COHORTS AND ORDERS. (BY THE EDITOR.) 



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pals or bracts 4-12, imbricate, rarely 0. 

 Stamens 4, opposite the sepals. Ovary 2-3- 

 celled; ovules solitary or geminate, pendu- 

 lous, not operculate. Fruit capsular or fleshy. 

 Seed albuminous. — Trees or shrubs; leaves 

 opposite or alternate, exstipulate . . 698 



204. Pen^jaob^. Flowers ^. Perianth 

 tubular, 4-lobed, valvate. Stamens 4, on 

 the perianth. Ovary 4-celled; cells 2-4- 

 ovuled. Capsule loculieidal. Embryo mi- 

 nute, albuminous. — Shrubs; leaves opposite 701 



205. GBissoLOMEiE. Flowers ^. Sepals 

 4, imbricate. Stamens 8. Ovary 4-celled. 

 Capsule loculieidal ; cells 2-ovuled. Embryo 

 albuminous. — Shrubs ; leaves opposite . . 701 



206. Lacisibmaoe^. Flowers ^ , spiked. 

 Sepals or 4^6, petaloid, imbricate. Stamen 

 1, 2-fid. Ovary 1-celled ; stigmas 3 ; ovules 

 S-6. Drupe with a 3-valved endocarp. Seed 

 arillate, albuminous. — Shrubs or trees ; leaves 

 alternate, stipulate 702 



Cohort XXXIII. Piperales. — Flowers 5 or diclinous, usually in spikes or catkins. 

 Perianth rudimentary or 0. Ovary superior, of one 1-celled 1-ovuIed carpel, or of several 

 free 2-go -celled. 



206n!. (217.) Piperace.*!. Flowers crowded 

 on a spadix, very minute, § or dioecious. 

 Ovary 1-celled; ovule 1, basilar, orthotro- 

 pous. Embryo albuminous, included in the 

 amniotic sac. — Herbs or shrubs; leaves op- 

 posite alternate or whorled, exstipulate . 728 



2066. (218.) SAUKTTEEiE. Flowers crowded 

 on a spadix, ^ • Ovary superior or inferior, 

 1-celled with parietal placentas, or 3-6-celled 

 with axile placentas; ovules ascending, 2-oo 

 in each cell. Embryo albuminous, imbedded 

 in the amniotic sac. — Herbs ; leaves alternate, 

 exstipulate 731 



206c. (219.) CHLOEANTHACE.a!. Flowers 

 5 , or diclinous ; ^ spicate, J cymose or 

 panicled. Ovary 1-celled ; ovule 1, pendu- 

 lous, orthotropous. Embryo small, albumi- 

 nous. — Shrubs; leaves opposite, stipulate . 733 



206d. (220.) CBBATOPHTLLBiE. Flowers 

 monoecious, axillary, sessile. Ovary 1-celled; 

 ovule 1, pendulous, orthotropous. Embryo 

 exalbuminous; plumule polyphyllous. — Sub- 

 merged herbs, with whorled dissected exsti- 

 pulate leaves 735 



Cohort XXXIV. Nepenthales. — Flowers dioecious. Perianth 4-partite, imljricate. 

 Stamens monadelphous. Ovary superior, 3-4- celled ; ovules very many, on the septa. 

 Capsule loculieidal. Seed scobiform, albuminous. — Scandent shrubs ; leaves alternate, 

 terminated by pitchers. 



207. NEPENTHBiE 703 



SUB-DIVISION II. Ovary inferior. Perianth more or less distinct in the ^ or $ or 

 both (very obscure in some BalanophorecB'). 



Cohort XXXV. Asarales. — Flowers 2 or diclinous. Perianth usually coloured. 

 Stamens epigynous in the g flowers. Ovary inferior, 1-many-celled. Fruit dT capsule or 

 berry. 



208. Aeistolochie^ Flowers § . Peri- 

 anth regular or irregular, valvate.— Herbs or 

 undershrubs ; leaves alternate, exstipulate . 



705 



209. RAFPLES1ACE2E. Flowers dioecious, 

 rarely ^ . Perianth regular, valvate or im- 

 bricate. — Leafless root-parasites . . . 709 



Cohort XXXVI. ftuemales. — Flowers diclinous, ^ in catkins, $ solitary or in 

 spikes. Perianth green, of $ lobed or reduced to a scale; of $ minute, 2-6-lobed or 

 -toothed. Ovary inferior, 1-6-celled ; ovule 1 basal, or 1 or more pendulous. Fruit 1- 

 seeded. Albumen 0.— Trees ; leaves simple or compound. 



