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B. Ovary 1, inferior. 
304. OrcuipacEes. Stam. and style united in a central column. 
303. Hyprocuaripacea. Stam. free. Sep. 3. Pet. 3. 
315. Inipacem. Stam. free, 3. Anth. bursting outwards. 
Perianth coloured. 
317. AMARYLLIDACE®. Stam. free, 6. Anth. bursting in- 
wards. Perianth coloured. Fr. a 3-valved capsule. 
C. Ovary 1, superior. 
I. Perianth like a corolla of 6 petals. 
319. Lintaczam. Fr. dry, bursting with 3 valves. 
318. AsPpARAGACE. Fy. succulent, not bursting. 
II. Perianth more or less glumaceous, or partly coloured, or 
none. 
327. Juncaceam. Perianth 6-parted. Stam. 6. FI. herma- 
phrodite. 
327. ERIocAULACEa. Perianth 4—5-parted. Stam. 2—6. 
Fl. moneecious. 
337. Typuaces. FI. moneecious, on a spadix. Anth. wedge- 
shaped, erect; filaments long. 
338. Aracea. Fl. moneecious, on a spadix. Anth. ovate ; 
filaments very short. 
339. Lemnaces. Fl. monecious, 2 in a spath, no spadix. 
345. Narapaces. Perianth 0. Fl. in 2 rows upon one side 
of a spadix, or solitary. 
Subdivision III. GLumirer#. Leaves parallel-vemed, per- 
sistent. Floral envelopes imbricated. 
345. CyprEracea&. Leaves with entire sheaths. Anth. entire 
at the end. 
371. Gramine#&. Leaves with split sheaths. Anth. notched 
at both ends. 
II. CRYPTOGAMEZ or FLOWERLESS PLANTS. 
Class III. CRYPTOGAMEA: DUCTULOSZ. 
403. EauisrTace®. Leafless branched plants with a fistular 
stem, with sheaths at the joinings. 
406. Finices. Leafy plants. Thece from the veims on the 
underside or at the end of the leaves. 
417. Lycopopiace#&. Leafy plants. Thece axillary, sessile. 
419. Cuaracea. Leafless branched plants with a fistular stem, 
not sheathed at the joinings. 
