BOTANY 



CALIFORNIA 



Skiuks r. PII.ENOOAMOUS or F[.O^yER^Na PLANTS. 



Plants bearing truo llowers, that is, having stamens and jMstils, and producing 

 seeds wliich contain an oinl)rvo. 



Class \. DlCOTYLIoDONOUS or EXOGENOUS PLANTS. 



Stems consisting of a j.itli in the centre, of hark on th.- oMt,«.i.le, and these sepa- 

 rated hy one or more layers of fibrous or woody tissue, which, when the stem lives 

 irom year to year, increases by the addition of new layers to the outside next tlie 

 bark. Embryo usually with two opposite cotyledons, or rarely with several in a 

 whorl. 



SuncLASfl 1. AN(JIOSPERM^.. 



Pistil consisting of a close-l ovary which contains the ovules and forms the fruit. 

 Cotyleihms two. 



Divi.su)N I. POI.VPMTAL/K. 



Flnnd cnv.lopps consi,.(i„.^. usually of bnth .-alyx and corolla; the petals not 

 united with par.h ..(h.-r, in s.-m.- .-usps wantiu". 



