SYNOPSIS OF NATURAL ORDERS, ll 
Proteacee.—Flowers hermaphrodite; perianth-segments 4, valvate. Sta- 
mens opposite the od Sorgen and inserted on them. Carpel soli- 
tar bumen Radicle inferior. Trees or shrubs, with alternate 
or rarely opposite ribares. 
29. SantaLatEs.—Flowers hermaphrodite or diclinous. Perianth lly 
icuous, aoiibed polymorphous and valvate. Ovary 1- to many- 
celled, with 1 to many ovules in ss cell, the ovules usually reduced 
naked nucleus. Fruit a dru or berry, usu usually 1-seeded. 
Loranthacee.—Flowers hermap ry ge ob ae age i eee he 
of 4 to 6 or rarely more vale segments. 
segments a opposite and adnate to Bove hg "Can el ooh tary, ‘with a 
co erect or suspended ovule. Albumen green, fleshy. itical 
a —Flowers hermaphrodite. Perianth tego or —— 
the lobes valvate. Stamens opposite the Ones pa 
with 1 to 5 ovules suspended from a central es nt Alben, rein 
Trees, shrubs, or herbs, often parasitic, with alternate o te leaves 
30. ep ee a oe —Flowers osm or pest aa ae te. Perianth 
various or Ovary superior, 2- to many-celled, with 1 to numerous 
pendulous soulan? in each ont” "Fruit, often Sapeuter, rarely a berry or 
a 
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of true corolla and ahs Ovary of 3, rarely 2 or — ating i Pe ‘united 
opposite leaves. 
31. Urticates.— Flowers epee or a —_ h green, usu- 
ally regular, rarely none. Stamens opposite the perianth-lobes or 
le al: 
an achene or samara. Albumen present or not. Embryo straight. 
Urticacee.—Flowers unisexual, the males small and green. Stamens oppo- 
site the perianth-segments. Ovary superior, free or eer with 1 
(rarely 2) ovules. Fruit various, l-seeded. Seeds albuminous. Trees, 
shrubs, or herbs, with usually alternate leaves. Stipules sree 
32. sprenciges —Flowers unisexual, the males in catkins, the females soli- — 
ta n spikes. Peri oe green, that of the males lobed or reduced - 
to a “real that of the females minute, 2-6-lobed or toothed. Ovary 
— -6-celled, with a solitary, erect, or 2 or more pendulous ovules 
each cell. Fruit l-seeded. Albumen no 
Testasion: —Perianth of male flowers a scale or bet that of the females 
2-4-toothed. Ovary 1-celled, with a solitary ovule. Fruit a i 
with a 2-valved endocarp. Trees, with tapas nee Stipules pp 
= Capelre —Perianth of male flowers unequally lobed, that of the foals 
Ovary 2-4-celled. Fruit consisting of 1-3 1-seeded nuts in 
pa al or cup. Trees or shrubs, with simple alternate leaves. Sti- 
pules present 
33. AmENTALES.— Flowers unisexual, in catkins, sent _ heads. ——_ — 
none or calyx-like, or consisting of 1 or Zt a heele nae tlets, 
or scales. Ovary superior, Ewen. Albumen. no: 
