Vili SEQUENCE OF ORDERS. 
CXLV. AROIDEA (page age Flowers unisexual in the South pate 
Li free tam 
genera. Perianth none, 9 or united segments. 
4-6. ary 1-4-ce ed. * (Float ing or tuberous-rooted herbs. pe 
eg Inflorescence enclosed tn a spathe.) : 
vesganeler LE pt (Page 39). Flowers very minute, naked 
nclosed in a Anthers 1-2, on filaments or sessile. Onan 
-oclied: ‘ipulon 7. peers (Minute floating plants. Flowers seated 
ina cavity of the frond.) 
ie Weg 
piety 29 Pea eg Se a oe 
Sei il i gee oa s 
Series VI. AvpocarPz#. Ord. CXLVII. 
5m em ae ae 4c, pees 41). — or bi-sexual, Peria 
en (white on), tubular or of 2-6 segments or oe 
ects 2-6, ra cette. Carpels be * distinet, 1-ovuled. (Aquatic 
or marsh herbs of various habit.) 
Series VII. Guumacez. Ord. CXLVIII.—CLI. 
CXLVIUT. ERIOCAULEA (page sa Flowers minute, unisexual, — 
crowded into — surrounded by short bracts. Per erianth-segments 
6, free or connate in two marlon which are usually separated bya 
distinct stipes, eoage or hyaline. Stamens 3, inserted on the inner 
perianth-segments, 6, opposite and altern eg Ovary 2-3- 
celled; ovules solitary, Denalotis: (Perennial or annual often 
marsh site. Leaves linear or subulate, radical or ces: Heads 
usually monecious.) 
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CXLIX. oo {page 59). Flowers unisexual, disposed in 
spikelets with scarious bra rg Perianth-segments 6 (or d, gluma- 
ceous, biseriate ; uta ‘bsohs Stamens 3. Ovary 3-\-celled ; ovule 
solitary, pendulous. Dncsk ‘or sedge-like herbs, usually perennial. 
Stems solid or fistular, with sions without) ibafoihodtin. Inflorescence 
cymose or reduced to a single spk 
. 
CYPERACE (page 149). Flowers uni- or bi-sexual in spikelets 
with scarious bracts. Perianth of 6 or fewer scales or oe or 0. > 
fame? E 0 
edg 
narrow, with closed sheaths. Spikelets arranged in corymbs or a; ajo 
8.) 
a 
umbels : | 
CLI. GRAMINE! (page 310). Flowers uni- or bi-sexual in spikelets 
with scarious bracts (glumes and valves). Perianth redu — 2. 3 
— 3) minute scales (lodicules). Stamens usuall, Pe 
ually 3 Overy 
-celled; ovule 1, ascending. Embryo outside fee albumen. (Herbs. 
= (in Bambusec) tall shrubs. Stems branched at the base. Leaves 
with split or closed sheaths. Spikelets spicate, sacnanla, or panicled.) 
