CLASS XXI. 



r\oe. 

 2. Pki.tavd?. v.— Flowers naked covering, the whole spalix; ipathe long and 



convolute. 346 



5. Cali.v — Flowers mostly perfect, naked, cover! n? the gpadix; spathe open 



and spreading. — Leaves hmrtrshaptd long petMed. 346 



OftDER Villi MONODELPIITA. — Slair^ns Wilted ly their 

 filaments. 



FHTttA-rrnus.— Staiwna 3, much united; Stigmas 6. Capsule 3 lobed, 3- 



celled; o-seeded. 317 



Avv!.v?:iv— Stamens S to 1% united at the base. Styles 3, cut-fringed. 317 



:''jD).sTE\ruM.— StV-uiens 2, rarely 3. Styles or stigmas 2.— Aquatics, growing 



on stbmb. 314 



UlciNtrs.— Stamens numerous. Styles 3, 2 parted.— Herbs, with peltate-palmate 



lea res, 318 



Flowers naked in the axils of'scdes, forming anient*. 



f'CON'TFER.E.— Trees or shrubs with resinous juice, and mostly with ever- 

 green subulate or n -cdl '-.-hap -d leaves. 33& 



ft Pisus. — Leaves in clusters of 2 to 5 in a sheath, persistent. Z'- j 



2: A3i':s. — Leaves all scattered, persistent. 340 



3; LlRXX. — Leaves many in a cluster, deciduous 31 L 



* Fruit consisting of a colored strobile or sort of drupe. 



■'~\ Tirm. — bruit of few imbricated oblong scales. — Leaves scale-like., closely 



imbricated, on tfie flattened branches. 312 



5. Ctf R r .ssc<.— Fruit of several shield-form thickened scales united in a 



wuo ly oue. — Leaves se tie-like or aw'-slmped, appressed. 342 



6. Taxodium.— Fruit as in Cupressu*. — Leaves linear, 2-ranked, deciduous. 343 



7. Taxus. — Ovule erect, encircled at the bare by an annular disk, which forms 



a berry-like cup around the iced:— Lea ves i-rariked persistent. 344 



Order IX. Szngenesta. — Stamens connected by their 

 anthers. 



* Fruit an achenium. 



X.15THIUM. — Stn inmate and fertile flowers in scperate involucres, the latter a 



2-cellcd burr. 173 



AiiRROsu. — Staminate and fertile. flowers iti seperatt- involucres, the latter nut- 

 like, LcAlJedt 17 " 



* * Fruit a fteslv/ carpel (Pfepo). 



Cucurbit \OE.?.. — UerbacnouSy mostly succulent vines with tendrils, and al- 

 ternately paliu*'.ely wined leaves. Fruit a pepo, mure or less sueculent. 121 



.1. 3icv>s. 2. Ei'inx (STYLUS. 3. Mkloehhiv. pau'e 122. 4. TkPwtoaDICA, 5. Cu-- 

 cujuw, page 123. 6 Lajsxauiv. 7. Chjukeiia, page 124. 



GLASS' XXI. DKE'JIA. S'amens and Pistils in scperate 



Jioicers and on different plants. 



Ohder I — V. Mono.Pextandria. — Stamens I to 5. 



* Stamens 1. 

 Na^as.— Flowers axillary, sessile, wiiliout a perianth.— S*!/ms;>-$evZ aquatics. 350 



