VIII SYNOPSIS OF ORDERS AND FAMILIES, ETC. 



Family 6. Juglandaeeae (Page 57) 



Flowers monoecious; fruit a nut, dehiscent or indehiscent, or 

 winged ; leaves alternate, pinnate, deciduous, without stipules. 



ORDER FAGALES 



Flowers in catkins or heads, ciclet, with perianth, rarely naked, 

 sometimes perfect, mostly unisexual, monoecious; ovary inferior; carpels 

 2-6, with 1-2 ovules. Fruit nut-like. Trees or shrubs with simple 

 leaves ; stipules present. 



Family 7. Betulaceae (Page 68) 



Flowers monoecious; fruit a nutlet, winged or wingless, in a 

 strobile or more or less enclosed by a membranous involucre ; leaves 

 alternate, simple, deciduous, with stipules. 



Family 8. Fagaeeae (Page 79) 



Flowers monoecious; fruit a nut; more or less inclosed in a 

 scaly cup or spiny involucre; leaves alternate, simple, deciduous or 

 persistent, with stipules. 



Section 2. Flowers mostly unisexual ; calyx regular ; stamens 

 as many as the lobes of the calyx and opposite them; ovary superior, 

 1 celled. 



ORDER URTICALES 



Flowers with perianth, rarely naked, small, mostly aggregated in 

 cymose clusters; stamens as many as the perianth segments; carpels 1 or 

 2; ovary superior, usually 1 celled and 1 ovnled ; fruit a nut or a drupe. 

 Herbs or woody plants ; leaves with stipules. 



Family 9. Ulmaceae (Page 105) 



Fruit a samara or a drupe; leaves alternate, simple, usually 

 deciduous, with stipules. 



Family 10. Moraeeae (Page 120) 



Flowers in ament-like spikes or heads; fruits aggregated, in- 

 closed in the thickened calyx of the flower or succulent and berry- 

 like (Morus), in a globose head (Brousonetia) , large with a hard 

 rind (Cudranm) , or enclosed in a fleshy receptacle (Ficus) ; leaves 

 alternate, simple, deciduous or persistent, with stipules. 



