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MONOCHLAMYDEAE. 33 
opposite, undivided. Perianth-segments 
2-5. Ovule erect. Seed albuminous. 
36. 
36 (a2) Filaments wholly connate. Anthers 
dehiscing extrorsely. Embryo minute. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate. 
Flowers dicecious. Perianth 2-4-lobed, 
valvate in bud. Stamens alternating 
with the _ perianth-lobes or more 
numerous. Seed with an aril and a 
ruminated albumen. Tropics. 
Myristiceae. 
(4) Filaments free or connate at the base. 
Anthers dehiscing introrsely or later- 
ally. Embryo large. 37. 
37 (a) Stamens 3-4, equal in number and op- 
posite to the lobes of the perianth. 
Leaves alternate. Perianth-lobes val- 
vate in bud. Flower polygamous or 
moncecious. Herbs, very rarely shrubs 
or trees. Leaves 3-nerved. Urticaceae. 
(6) Stamens usually more numerous or fewer 
than the lobes of the perianth, more 
rarely equal to them in number, but 
then leaves opposite and stamens 5 or 
alternate with the perianth-lobes. Peri- 
anth induplicate in bud, rarely simply 
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