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Order 110. — Musace/E. — Stamens more than 1. Anthers 2-celled. No 

 vitellus. 



Order 111. — Zingiberacejs. — Stamen 1. Anther 2-celled. Embryo in 

 a vitellus. 



Order 112. — Marantace^e. — Stamen 1. Anther 1-celled. No vitellus. 



Group XL VIII. — Orchidales. 



Flowers with irregular perianth. Ovary 1-celled, with parietal placentae. 

 Stamens 1 — 3. Seeds without albumen. 



Order 113. — Orchidacej3. — Flowers irregular, gynandrous. Placentae 

 parietal. 



Group XLIX. — Liliales. 



Flowers with a regular hexapetaloid perianth, or rarely glumaceous. Seeds 

 with a copious albumen. 



Order 114. — Melanthace^e. — Perianth naked, flat when withering. An- 

 thers turned outwards ; styles distinct ; albumen fleshy. 



Order 115. — Liliace^e. — Perianth naked, flat when withering. Anthers 

 turned inwards ; styles consolidated ; albumen fleshy. 



Group L. — Smilicales. 



Flowers perfect, diclinous or polygamous. Leaves reticulated. Carpels 

 consolidated. Seeds albuminous.* 



Order 116. — Smilace^e. — Flowers unisexual, hexapetalous. Carpels seve- 

 ral, consolidated. Placentae axile. 



Order 117. — Dioscoreaceje. — Flowers unisexual. Perianth adherent. 

 Carpels consolidated, several-seeded. 



Group LI. — Glumales. 



Flowers imbricated with bracts, and in spikelets ; no proper perianth. 

 Ovary 1-celled, 1-ovuled. Embryo at end of albumen, next the hilum. 



Order 118. — Graminace^e. — Styles 2 or more, distinct or united. Ovule 

 ascending. Embryo lateral, naked. 



Class IV. — Sporogens or Rhizanthous Plants. 



Parasitic, leafless plants, with homogeneous stems, and a scarcely-developed 

 vascular system, furnished with true flowers, but propagated by spores. 



Order 119. — Rafflesiace^e. — Ovules indefinite, parietal. Fruit many- 

 seeded. Calyx 5-parted. Anthers opening by pores. 



Series II.— Cryptogamous or Flowerless Plants. 



Plants destitute of true flowers, and consequently of seeds. Reproduction 

 by means of minute bodies, called spores, mostly enclosed in cases, and with- 

 out radicle or cotyledon. 



* This group forms part of a new class which Lindley has proposed under the name 

 of Dictyogens, including in it a few orders which appear to form a link between the Exo- 

 gens and Endogens, having some of the characters of each ; but further observations are 

 needed on the subject before this change can be adopted. 



