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Family 147. Moraceae. Trees, shrubs, and herbs, mostly with 

 a milky juice, and alternate or opposite leaves; flowers apetalous, 

 monoecious or dioecious; ovary i-celled, i-ovuled. Monis, Tqxy- 

 lon, {Madura) , Bronssonetia, Dorstcnia^ Ariocarpns, CastiUoa, 

 Antiaris, Ficus, Hnmulns, Cannabis. (Pf. Ill, i, 66.) 



Family 148. Urticaceae. Herbs, shrubs, and trees with alter- 

 nate or opposite leaves ; flowers mostly diclinous, without petals ; 

 stamens few, 2-celled; pistil monocarpellary, i-celled, mostly i- 

 seeded ; endosperm none. Urtica, Bochincria. (Pf. III. i, 98.) 

 Family 149. Balanopsidaceae. Australian trees and shrubs 

 with alternate leaves ; flowers dioecious, apetalous, the staminate 

 in catkins, the pistillate solitary, producing acorn-like, 2-celled, 

 2-seeded fruits ; seeds endospermous. This family is doubtfully 

 given place here, and it may be that it should be placed near the 

 Fagaceae, as is done by Baillon. Balanops. (Pf. Nach. 114.) 



Subclass HETEROMERAE. P'lowers asaally gamopetalous ; 

 pistil of 3 or more united carpels, its ovary generally superior ; 

 ovules usually with but one coat; stamens as many or twice as 

 many as the corolla-lobes. This is a transition group between 

 the Thalamiflorae, and the Bicarpellatae. 



Order Primulales. Flowers regular, mostly perfect; stamens 

 mostly opposite to the corolla-lobes ; ovary pluricarpellary, mostly 

 I-celled, with a free central placenta. 



Family 150. Primulaceae. Herbs with alternate or opposite, 

 sometimes clustered, leaves ; stamens opposite the petals ; ovules 

 many ; fruit a capsule dehiscing longitudinally from the apex, or 

 circumscissilly. Priniiila, Androsacc, Lysimachia, Cyclamen, Do- 

 decatheon. (Pf. IV, I, 98.) 



Family 151. Plumbaginaceae. Herbs with alternate or clus- 

 tered leaves; stamens opposite the petals; ovule i, basal, anatro- 

 pous ; fruit capsular; dehiscence valvate or irregular. Plumbago, 

 Armeria. (Pf. IV, i, 116.) 



Family 152. Myrsinaceae. Trees and shrubs with alternate 

 (or opposite) leaves; stamens opposite the petals; ovules usually 

 few; fruit a drupe or berry. Myrsinc, Ardisia. (Pf. IV, i. 84.) 



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