10 SYNOPSIS OF NATURAL ORDERS, 
Labiate.—Stamens 2 or 4, in pairs; anthers 2-celled or 1-celled by abortion — 
or by confluence. Ovary deeply lobed; the style — basal between the 
— Micropyle and radicle inferior. Her r shrubs, with opposite 
eaves 
Sus-Crass III. MONOCHLAMYDEZ. 
Perianth really or apparently simple, the lobes or segments all 
calyeine or herbaceous, or all petal-like or scarious, or entirely 
wanting. 
26. <eiemare —Flow oe easing Perianth 
colow é 
Nyctaginee. Bact portion of the perianth persistent and enclosing ee 
seed and fruit, — gts portion deciduous and withering. Stam 
serted on the l1-celled with a single ovule and a anche 
style Trees, ice, or etl Ga with usually opposite leaves. Stipules 
n 
Piyislaceania: —Perianth green or petaloid, ads tube short or non 
hypogynous or nearly so. Ova ~~ of several free or coauahe 
l-ovuled carpels. Embryo oe prio ‘ln Albumen mealy or 
none. 
(27. Lavrates.—Flowers usually unisexual. Perianth green or coloured, 
ievelty regular. Geary Sea - hates in Se sot mele 
vibes cae ovule; stigma Embryo 
Betas —Flowers dioecious. Perianth. lobes in a single ane val- 
d. Stamens united in a ce column. Carpel solit: 
ryo very small, at the base of a ruinate albumen. Trees or rare y 
» with alternate leaves. 
‘Ea 
ermaphrodi 2, Perianth-segments usu usually in 2 rows. 
opposite the - radi aguante anther-cells 2 erie in deci- 
~ duous valves. Carpel solitary. Fruit ey Albumen none. Radicle 
oes Trees © ssa a with = or rarely opposite ava or Gn | 
DUN AT TS 
Perianth green or colour: 
———— or irr ata oo i Saas 1- rarely 2-celled, eupe- 
— =: with usually a solitary pendulous or almost erect ovule in each 
cell; stigma l. Albumen none, rarely scanty. Embryo straight. 
m2 
fleshy. Trees or shrubs, often scandent, and covered with sily silvery or rusty 
Perianth-lobes imbricate. Stamens 
in the tube. Ovary 1- or 
