MONOCOTYLEDONS. 9 
the inner segments of the perianth. Male 
flowers in spikelets, females sometimes 
solitary. Leaves reduced to sheaths or 
wanting. Ovary 2-3-celled. Ovule in 
each cell 1, pendulous, orthotropous. 
South Africa, Australia, New Zealand. 
Restiaceae. 
(b) Anthers 2-celled. Stamens 6, more 
rarely fewer, but then flowers not in 
spikelets. Leaves usually perfect (but 
often very narrow), more rarely reduced 
to sheaths, in the latter case ovules in 
each cell of the ovary more than 2. 16. 
16 (a) Flowers moncecious, capitate. Ovules 
orthotropous, pendulous, only 1 in each 
of the 2 or 8 cells of the ovary. Style 
2-6 fid. Embryo remote from the hilum. 
Herbs with grass-like leaves. Fruit 
capsular. Eriocauleae. 
(b) Flowers dicecious or hermaphrodite. Ov- 
ules anatropous or nearly so, usually 2 
or more in each cell of the ovary, more 
rarely only 1, but then style entire or 
wanting, and flowers very seldom capi- 
tate. Embryo near the hilum. BG 
17 (a) Albumen mealy. Embryo outside of it. 
Ovary 3-celled with 1 ovule in each cell. 
