MONOCHLAMYDEAE. 31 
hermaphrodite, without __bracteoles. 
Perianth herbaceous. Europe, West 
Asia, Africa, Australia. Illecebraceae. 
(2) Stamens hypogynous or nearly so, more 
rarely distinctly perigynous, but then 
style 1 or leaves alternate. 32. 
32 (a) Flowers provided with bracts and gemin- 
ate bracteoles. Seed with a curved or 
annular embryo and a copious mealy 
albumen. JBracts and perianth-leaves 
usually dry. Filaments usually connate. 
Stamens hypogynous or nearly so. 
Amarantaceae. 
(4) Flowers usually destitute of bracts or of 
bracteoles, more rarely provided with 
both, but then seed with a spiral embryo 
and little or no albumen. Bracts and 
perianth-leaves generally herbaceous or 
membranous. Filaments usually free. 
Fruit indehiscent. Chenopodiaceae. 
33. (2) Male flowers destitute of a perianth and 
of bracteoles (but provided with a bract), 
females furnished with aminute perianth, 
open in aestivation.* Style 1, entire. 
* Compare Myricaceae with 3-4 bracteoles or perianth- 
leaves in the female flowers, with 2 stigmas and a basal 
ovule. 
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