CONSPECTUS OF ORDERS AND FAMILIES. 145 



240 Class II. MONOCOTYLEDONES. 



The Monocotyledons are few compared with the Dicotyledons, and 



:. .-Mix dis- 

 tinguished from dicotyledonous trees by the comparatively slender 

 stems, unbranched or' but slight lv branched, ami m,t much more 

 (■use. This is due to the parts of the 

 h the leaves have fallen ceasing to trrow further in 



it r the arrangement of tissues 

 ie-rmis or layer of periderm undergoes no further change. 



! 



ent species are native in our area (though some are 



also found among the Liliacece (e. g. Asparagus, Snulax), orne 

 ■ grasses (especially the Bamboos), a few Sritamlma 

 ■ "///«< and a few others. 



monocotyledonous leaf is simple, narrow, with parallel 



blade may be a short petiole. ' Even th( «>t\ iod,.n 1 - a ~L. a-lun- 



wcu r in the Dicotyledons, es|» l<o*ales and Um- 



''■•-■ En i , nous leaf occur 



Jefly i n the Aroids, Dioscoreacece, Taccacem and Palms. But none 



. ... 

 «onous or flabellate and texture hard. The aroids and Taccacece 

 : often pedate 



SYNOPSIS OF ORDERS AND FAMILIES OF 

 THE MONOCOTYLEDONS. 

 Order I. FLUVIALES (Helobiae). 



tic or marsh plants. Flowers regular, often heterochlamydeom 



h 3-mewus u-horls throughout, or stamens and carpels numerous 



