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Ord. LXXXV. PISTIACE.E. Perianth 0. Flowers 2, 

 enclosed in a spat/ia. Sterile Jl. Stamens definite. Fertile 

 Ji.. Ovary 1-celled, with 1 or more erect ovules. Style short. 

 Stigma simple. Fruit membranaceous or capsular, indehiscent, 

 1- or more-seeded. Seeds with a fungous testa, and a thicken- 

 ed mdm-fiied for ame7i. Embryo either in the axis of a fleshy 

 albumen and liaving a lateral cleft for the emission of the ■plu- 

 mule, or at the apex of the nucleus Floating/zwiJose pla?its ; 



minute and lenticular, or with large lobed fronds. — Lemna, jo. 3. 



Ord. LXXXVf. NAIADES. Flowers perfect or monoe- 

 cious. Perianth of 2 or 4 pieces, rarely wanting. Stamens 

 definite, hypogynous. Ovaries 1 or more, superior. Stigma 

 simple. Ovule solitary, pendulous. Fruit dry, indehiscent, 1- 

 celled, 1 -seeded. Seed pendulous. Embryo without albumeti, 

 having a contrary direction to the seed, with a lateral cleft for 

 the emission of the plumule. — Aquatics, ivilh very cellular leaves 



and stems. Flowers inconspicuous, usually spiked 1. Pota- 



MOGETON, p. 57. 2. ZosTERA, p. 2-21. 3. RuPPIA, jO. 58. 4. 

 Zannichellia, p. 321. 



Oru. LXXXVII. SMIL ace JB. Pman^^ 6— 8 partite or 

 6-cleft, petaloid, regular. Stamens 3 — 6 or 8, hypogynous or 

 perigynous, the 3 opposite the outer segments usually of a dif- 

 ferent form. Ovary free, 3 — 4-celled. Cells 1 — 2 or many- 

 seeded. Style 1. Stigma tripartite. Fruit a herry. Integu- 

 ment of the seeds generally membranous. Albumen corneous. — 

 Stem often leafy. Root 7wt bulbous. — Smilax Sarsaparilla is 

 the true Sarsaparilla. (Professor Lindley, with much judg- 

 ment, unites this Order with the 2 following, under the head of 

 L1LIACE.E.) — 1. Ruscus, p. 351. 2. Convallaria, jtj. 134, 3, 

 Paris, p. 157. 



Ord. LXXXVIII. LILIACE.^. Perianth coloured, 6- 

 partite, or, by the cohesion of the claws of the segments into a 

 tube, 6-cleft. Stamens 6, perigynous. Ovary free, 3-celled, 

 many-seeded. Stigma simple or 3-Iobed. Capsule with 3 cells. 

 Seeds flat, with a spongy, dilated, often winged integument, nei- 

 ther black, nor crustaceous. Embryo in a fleshy albumen, hav- 

 ing the same direction as the seed Flowers large, usually of 



vivid colours, ofteti solitary. Leaves fleshy, cauline ones indis- 

 tinctly nerved. Roots bulbous. — 1. Fritillaria, jo. 135. 2. Tu- 

 LIPA, p. 135. 



Ord. LXXXIX. ASPHODELE^. Perianth 6-partite, 

 or 6-cleft, petaloid, regular. Stamens 6, either perigynous or 

 hypogynous ; the 3 opposite the outer segments either of a dif- 

 ferent form or absent. Ovary free, 3-celled, 1, 2 or many- 

 seeded. Style 1. Stigina simple, Capsule 3-celled, 3-valved, 

 bearing the dissepiment in the middle. Integument of the seed 



