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2. FAMILY. Bog-myrtles (Myricaceae). Leafy shrubs 



or small trees, covered with resinous glands 

 and dots ; leaves alternate, with or without 

 stipules ; flowers amentaceous, achlamydeous ; 

 stamens 2-8, in the axil of a scale ; anthers 

 2-4-celled ; ovary 1-celled; ovule solitary, 

 erect, orthotropal ; stigmas two, subulate or 

 petaloid; fruit drupaceous, often with a 

 waxy secretion ; seed solitary, erect ; radicle 

 superior; inhabit temperate and tropical 

 regions in North and South America, and 

 India, and at the Cape of Good Hope ; one 

 species is European. 



3. FAMILY. Willows (Salicacese). Trees or shrubs; 



leaves alternate, stipulate; flowers amenta- 

 ceous, naked, or with a membranous cup- 

 shaped perianth ; stamens distinct or mona- 

 delphous ; anthers 2-celled ; ovary 1-celled ; 

 ovules 00, erect, anatropal; style 1 or 0; 

 stigmas 24 ; fruit coriaceous, 1-celled, 2- 

 valved ; seeds 00, comose ; embryo erect ; 

 radicle inferior. Inhabit temperate and 

 arctic regions. Comprise the Willow, the 

 Sallow, and the Poplar. 



4. FAMILY. Altingiads (Liquidambaracese). Tall 



trees, balsamic ; leaves alternate, stipulate ; 

 flowers with verticillate bracts or minute 

 scales ; female catkins on longer stalks than 

 the males ; anthers numerous ; ovary 2-celled ; 

 ovules 00, amphitropal ; styles two ; fruit of 

 2-celled capsules, united into a hard cone; 



