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Family 263. Betulaceae. Trees and shrubs, with alternate, 

 simple leaves, and monoecious or dioecious flowers, which are in 

 aments; petals none; calyx small or none; stamens 2-10; pistil 

 i-2-celled. Carpimis, Ostrya, Corxlus, Betula, Alnus. (Pf. Ill, 



1, 38.) 



Family 264. Fagaceae. Trees and shrubs with alternate, sim- 

 ple leaves; disk o; petals o; pistil 2- to 6-celled, inferior; ovules 



2, erect or pendulous; endosperm o. Fagiis, Castanea, Pasania, 

 Quercus. (Pf. Ill, i, 47.) 



Family 265. Myricaceae. Shrubs and trees, with alternate, 

 simple leaves; disk o; petals o; pistil free, i-celled; ovule i, erect, 

 orthotropous ; endosperm o. Myrica. (Pf. Ill, i, 26.) 



Family 266. Julianaceae. Dioecious, tropical trees, with leaves 

 clustered at the ends of the twigs ; flowers small, apetalous, dioe- 

 cious; stamens 4-^; pistil of 3-5 carpels. Juliana. (Pf. Nach. 

 335, and Syllabus iii.) This family is given place here very 

 doubtfully. 



Family 267. Proteaceae. Shrubs, trees (and herbs) of the 

 southern hemisphere, with scattered, simple, usually coriaceous 

 leaves; disk o; petals o; pistil i-celled; ovule i, erect or pendu- 

 ous ; endosperm little or none. Protea, Leucadendron, Grevillea, 

 Hakea, Banksia. (Pf. Ill, i, 118.) This puzzling family is 

 given place here very doubtfully. 



Order Umbellales. Flowers, regular, usually perfect; sta- 

 mens usually definite ; pistil syncarpous, i- to many-celled, its 

 ovary inferior ; ovules solitary, pendulous ; styles free or united 

 at the base; endosperm copious; embryo usually minute. 



Family 268. Araliaceae. Trees, shrubs (and herbs), mostly 

 tropical, with alternate leaves ; flowers in umbels, heads, or pan- 

 icles; ovary 2- to 15-celled; fruit a berry with a fleshy or dry 

 exocarp. Hedera, Aralia, Panax. (Pf. Ill, 8, i.) 



Family 269. Umbelliferae. Herbs (shrubs and trees), with 

 alternate leaves; flowers sniall. mostly umbellate; ovary 2-celled; 

 fruit splitting into two dry indehiscent mericarps. Hydrocotyle, 

 Sanicula, Erynginm, Coriandruni, Coninm, Apium, Cicnta, Ca- 

 rum, Foeniculum, Angelica, Ferula^ Heraclemn, Dancus. (Pf. 



ni. 8, 63.) 



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