ANALYSIS OF THE GENERA. 55 
transversely, divided into two or four cells by a longitudinal dissepi- 
ment. Seeds sessile, peltate, or erect, single, or more, testa mucila- 
ginous. Hmbryo straight in the axis of fleshy albumen. Radicle 
inferior.—Herbaceous, usually stemless, occasionally with a stem. 
Leaves flat and ribbed, or taper and fleshy. Flowers in spikes, rarely 
solitary. 
GENERA. 
BUGWGPS PETLOCE ...vvcsserssssecssscovtecescenser ELANTAGO, ¥. 1..p. 192. 
Flowers MonceciouS ...se.ssseessseeeseseveeee LITTORELLA, V. 3+ p. 1189. 
4. MONOCHLAMYDE. 
Perianth single, the petals being united with the calyx, or wanting. 
ORDER LXIX. AMARANTHACEA.—Juss. 
Perianth single, free, scarious, persistent, three to five lobed, often 
coloured. Stamens three or five, hypogynous, free or united, occa- 
sionally partly abortive. Anthers two or one celled. Ovary superior, 
one (rarely two celled), one or few seeded. Style one, or wanting. 
Stigma simple, or compound. fruit a membranous capsule, de- 
hiscing transversely, or indehiscent. Seeds solitary, or rarely nume- 
rous, attached to a central placenta. mbryo curved, round, central, 
farinaceous albumen. Radicle next the hilum.—Herbs or shrubs, 
with simple opposite or alternate leaves. Flowers small, often sur- 
rounded by coloured scales in heads, spikes or panicles often of distincs 
sexes. 
GENERA. 
FloWers MONCIOUS ......ssseesereceeeesereeee AMARANTHUS, V. 3. p. 1197. 
ORDER LXX. CHENOPODIACE#.—Linp. 
Perianth single, free, five-partite, imbricated in estivation, per. 
sistent. Stamens inserted into the base of the perianth, and equal to 
the number of its segments. Ovary single, superior, or occasionally 
adhering to the tube of the perianth. Style one or many. Stigmas 
undivided. Fruit indehiscent, membranous, sometimes baccate. 
Embryo curled round farinaceous albumen. Ladicle inferior.— 
Herbaceous plants or undershrubs, with simple alternate leaves, without 
stipules. Flowers small, greenish, sometimes polygamous. 
