GENERA. Ixxix 



sessile flowers, which detach themselves and float upon the surface ; Cor. 3-parted. Fertile 

 Fl. on a long spiral stalk; Sheath 1 -flowered; Cal. 3-parted, superior; Cor. of 3 petals. 

 Caps, with 1 cell and many seeds. Floating plants, with long linear L. HYDEOCHAKiDE.iE. 

 p 345. 



III. TRIANDRIA. 



742. UDOKA. Cal. 3-parted. Pet. 3. Fertile Fl. Styles 3, cloven ; Stigmas long, fea- 

 thery. Fr. of 1 cell and few seeds. Aquatic plants, with long serrulate L. HYDiiocHAUiDEyE. 

 p. 345. 



790. EUSCUS, Cal. of 6 L. Pet. 0. Nect. ovate, tubular. Barren Fl. Sta. on top of 

 a nectary. Fertile. Style 1. Beny superior, of 3 cells. Seeds in pairs. Rigid evergreen 

 plants. L. quite entire, continuous unth stem. Fl. on the L. AspakagEjE. p. 363. 



713. EMPETKUM. Cal. 3-parted. Pet. 3. Barren Fl. Sta. 3-9, capiUaiy. Fertile. 

 Stigmas 9. Berry superior. Seeds 9. A low, evergreen Shrub. L. lineari-ohlong, revo- 

 lute. Fl. axillary. Empetke^. p. 334. 



723. FICUS. Fl. on the inside of a hollow, fleshy receptacle. Barren Fl. Cal. 3-parted. 

 Fertile. Cal. 5 -cleft; Style lateral. Seeds imbedded in the receptacle. Milky Trees, with 

 rough, lobed L. Urtice^. p. 331. 



IV. TETRANDRIA. 



708. HIPPOPHAE. Barren Fl. Sep. 2 ; Cor. ; Anthers on the base of the calyx. 

 Fertile. Cal. inferior, tubular, bidentate ; Cor. 0. Beriy with one seed, which is covered 

 with a double membrane. A thorny Shrub. L. scaly, quite entire. Fl. from the same buds, 

 below the L. El^agne^. p. 323. 



360. VISCUM. Barren Fl. Cal. ; Pet. 4, calyx-Uke, combined at base ; Anthers 

 sessile on the petals. Fertile. Cal. superior, forming a slight border; Pet. 4 ; Style 0. 

 Beriy with 1 seed. Smooth parasitical Shrubs. Stem dichotomous. L. opposite or none, 

 of a yellowish green, quite entire. Loeanthace^e. p. 162. 



735. MTKICA. Fl. in Catkins. Cal. a concave scale. Cor. 0. Fertile Fl. Styles 2. 

 Beri-y superior, with 1 globular seed. An aromatic Shrub, with scattered, undivided, serrate 

 L. Catkins axillary. Amentace^. p. 342. 



V. PENTANDRIA. 



722. HUMTJLUS. Barren Fl. panicled ; Cal. 5-parted ; Cor. 0. Fertile Fl. in a catkin ; 

 Cal. an oblique, undivided scale ; Calyx-scales 1-flowered, at last covered by the enlarged bracts ; 

 Styles 2, filiform. Seed 1. Climbing plants, with rough, divided L. Ubttce^. p. 331. 



159. PISTACIA. Barren Fl. Raceme catkin-like; Cal. 5-cleft; Cor. 0. Fertile. 

 Cal. 3-4-cleft; Cor. ; Styles 3. Drupe dry. Seed usually 1. Shrubs, with alternate, pin- 

 nate L. Tekebinthace^. p. 74. 



164. CESATOTflA. Cal. 5-parted. Cor. 0. Barren Fl. Fil. 5 or 6, very long, 

 inserted under the margin of an hypogynous disc. Fertile. Style filiform. Legume qaadran- 

 gular, coriaceous. Seeds imbedded. A large Tree, with fertile floicers on the trunk. L. pin- 

 nate. Leguminos^. LomentacetE of Linn. p. 75. 



VI. HEXANDRIA. Aspaeage^. 



791. SMILAX. Sep. 6, coroUa-like. Cor. 0. Barren Fl. Stamens on the base of the 

 sepals. Fertile. Style very short ; Stigmas 3. Beny superior. Seeds 1-3. Climbing, 

 prickly plants, p. 363. 



792. TAMUS. Cal. 6-parted. Cor. 0. Barren Fl. Sta. on the base of divisions of the 

 calyx. Fertile. Style trifid ; Stigmas flat, cloven. Berry inferior, 3-celled. Seeds in pairs. 

 Smooth, herbaceous, climbing plants. L. alternate, cordate at base. p. 363. 



