THE QUEENSLAND ELOIU. 



Class I. DICOTYLEDONS. 



SUBCLASS III. M0N0CHLAMYDEJ5. 



Semes VI. Achlamydospoee*. — Ovary l-celled, 1 to 3 ovulate. Ovules 

 •without apparent coats. Seeds adnata to the walls of the pericarp. 



CXIV. LoKANTHACE^. Pai'asitioal shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite or alteruate, without 

 :stipules. Stamens opposite the corolla-lobes or petals or on them. Ovary inferior, l-oelled, 

 with 1 erect ovule, not perceptible till the flowering is over. Seeds adherent to the pericarp. 



CXV. Santalaoe/e. Flowers usually hermaphrodite, often minute. Perianth-lobes valvate. 

 Stamens opposite the lobes. Ovary with few pendulous ovules rarely conspicuous till after 

 fecundation. Drupe indehiscent. Shrubs, herbs or rarely trees. 



CXVI. Balakophokejj:. Fleshy scaplgerous leafless root-parasit.'S. Flowers unisexual 

 small ill dense terminal heads or spikes. Perianth-lobes valvate. Stamens 3. Ovary 1 or 

 2 -celled, with 1 pendulous ovule in each cell. 



Series VII. Unisexuales. — Flowers unisexual, very rarely polygamous. 

 ■Ovary of 1 carpel or syncarpous, cells 1 or 2 ovulate ; ovules if 2 collateral ; 

 styles as many as carpels. 



CXVIL EupHOKBiACE.'E. Perianth inferior, rarely none in one or both sexes, single or rarely 

 of calyx and petals. Disk often present. Stamens 1, few or many. Ovary 1, 2 or 3-cclled 

 ■cells 1 to 2-ovuIate; ovules pendulous. Fruit of 2 to 3 loeulicidal cocci, or a drupe or berry; 

 cotyledons flat or folded, albumen fleshy, very rarely none. Herbs, shrubs or trees. 



CXVIII. Balanopsej!. Inflorescence, male amentaceous. Perianth none or represanted by 

 minute scales. Stamens from 2 to numerous ; anthers subsessile. Ovary imperfectly 2- 

 ■celled ; ovules 2 in each cell, erect, anotropous. Seeds albuminous, radicle inferior. 



CXIX. Ueticach.'e. Flowers unisexual. Perianth inferior, lobed or partite. Stamens as 

 many as and opposite the perianth divisions or fewer, filaments erect or incurved in the bud. 

 Ovary 1 celled, 1-ovulate ; style simple or bifid, or jtigma sessile, plumose. Fruit a samara, 

 drupe, or achene, or a synearp of confluent pericarps and perianths. Seed erect or pendulous, 

 albumen scanty or none. Herbs, shrubs or trees, sometimes with a milky sap. 



CXX. Ca»uakinej!. Male inflorescence spicate. Perianth segments 1 to 2, minute. Stamen 

 1. Female in cones. Ovary 1-ceIled, 2-ovulate. Seed 1. Albumen none. Kadicle superior. 

 Branches jointed, leafless except a whorl of teeth at the joints. 



CXXI. CUPULIFEETE. , Male inflorescence often amentaceous. Perianth small' or none. 

 Stamens various. Ovary 1 to 6-celIed, with 1 or 2 ovules in each cell, Nuts seated on or 

 enclosed in an involucre. Albumen none. Eadicle superior. Leaves simple. 



Seeies VIII. Order of doubtful affinity. 



CXXII. CEKATOPHYLLE.E. Flowcrs monoBcious axillary. Perianth submembranous, many- 

 partite. Stamens numerous. Ovary l-celled, 1-ovulate. Nuts often 2 to 4 spined. Albumen 

 none. Eadicle superior, short ; plumule many-leaved. Submerged freshwater herbs ; stem 

 very slender,. much-branched, fragile. Leaves whorled, cleft into filiform toothed secments. 



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