12 SYNOPSIS OF NATURAL ORDERS. 
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fe w-seeded. 7 RE none. Seeds naked. Trees, =. allecnals aa 
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as tren dioecious, in catkins. ae — or rudimentary. 
free, 1-celled; ovules indefinite, basal o: rietal. Seeds with a 
tuft of hair. Trees or shrubs, with alternate ious 
Casuarinee.—F lowers monoecious, in spikes. Pe ei 4 in male flowers 2- 
ph beg a females none. Stamen 1. Ovary 1-celled with 1 or 2 ovules; 
styles 2 es woody, the woody bracts valvately opening. Caryopsis 
Lenflee ess trees, with Foldiead branchlets furnished with toothed 
sheaths like in Equisetum 
DIVISION 2. GYMN OSPERMS. Ovules naked, without 
ovary or stigma. Seeds naked. Cotyledons sometimes several. 
To this division —e the conifers, Cyeads (mundein) and Gnetum 
(jutnoé)— 
Gnetacee— Stamens in the ae ovules in the Pager enclosed in an ovoid 
or tubular bract. Shrubs, rely little s, usually scandent, with 
jointed stems and opposite pats aay le: 
eee Se —Anthers i in the bares ovules in the “Bailes inserted on scales, 
ins or cones. ‘Trees or shrubs, with a branched 
po jointed ‘enn, and stale often scale-like or necdleshape leaves. 
—— —Anthers numerous on the under surface of scales arranged in 
ovules from separate reduced fronds. Small but echaink trees, often 
ess, the stem not or A i a branched. Leaves pinnate. 
Crass II. MONOCOTYLEDONS or ENDOGENS. 
sim, when woody, uniformly consisting of bundles of fibres 
imbedded i in cellular tissue with a firmly adherent bark 
divided 
* Ovary inferior. Perianth usually distinct, in 2 series, coloured. 
+ AmomaLEs.— Flowers usuall a and very irregular, Peri- 
ae anth of oe segmen ents. Stamens 6, 1 or 5 anther-bearing, the rest 
petaloid or abortive, or all 6 fertile. oy usually 3-cell a. Fruit 
a berry sipesan sule. 
. Musacee—Flowers irregular. Perianth of 6 segments, ee in 2 dis- 
os Fee ee Bee sent alien free anak labellum-like. 
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