190 CONIFERS* [Cl. 15. 



perior, fig. 83, 84, 91, either single, or more rarely 

 several, in a definite number. Style 1, fig. 83, or 

 more. Stigmas often several, fig. 91. Seeds either 

 naked, or inclosed in as many Capsules as there are 

 Germens, each mostly of 1 cell, sometimes coriaceous, 

 sometimes bony. Embryo without Albumen; the 

 Radicle straight. Stem arboreous, or shrubby, seldom 

 of humble stature, fig. 84-87. Leaves, fig. 80, 85, 87, 

 alternate, with Stipulas, mostly simple." 



Sect. 1. Flowers (imperfectly) united. Fothergilla, 

 UlmuSy and Celtis. 



Sect. 2. Fl. dioecious. Saliv, fig. 85-87, Populus, 

 fig. 88-91, and Myrica. 



Sect. 3. Fl. monoecious. Betula, Alnus, Comp. 

 Fl. Brit. 133, Carpinus, Fagus, Quercus, fig. 80-84, 

 Corylus, Liquidambar, Comptonia Schreb. 811, and 

 Platanus. 



Between this Order and the following may be in- 

 troduced the Casuarinea, founded by Mirbel, and 

 adopted by Mr. Brown, Bot. of Terra Austr. 39, 

 solely for the New Holland genus Casuarina. 



Ord. 100. CONIFERS. " Flowers monoecious or 

 dioecious. Barren ones mostly amentaceous, or col- 

 lected into a Catkin, each furnished with a Scale, 

 and sometimes also a Calyx, either the Calyx or the 

 Scale bearing the Stamens, which are either definite 

 or indefinite; their Filaments either distinct, or united 

 into a simple or branched stalk. Fertile Flowers either 

 solitary, or capitate, or disposed in a Cone, Strobilus 



