Classification of Plants 



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Order AMENTACE^E. 

 The orders Salicaceae, Myricacese, Juglandaceae, 



FIG. 253. Floral diagrams of Quercits. A, staminate ; B, pistillate flower 

 (Hooker). 



Betulaceae, and Fagaceae of cohorts 3, 4, 7, and 8 (Engler), 



FIG. 254. Willow seeds ready for flight. 



may be united under the one order Amentaceae. They are 

 woody plants with alternate leaves. The staminate flowers hang 



