ; corolla none. 

 Female : stigma roundish ; drupe one-celled. 



CATURUS Essential Character not determined. There are 

 but two species, natives of the East Indies. 



EXCCECARIA Male : catkin naked ; perianth none ; corolla 

 none. Female: as in the male; styles three; capsule 

 three-lobed; seeds solitary. 



RESTIO Male : ament imbricated ; perianth four or six 

 leaved, shorter than the scales ; corolla none ; anthers 

 peltate. Female: ament and perianth as in the male; 

 stigmas two or three; capsule of two or three lobes, and 

 as many cells, bursting at the angles ; seeds solitary. 



MABA Male: calix trifid. Female: corolla trifid; drupe 

 superior, two-celled. 



BATIS Male: ament fourfold, imbricate; calix and corolla 

 none. Female : ament ovate ; involucre two-leaved ; calix 

 and corolla none ; stigma two-lobed, sessile ; berries con- 

 joined, four-seeded. 



ELEGIA Male: catkin compound; florets stalked; perianth 

 of six unequal leaves ; corolla none. Female : catkin com- 

 pound ; perianth of six leaves; capsule of three cells. 



PHCENIX, Date Plum Tree Calix three-parted; corolla 

 three-petalled. Male' stamens three. Female: pistil 

 one; drupe ovate. 



Ruscus, Butcher's Broom Male : calix of six leaves ; petals 

 none ; nectary ovate, tubular, bearing the stamens on its 

 margin within. Female : calix and nectary as in the male ; 

 stamens none; style one; berry superior, of three cells, 

 the seeds originally two in each cell. 



WILLDENOVIA Male: calix of many imbricated glumes; 

 corolla of six petals, permanent. Female : calix and co- 

 rolla as in the male ; style one ; stigmas two or three ; 

 drupe with one seed. 



4. TETRANDRIA (Male Flowers with Four Stamens.) 



VISCUM, Misseltoe Male : calix four-parted ; corolla none ; 

 filaments none; anthers fastened to the calix. Female: 

 calix four-leaved, superior; corolla none; style jione ; 

 berry one-seeded ; seed cordate. 



HIPPOPH.E, Sea Buckthorn Male: calix two-parted; co- 

 rolla none. Female : calix tubular, cloven ; corolla none ; 

 style one ; berry one-seeded. 



MYRICA, Candleberry Myrtle Ament with a crescent- 

 shaped scale ; corolla none. Female : styles two ; berry 

 one-seeded. 



TROPHIB, Ramoon Tree Male : calix none ; corolla four- 

 petalled. Female: calix one-leafed ; corolla none; stig- 

 mas two, awl-shaped ; berry one to four seeded. 



MONTIKIA Male: calix four-toothed, superior; petals 

 four. Female: filaments barren; style trifid; capsule 

 oblong, two-celled. 



BRUCEA Calix four-leaved ; corolla four-petalled. Female : 

 pericarps four, one-seeded. 



SCHJEFFERIA Male: calix four or five leaved; corolla four- 

 petalled, or none. Female : calix four or five parted ; 

 corolla four-parted, or none; berry two-celled; seeds 

 solitary. 



5. PENTANDRIA (Male Flowers with Five Stamens.) 



PISTACIA, Pistachia-mtt, Cyprus, Turpentine, and Mastich 



Trees Male: an ament; calix five-cleft; corolla none. 



Female: distinct; calix trifid ; corolla none; styles two; 



drupe one-seeded. 

 XANTHOXYLUM, Yellow Wood Male : calix in three or five 



small deep segments ; petals three or five. Female: calix 



like the male, inferior, permanent ; petals three or five ; 



capsules from one to five, of two valves and one cell ; 



seeds solitary, pendulous. 



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