CTUS OF ORDERS AND FAMILIES. 131 

 . The Myrabolan Family. 



.rely undershrubs. Leaves 



«-s sub-opp. rarely all alternate. Fl*. usually small 



in some garden genera), capitate, spicate or racemed 



■ / abort, or produced into 



'in/. <, p. ;nrl f „ 1 4 ;.. ran h fi-7, or pet. 0. 



■•''•■■■;'■■ 



winged Combretacece (p. 351). 



Order XXIV. SALICALES. 



', small, exalbuminous, with thin t< 

 Embryo straight, cotyledons plai 



8 - The Casuarina Family 











W°ody pl an t s wi 









,,,< „ III, f, 1! •! •' 





tabulate scales cc 





it the 



base and forming short sheaths 



w nodes. Flow 









tecious. Males 





"tonal spikes for 



X.l'of 











*>ta», each bract 



with 



/,\n- 





ral bracteoles, 



nd Aflo 



'«i»ti>, ;/ , lf ,_ 2 „, 

 '"■■ "t heads wit 







,7";t: 



TfrZ^Bubttd 





r V mall but accre 







■art,,,!, 



with an ovary 





