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tary ooursi of instruction mi Hotanv and Ve-;etabl< I'hvsinl. uv. in 

 relation t rum m-l n iiitun _ i, id I i u . 1 t< , will be given 

 throughout the year, by It •<-tni\> .-ni.i laboratorv-teachimr. ' This 

 course will be e. ndtmted h\ 1/rol's. Goodalc. Farlow, and others. 



6. Classifies -it ton >md T^rtninolog}/ in Mo„orotyUdons, by 

 George Bentham. — A paper of 30 pages, and with three plates, 

 closing the loth volume of the Journal of the Linnean Society. 

 1877. An arrangement of the orders is sketched, which, being 

 employed in the Flora .iustrolieiisis, will doubtless be adopted in 

 the new Gtioro Pinutorm;^ unless in the mean while reason 

 appears for modifying it. Tlu \ are ^n.uj.i .1 in hum illiaiu *. »i 

 cohorts, beginning with those bearing the most complete and dif- 

 u rent'at, d tlom rs. thus: Ulianee 1. Kri.;\\N i-;, with inferior ovary 

 and mostly biseriate perianth. The four sections are eased, upon 

 habit and the >eeds, in which rather more than usual rests upon 

 the presence or absence of albumen. Hydro>:L«ridvn-. aquatic 

 plants, with regular flowers and exalbuminous seeds, begin the 

 series. The Sritn»ri),<:<r. which follow, by an awkward misprint 

 or slip, are said to have *.v-nibuiiiinous >.vd*. As they really 

 accord in this regard with the fourth and larger section which 

 begins with the 1,-ideo and ends with the Bromeliaeem, they 

 i bo placed after the third section, which consists of 

 the Orrhiden- and Jhtrmanniacew. 



Alliance 2, Cokoxari.e, with superior mostlv syncarpous ovary, 



albuminous seeds and mostlv biseriate perianth. * Its first section, 



ianth of both series petaloid fa character not without 



isistsofth Liinir,,, m d 'their allies, down to the 



Po,,t,<h riaewz. In the list of suborders oi Ldiarco - Airavea?" 



has by accident been printed instead of Aldneos. A second group 



■ alvcine or none, and the inner petaloid; 



I'hU'jd,;;.,,^ V./riden^ CoUt.nelynnrr-t (but not Trillium). The 



third group has perianth of both series calvcine, and inclu.les the 

 Juncem and Palmce. 



Alliance 3, Nudiflor^e, with free ovary apocarpous, monocar- 

 peilary, or rarely syncarpous; the peri u th - thei n.«m or reduced 

 to a s<.a!e un.l. r each anther, i //*,„",-,,* are exceptional; but 

 their associari.-n with Aroideo and _\ 'aiadacem seems natural. 



Alliance 4, Giu/mali;*, contains two groups ; the first with ovary 

 often more than one-celled, and ovule pendulous ; Eriocaulonem, 

 r t „t ,-,!,, >idecP, Hestiaceoe. The second, v.ith one-celled ovary and 

 erect ovule, Ci/perxcea-, Grominete. The schedule is followed 

 by a series of critical remarks and explanations. 



The homology of the parts of the blossom in Xi/rix is reviewed. 

 and better interpreted; the two outer so-called 

 ments are shown to be bracelets; what was taken for a third seg- 

 . .uter. is shown to be the representative ot 



ular perianth no conflict 'has arisen. 



f interest ;„ paper is found in the ex- 



position of the homology and t. ... in Cype- 



raeeaz and Gmminece,~a just account of which can hardly he given 



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