352 Characters of the Orders. 



base of the segm., surrounding a pistillode ; anth. oblong or globose. 

 Fern. fl. : — staminodes 3 or 6 ; ov. 3-gonous, 3-celled ; cells 2-ovuled, 

 stigmas 3, entire or bifid. Fr. a coriaceous 3-winged loculicidal capsule, 

 dehiscing through the wings, with flat broadly winged seeds, or (in 

 Trichopus) a berry with oblong seeds. — Twining herbs or shrubs, some- 

 times prickly (stem of Trichopus erect) ; 1. opp. or alt, simple or 3-5- 

 foliolate; infl. spicate or racemed. iv. 274. 



Series III. Coronariae. — Fl. bi- rarely uni-sex. Perianth inf., 

 4- or 6-partite in 2 series, one or both series corolline. Ov. sup., 

 1-3-celled. Endosp. copious. 



CXXXII. RoXBURGHlACEiE. — Perianth 4-partite in 2 series, segm. 

 elongate, lanceolate. Stam. 4, on the bases of the segm.; anth. linear, 

 erect, connective appendaged. Ov. ovoid, i-celled ; ovules few, basal. 

 Fr. coriaceous, 2-valved. Seeds few, beaked, funicle fleshy, lacerate; 

 endosp. hard, fleshy ; embryo small. — A slender twining perennial ; root- 

 stock tuberous ; 1. alt. or whorled ; fl. few, axillary, large, iv. 280. 



CXXXIII. LlLlACE/E. — Fl. bi- rarely uni-sex. Perianth petaloid, 

 6-merous, lobes or segm. free or connate below. Stam. 6, on the perianth- 

 tube or lobes, rarely hypog.; fil. distinct or connate. Ov. 3-celled, cells 

 2- or more-ovuled. Fr. a 3-celled berry or capsule. Seeds globose or 

 flattened; endosp. horny or fleshy; embryo terete. — Herbs, rarely shrubs, 

 with bulbs, or fibrous, tuberous, or creeping roots; 1. various, iv. 281. 



CXXXIV. Pontederiace^e. — Fl. bisex., irregular. Sep. 3, oblong. 

 Pet. large, corolline, obovate, marcescent. Stam. 6, on the base of the 

 segm., one longest, with the fil. laterally toothed. Ov. 3-celled; cells 

 many-ovuled; style slender. Caps, membranous, loculicidally 3-valved. 

 Seeds small ; endosp. floury ; embryo cylindric. — Fresh-water, erect, 

 creeping or floating herbs ; 1. with often tumid spongy petioles ; scape 

 erect from the sheaths of the 1.; fl. spicate or racemed, blue. iv. 295. 



CXXXV. Xyride^e. — Fl. sessile in the axils of the persist, rigid 

 bracts of a cone-like spike. Perianth inf., 6-merous in 2 series ; outer 

 series (bracteoles ?) of 3 scarious linear segm., the dorsal of which is 

 petaloid, inner series petaloid, long-clawed. Stam. 3, fil. opp. and adnate 

 to pet. Ov. i-celled, placent. 3, pariet., many-ovuled ; style short, deeply 

 3-fid. Caps, compressed, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds many, minute, 

 ribbed ; endosp. floury ; embryo minute. — Rush-like scapigerous herbs ; 

 1. radical, very narrow, rigid ; fl. yellow, iv. 296. 



CXXXVI. Commelinace^E. — Fl. regular or not. Perianth marces- 

 cent, 6-partite in 2 series, sep. 3, pet. 3, clawed, claws distinct or connate. 

 Stam. 6, on the bases of the segm., perfect or anth. of 2-4 imperfect; fil. 

 often bearded. Ov. 3-celled, cells i-few-ovuled; style often bearded and 

 enlarged below the tip. Capsule loculicidal (indehisc. in Pollid) ; endosp. 

 floury ; embryo minute. — Herbs or undershrubs ; 1. alt., base or petiole 

 sheathing ; infl. cymose or panicled. iv. 298. 



Series IV. Calycinae. — Perianth inf., rigid or herbaceous, lobes 

 or segm. biseriate, inner series rarely subcorolline. Ov. sup., 

 1-3-celled; endosp. copious. 



CXXXVI I. Flagellariace^e. — Fl. small, uni- or bi-sex. Perianth 

 rotate, 6-partite, persist., segm. subequal. Stam. 6, hypog. or on the 



