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DKECIA 



ASTRONIUM Male : calix fire-leaved ; corolla five-petalled ; 

 styles three ; seed one. 



IRESINE Calix two-leaved; corolla five-petalled. Male: 

 nectaries seven. Female : stigmas two, sessile ; capsule 

 with tomentose seeds. 



ANTIDESMA Male: calix four-leaved; corolla none; an- 

 thers semi-bifid. Female : calix five-leaved ; corolla none ; 

 stigmas five; berry cylindric, one-seeded. 



SPINACIA, Spinage Male : calix five-parted ; corolla none. 

 Female: calix four-cleft; corolla none; styles four; seeds 

 solitary, within the hardened calix. 



ACNIDA, Virginian Hemp Male: calix five-leaved; corolla 

 none. Female: calix two-leaved; corolla none; styles 

 five; seed one, covered with a succulent calix. 



CANNABIS, Hemp Male : calix five-parted ; corolla none. 

 Female: calix one-leafed, entire, gaping on one side; 

 corolla none; styles two; nut bivalve, within the closed 

 calix. 



HUMULUS, Hop Male: calix five-leaved; corolla none. 

 Female: calix one-leafed, spreading obliquely, entire; 

 corolla none; styles two; seed one, within a leafed 

 calix. 



ZANONIA, Indian Cucumber Male: calix of three leaves; 

 corolla in five deep segments ; styles three ; berry of three 

 cells, with a lid ; seeds winged, two in each cell. 



FEUILLEA Male: calix five-cleft; corolla five-cleft; sta- 

 mens five, with five alternate barren filaments. Female : 

 calix and corolla as in the male; styles three; berry hard, 

 three-celled ; seeds orbicular. 



CANARIUM Male: calix two-leaved; corolla three-petalled; 

 stigma sessile; drape with a three-cornered nut. 



MELICYTUS Calix five-toothed ; corolla five-petalled, three 

 times as long as the calix; nectary five scales. Male: 

 anthers five, without filaments, fastened to the inside of 

 the nectary. Female: stigma flattened out, four or five 

 lobed; capsule berried, one-celled ; seeds nestling. 



NYSSA, Sour Gum Tree Calix five-parted ; corolla none ; 

 pistil one; drupe inferior; nut one-seeded. Male: sta- 

 mens five, eight, ten, and twelve, seated around a peltate 

 gland. 



PICIIAMNIA Calix three or five parted; corolla three or 

 five petalled ; berry two-celled. 



RICHERIA Capsule corticate, six-valved, three-celled; 

 seeds solitary, pendulous, below the tip of the columella; 

 style trifid. 



VILLARIA Male: calix in five deep segments ; corolla of 

 five petals; nectary none; germen orbicular, imperfect. 

 Female: calix and petals like the male; nectary of five 

 leaves, alternate with the petals ; style one ; berry of three 

 cells ; seeds solitary. 



6. HEXANDRIA (Male Flowers with Six Stamens.) 



TAMUS, Black Briony Male: calix six-parted; corolla none. 

 Female: style trifid; berry three-celled, inferior; seed 

 two in each cell. 



SMILAX, Sarsaparilla Calix six-leaved ; corolla none. Fe- 

 male : styles three ; berry three-celled ; seeds two. 



RAJANIA Calix six-parted ; corolla none. Female: styles 

 three; germen inferior, three-celled, with two of the cells 

 obliterated ; capsule membraneous, with one wing ; seed 

 solitary. 



DIOSCOREA, Indian Yam Male: calix six-parted; corolla 

 none. Female: calix six-parted; corolla none; styles 

 three; capsule three-celled, compressed; seeds two, mem- 

 brauaceous. 



BORASSUS Corolla three-parted. Male: stamens six. Fe- 

 male: styles three; drupe three-seeded. 



EL.JEJS, Oily Palm Calix of six leaves; corolla six-cleft. 

 Female : calix six-leaved ; corolla six-petalled ; stigmas 

 three, dilated ; drupe fibrous ; nut solitary, stony. 



FKHREOLA Male: calix three-cleft ; corolla tubular, three- 

 cleft. Female : calix and corolla as in the male ; berry 

 superior, of two-cells ; seeds solitary. 



FIBRAUREA Male: calix none; petals six. Female: calix 

 none; petals six ; stigmas three ; single-seeded. 



MAURITIA Male flowers in an oblong sessile ament; calix 

 one-leafed, cup-shaped, entire ; capsule one-petalled, with 

 a short tube, and a three-parted border; filaments six. 



XEROXES Male : calix of six leaves, three innermost com- 

 bined at the base; corolla none; anthers peltate. Female : 

 calix of six separate permanent leaves; styles three; cap- 

 sule superior, coated, of three cells ; valves with central 

 partitions; seeds peltate, solitary. 



7. OCTANDRIA (Male Flowers with Eight Stamens,) 



RIIODIOLA, Rosewort Male : calix four-parted ; corolla four- 

 petalled ; nectaries four. Female : calix and nectaries 

 like the male, but smaller; petals of a coarse texture; 

 capsules four, many-seeded. 



MARGARITARIA Male: calix four-toothed; corolla four- 

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

 four or five; berry cartilaginous, four or five grained. 



SHEPHERDIA Male: calix four-cleft; corolla none; sta- 

 mens eight, included, alternating with eight glands. Fe- 

 male : calix four-cleft, campauulale, superior; style one; 

 stigma oblique ; berry one-seeded. 



8. ENNEANDRIA (Male Flowers with Nine Stamens.) 



MERCURIALIS, Dog's Mercury Male: calix three-parted; 

 corolla none ; stamens nine or twelve; anthers globular, 

 twin. Female: calix three-parted; corolla none; styles 

 two; capsule dicoccous, two-celled, one-seeded. 



HYDROCIIAIUS, Frog-bit Male: spathe two-leaved; calix 

 trifid ; corolla three-petalltd ; filaments, the three inner 

 style-bearing. Female: calix tririd; corolla three-petalled; 

 styles six ; capsule six-celled, many-seeded, inferior. 



UDORA Spathe bifid. Male : calix three-parted; corolla of 

 three petals; stamens nine, three of them interior. Female : 

 calix three-parted, tube very long; petals three; sterile 

 filaments three ; utriculus about three-seeded ; seeds 

 cylindric. 



9. DECANDRIA (Male Flowers with Ten Stamens.) 



C A RICA, Papaw Tree Male : calix very small, five-toothed ; 

 corolla five-parted, funnel-form ; filaments in the tube of 

 the corolla, alternately shorter. Hermaphrodite : calix 

 five-toothed ; corolla five-parted ; stigmas five; berry one- 

 celled, many-seeded. 



RIOGELARIA Male: calix five-parted; corolla five-petalled; 

 glands five, three-lobed; anthers perforated at the tip. 

 Female: calix and corolla as in the male; styles five; 

 capsule one-celled, five-valved, many-seeded. 



SCIIINUS, Mastick Tree Male: calix five-parted; petals 

 five. Female : berry three-celled. 



GYMNOCLADUS, Coffee-bean Tree Male: calix tubular, 

 five-cleft; corolla of five petals. Female: flower as the 

 male; style one; legume one-celled, internally somewhat 

 pulpy; seeds roundish, large, and indurated. 



