xlVl INTRODUCTION* 



Order 57. Lentibiddriea: (The Butt'erwort Famih'). — Insecti- 

 vorous marsh herbs with monody m metric, conspicuous flowers; 

 sepals and petals 5 each, usually bi-labiate ; stamens 2 ; carpels 2 ; 

 fruit a i-chambered, many-seed-d capsule, (p. 374-) 



Okder 58. \ erbendcex (The Vervain). — An cre^t, branched 

 herb with opposite leaves and a compound spike of small mono- 

 symmetric flowers; sepals and petals 5. each; corolla bi-labiate; 

 stamens didyna nous ; fruit a regma of 4 i-,eeded nutlets, (p. ^7 ) 



Order 59. Lah:dt(e (The Labiate Family). — Aromatic hcrl)s 

 with squar.i stems, ojiposite le.ives and verticil sters of bi-labiate 

 flowers; sepils and petals 5 each, usually bilabiate; staui ns 

 didynamous ; carpels 2 ; fruii a regma of 4 i-seeded nutlets. 



(p. 379-) 



Ori'ER 60. Plaiitai:;ineLB ('Y\\'i Plantain Family). — Herbs with 

 simple, radical leaves and small greenish flowers ; sepals, petals, 

 and stamens 4 each, with slender iilaments nnd e.xserted anthers ; 

 carpels 2 — 4 ; fruit a i — 4-chambered capsule, (p. 401.) 



Order 61. Illecelwdccie (The Knot-grass Family). — Small 

 herbs with simple, se-;sile leaves and small flowers ; sepals and 

 petals 4 — 5 each, or petals absent ; stamens i — 10 ; carpels 2 — 3 ; 

 ovar)' i-chambered, i-ovuled. (p. 404 ) 



SuB-Ci.\s.s 3. luLflinpiice. — Corolla, nnd sometimes calyx also 

 absent, (pp. 407 — 456 ) 



Series i. Alonoc/i/aiiiydeie. — Corolla alone absent, (pp. 407 

 —434) 



§ Ovary supencjr and usuall)' i-(han"il)ered and i-ovuled ^ 



Order 62. Amaranthda-x (The 'Amaranth Family). — An 

 annual, glabrous, prostrate herb, with scattered, petiolate, simple 

 leaves, and small, axillary, green, moncecious flowers ; sepals and 

 stamens 3 — 5 each. (p. 407.) 



Order 63 C/ieii'ipodidcca (The Goose-foot Family). — Herbs 

 with simple leaves, or leafless jointed stems and inconspicuous 

 gieen flowers; sepals 3— 5, persistent ; sfamcns i — 5, (p. 40S.) 



Order 64. Po!v^iO)ida\e (The Persicavia Familv). — Heriis with 

 scattered simple leaves with sheathing stipnles and small flowers ; 

 sepils 3 — 6, green or coloured, usually persistent ; stamens 5 — 8. 

 (p. 416.) 



Order 65. TIi\7>i-hcda\L' C\:\\<, Daphne Family).— Shrubs with 

 toug 1 inner birk ; simple, entire leaves ; _and sweet-scented perfect 

 flowers ; sepals 4; slamens 8 ; fruit beri;y-like. (p, 423.") 



Order 66. E'cca^rndcea ('Phe Sea Buckthorn). — A shrub with 

 silvery scales; scattered, simple, entire feavcs, and inconspicuous 



1 It is 2-chambercd in the Elms (Urtic^Lu-a:). 



