COHORTS AND ORDERS. (BY THE EDITOR.) 



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pals or bracts 4-12, imbricate, rarely 0. 

 Stamens 4, opposite the sepals. Ovary 2-3- 

 celled; ovules solitary or geminate, pendu- 

 lous, not operculate. Fruit capsular or fleshy. 

 Seed albuminous. Trees or shrubs; leaves 

 opposite or alternate, exstipulate . . 698 



204. PEN^ACE^;. Flowers > . Perianth 

 tubular, 4-lobed, valvate. Stamens 4, on 

 the perianth. Ovary 4-celled; cells 2-4- 

 ovuled. Capsule loculicidal. Embryo mi- 

 nute, albuminous. Shrubs; leaves opposite 701 



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205. GEISSOLOME^E. Flowers $. Sepals 

 4, imbricate. Stamens 8. Ovary 4-celled. 

 Capsule loculicidal; cells 2-ovuled. Embryo 

 albuminous. Shrubs ; leaves opposite . . 701 



206. LACISTEMACE^. Flowers $ , spiked. 

 Sepals or 4-6, petaloid, imbricate. Stamen 

 1, 2-fid. Ovary 1-celled ; stigmas 3 ; ovules 

 3-6. Drupe with a 3-valved endocarp. Seed 

 arillate, albuminous. Shrubs or trees ; leaves 

 alternate, stipulate ... . 702 



Cohort XXXIII. Piperales. Flowers $ or diclinous, usually in spikes or catkins. 

 Perianth rudimentary or 0. Ovary superior, of one 1-celled 1-ovuled carpel, or of several 

 free 2-x -celled. 



206rt. (217.) PIPEKACEJE. Flowers crowded 

 on a spadix, very minute, $ or dioecious. 

 Ovary 1-celled; ovule 1, basilar, orthotro- 

 pous. Embryo albuminous, included in the 

 amniotic sac. Herbs or shrubs; leaves op- 

 posite alternate or whorled, exstipulfite . 728 



2066. (218.) SATJKUREJE. Flowers crowded 

 on a spadix, Q Ovary superior or inferior, 

 1-celled with parietal placentas, or 3-5-celled 

 with axile placentas; ovules ascending, 2- GO 

 in each cell. Embryo albuminous, imbedded 

 in the amniotic sac. Herbs ; leaves alternate, 

 exstipulate 731 



206c. (219.) CHLOKANTHACE.E. Flowers 

 5 , or diclinous ; $ spicate, <j> cymose or 

 panicled. Ovary 1-celled; ovule 1, pendu- 

 lous, orthotropous. Embryo small, albumi- 

 nous. Shrubs; leaves opposite, stipulate . 733 



206 d. (220.) CERATOPHYLLEJE. Flowers 

 monoecious, axillary, sessile. Ovary 1-celled; 

 ovule 1, pendulous, orthotropous. Embryo 

 exalbuminous; plumule polyphyllous. Sub- 

 merged herbs, with whorled dissected exsti- 

 pulate leaves ..,,,. 735 



Cohort XXXIV. Nepenthales. Flowers dioecious. Perianth 4-partite, imbricate. 

 Stamens monadelphous. Ovary superior, 3-4 celled ; ovules very many, on the septa. 

 Capsule loculicidal. Seed scobiform, albuminous. Scandent shrubs; leaves alternate, 

 terminated by pitchers. 



207. NEPENTHES 703 



SUB-DIVISION II. Ovary inferior. Perianth more or less distinct in the $ or $ or 

 both (very obscure in some Balanoplioreai) . 



Cohort XXXV. Asarales. Flowers g or diclinous. Perianth usually coloured. 

 Stamens epigynous in the flowers. Ovary inferior, 1-many-celled. Fruit a capsule or 

 berry. 



208. ARISTOLOCHIE.E. Flowers $ . Peri- 209. RAFFLESIACE^:. Flowers dioecious, 



anth regular or irregular, valvate. Herbs or rarely . Perianth regular, valvate or ini- 



undershrubs ; leaves alternate, exstipulate . 705 \ bricate. Leafless root-parasites . . . 709 



Cohort XXXVI. ftuernales. Flowers diclinous, $ in catkins, $ solitary or in 

 spikes. Perianth green, of $ lobed or reduced to a scale; of $ minute, 2-6-lobed or 

 -toothed. Ovary inferior, 1-6-celled ; ovule 1 basal, or 1 or more pendulous. Fruit 1- 

 seeded. Albumen 0. Trees ; leaves simple or compound. 



