SYNOPSIS. 



Subdivision I. — Ovary simple, or syncarpous ; rarely apocarpous. 



Grass Alliance : 

 Order 1. Grraminaeeaa. 

 " 2. Oyperaceae. 



Kestio Alliance : 

 Order 3. Eestiacese. 

 " 4. Briocaulonacese. 

 " 5. Flagellariacese. 



Spiderwort Alliance : 

 Order 6. Xyrldacese. 

 " 7. Oommelynaoese. 



Pontederia Alliance : 

 Order 8. Philydraoese. 

 " 9. Pontederiacese. 

 " 10. Kapateacese. 



Lihf Alliance : 

 Order 11. Juneaoese. 

 " 12. Xerotidese. 

 " 13. KoxburghiSeese. 

 " 14. Astellacese. 

 15. Gillesiaeese. 

 " 16. Conantheraeese. 

 " 17. Eriospermacese. 

 " 18. Llliaceie (Flowers often 



phosphorescent) . 

 " 19. Ophiopogonacese. 

 " 20. Aspidistracese. 



Arum Alliance: 

 Order 21. Leranacese. 

 " 22. Aracess. 

 " 23. Typhacese. 



Palm Alliance : 



Order 24. Pandauacese. 

 " 25. Palmacese. 



Subdivision II. — Ovary apocarpous ; reduced to one carpel in some 

 Naiadacea3. 



Pondweed Alliance: 

 Order 26. Naiadaceae. 

 " 27. Alismacese. 



fruit ; their monocotylfedons, how- 

 ever, fix their place among Endo- 

 gens. See Lesson X.) 



(Alismaoese resemble Eanuncu- Tnuris Alliance : 



lacese in flower and apocarpous Order 28. Triuridese.* 



Division II. — Ovary Adherent. 



(Free in some Bromeliacese and H^modoraoeje.) 



No Subdivisions. 



Frogbit A lliance : 

 Order 29. Hydrocharidese (closely 

 allied to Pondweeds, thus mak- 

 ing a continuous chain from the 

 most simple (Naias) to the most 

 complex (Hydrdcharis) of En- 

 dogens. But in Hydrocharis 

 the ovary is adherent and syn- 

 carpous). 



Vam Alliance : 



Order 30. Dioscoreacete (leaves 



ribbed, with netted cross-veins ; 



and fruit and habit of Smilax ; 



but the ovary here is adherent). 



Narcissvs Alliance : 

 Order 31. Vellosiacese. 

 " 32. Haemodoraceae. 

 " 33. Amaryllidacese. 

 " 34. Iridaceae. 



