60 NATURAL ORDERS AND 
Albumen none. Embryo straight.  Radicle superior —Trees or 
shrubs Leaves alternate, simple. Stipules deciduous. 
GENERA. 
Female catkin elongato-cylindrical, nut 
ODE COleA ics .0. cece. crecstcncerasvsanscss GHTDLA, Van knee 
Female catkin ovato-globose, nut two 
CBOE Kees cseasisssose cesses veresece veassfass GRUNGE, Wn 
ORDER LXXXI. CUPULIFERA.—Ricu. 
Flowers monoecious, males amentaceous, females aggregate, or 
amentaceous. Male flowers. Stamens five to twenty, inserted into 
the base of the scales, or of a membranous perianth, generally dis- 
tinct. Female flowers. Ovaries crowned with the rudiments of a 
superior perianth, seated within a coriaceous involucre (cupule) of 
various figure, and with several cells and several ovules, the greater 
part of which are abortive. Stigmas several sub-sessile, distinct. 
Fruit a bony or coriaceous one celled nut, more or less enclosed in 
the involucre. Seeds one, two, or three, pendulous. Embryo large, 
with plano-convex fleshy cotyledons, and a minute superior radicle.— 
Trees or shrubs, with alternate simple leaves, and deciduous stipules. 
GENERA. 
Stigmas two in each flower. 
Fruit surrounded by an involucre. 
Involucre coriaceous, witha lacerated 
FNAL | sraesnaneoccasececenanas CORYLUS, V./ a0 emeee 
Involucre scale shaped, three lobed Carrinous, v. 8. p. 1215. 
Stigmas three to six in each flower. 
Involucre closed over the nuts, hispid. 
Styles fATCC. ci cccccesscnscceasscossccerees AGUS, Va Os fem 
DSLYles SIX ....decsende<fessceceoecosnacesee CASTANEA, ¥, Sogn 
Involucre not closed, cup-shaped, 
rarely hispid ...... seseceseesee QUEROUS, V. 3. p. 1205 
ORDER LXXXII. MYRICEA.—Ricu. 
Flowers moncecious, amentaceous. Male flowers. Perianth two 
scales, with six, rarely eight. Stamens somewhat monadelphous. 
Anthers two or four celled, bursting lengthwise. Female flowers a 
one celled ovary, surrounded by several hypogynous scales. Stigmas 
two, subulate, or dilated and petaloid. /’ruit drupaceous, often 
covered with waxy secretions, and with the scales of the perianth be- 
coming fleshy and adherent, or dry and dehiscent, with the scales 
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