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Family 39. Bromeliaceae. Leaves mostly rosulate : external 

 perianth whorl calycine ; pistil 3-celled ; o\ailes many ; stamens 6. 

 Tillandsia, Dcndvopogon, Ananas. (Pf. TI, 4, 32.) 



Family 40. Musaceae. Large herbs, the stem often composed 

 of the sheathing leaf-bases ; perianth petaloid of 6, often dissimi- 

 lar segments ; stamens 6 ; pistil 3-celled ; ovules i to very many. 

 Strelit::ia, Musa. (Pf. II, 6, i.) 



Family 41. Zingiberaceae. Perennial, medium sized herbs, 

 with creeping or tuberous rootstocks ; perianth irregular; stamen 

 I, anther 2-celled, with several "staminodes" ; pistil 3-celled; 

 ovules I or more in each cell. Curcnnia, Zingiber, Anioninni. 

 (Pf. II, 6, 10.) 



Family 42. Cannaceae. Perennial herbs of medium size, with 

 simple pinnately-veined leaves; perianth irregular; stamen i, an- 

 ther i-celled, with several "staminodes" ; pistil 3-celled; ovules 

 I to many. Canna. (Pf. II. 6, 30.) 



Family 43. Marantaceae. Perennial herbs of variable habit, 

 leaves parallel or pinnately-veined ; perianth irregular ; functional 

 stamen i, with several "staminodes" ; pistil 3-celled; ovules i in 

 each cell. Calathea, Maranta. (Pf. IT, 6, 33.) 



Order Orchidales. Compound tricarpellary pistil, inferior; 

 flower-leaves in each whorl mostly unlike in shape (flower irreg- 

 ular) ; seeds without endosperm. 



Family 44. Burmanniaceae. Flowers irregular ; stamens 3 or 

 6. Burmannia. (Pf. II. 6, 44.) 



Family 45. Orchidaceae. Flowers irregular; stamens i or 2. 

 Cypripcdiuni, Orchis, Platanthcra, Vanilla, Spiranthcs. (Pf. II. 



6," 52.) 



Class 34. DICOTYLEDONEAE. The Dicotyledons. Leaves 

 of young sporophore opposite ; leaves of mature sporophore usu- 

 ally reticulate-veined ; fibro-vascular bundles of the stems in one 

 or more rings. 



Subclass THALAAIIFLORAE. Outer whorl (calyx) usually 

 of separate leaves (sepals), and with the other parts of the flower 

 inserted on the flower-axis (thalamus). This subclass has much 

 in common with the Alismales, and also with the Calvciflorae. In 



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