SYNOPSIS. 



Subdivision III. — Thalamifldrce. 



Torus usually a Thalamus (that is, with all its floral parts free and 

 distinct, as it were in a common hridal-chamber) , rarely changed into 

 a disk or a gynophore. Stamens often indefinite. Petals 1-2-00- 

 seriate. 



Mallow Alliance : 

 Order 125. Tiliace^. 

 " 126. Sterculiacese. 

 " 127. Malvaceae. 



Mangosieen Alliance 



Order 128. Chlenacese. 



" 129. Dipterocarpeai. 



" 130. Camelliaceaa. 



" 131. Guttiferse. 



" 132. Hypericaceaa. 



" 138. Elatinacese. 



134. Podostemaoese. 



Pink Alliance : 

 Order 135. Tamarisoinese. 

 " 136. Portulacaceae. 

 " 137. Caryophyllaceffi. 

 " 138. Frankeniaeese. 



Milkwort Alliance : 

 Order 139. Voohysi^ceas. 

 " 140. Tremandracese. 

 " 141 Polygalace^. 

 " 142. Pittosporacese. 



SERIES I. CRYPTOGAMIA.— Plowers microscopic and rudi- 

 mentary ; producing a spore without differentiation of parts. 



Class I. THALLOGENS. 



Seaweed Alliance : 1. Algse ; 2. Fungi. 3. Lichens. 



Ord. I. Algae, Seaweeds. — Described, Lessons II., V., VI. 



Two Divisions (Classification of Le Maout et Decaisne). 



Div. 1, — Pkotophtta, First Plants. 5 Tribes : 



Tribe 1. Palmellaceae. — Internal cell-division. Cells globular or 

 elliptic, solitary or in masses in a gelatinous matrix which is an out- 

 growth of the cell-wall. Several Genera. 



1. Protococcus nivalis, Ked Snow; on snow, mts. ; Fig. 11, D. 



