26 MANUAL OF BOTANY 



No division of the series of the Monochlamydese or of the 

 Monocotyledons is made m ' Genera Plantarum ; ' but in the 

 English translation of Le Maout and Decaisne's ' Traitd G(5n6ra.l 

 de Botanique,' which was edited by Sir J. D. Hooker, another 

 classification of them is adopted as follows : — 



Sub-Class 3. Monochlamydeje. 

 Division 1. Ovary superior (Superai). 

 Cohort 1. Chenopodiales. 



2. Laurales. 



3. Daphnales. 



4. Urticales. 



5. Amentales. 



6. Euphorbiales. 



7. Piperales. 



8. Nepenthales. 

 Division 2. Ovary inferior {Infer ce). 



Cohort 1. Asarales. 



2. Quernales. 



3. Santalales. 



Class 2. Monocotyledones. 



Division 1. Ovary inferior {Inferce). 

 Cohort 1. Hydrales. 



2. Amomales. 



3. Orchidales. 



4. Taccales. 



5. Narcissales. 



6. Dioscorales. 



Division 2. Ovary superior (Super cb). 



Sub-division 1. Ovary apocarpous (Apocarpce). 

 Cohort 1. Triurales. 

 2. Potamales. 

 Sub-division 2. Ovary syncarpous (Syncarpce). 

 Cohort 1. Palmales. 



2. Arales. 



3. Liliales. 



4. Pontederales. 



5. Commelynales. 



6. Bestiales. 



7. Glumales. 



For full particulars ia reference to this system, reference 

 should be made to Bentham and Hooker's ' Genera Plantarum,' 



