CLASS XXI. IV 



VA.U2. 



* * Stamens 2, sometime a 1 to G. 



Salix.— Sterile and fertile flowers Loth in amenta, naked. Stamens 1 to 6.— 



Trees or shrub*. 323 



F;uxixrs.— Calyx small, 4 cleft- Style single. Fruit a 1 to 2 seeded samara — 



Ties, with jpinnate leaves. '-'• '•' 



*** Stamens 8 or 1. 

 Tai.USNEkH.— Capsule rylmqri<T.1, l-cdlecl. many-pcedcd. St;r^.eEK mostly 3. 



Submersed aqu itics, with long grass-like leaves. 866 



A< : .vim in a sae. 4 ; 'C 



VijClm. — Anthers sessile on the calyx-lobes. Barry 1-celled, 1-seedel. — Aytl- 



U>v:is!i green parasitic plant. 311 



* * * * Stamens mostly 5 (sometimes 4.) 



NSOUXDO.— Fruit a double samara. — Shru'tS. Lviws compound. TO 



M.TRICA — Fruit a dry drupe. .Flowers in short amenta. Tdameuts 2 to S, 



somewhat united.— Sfirubs. 32o 



Dl ICA. — Fruit anacheniuim. Flowers spiked or pahiclcd.— .SSros, 337 



FykUI.vp.ia.— Style 1. Fruit near like. 1-celled, 1-seeded.— A low straggling 



shrub. 310 



HXSBA. — Fruit an oval or oblong berry-like drupe, with a grooved endoearp. 



— Trees, with smooth ■aid shining leaves. 302 



'CfiXNABlNE*. — Calyx of 1 sepal, folding round the acheniurn.— Erect or twining 



herbs, with a watery juix. 338 



Acxida. —Calyx 3 to 5-sepallod. Acheniurn 3 to 5-angku, crustaceous.— //' rbs. 



Leave* lanceolate, acuminate. 222 



X vnthixyum.— S,'j>u Is o. petal-like. Pistils 3 to 0. Carpelsdhkkisdi. 2-valved. 



- ..- black and shining. — Ifraffrant-ehi-ubs, 6€ 



PlELEA. PKTAis3to-6. Stamens 3 to 5. Stigm \S 2. Fruit a 2-eeIled samara. 



winged all.ucouud. — Slir-ubs with 3 to b-foliaie leaves, C7 



Order VI. I-Iexandria. — G Stamens. 



IvC'm::x.— Vein nium 3-augular ; covered by the inner sepals. — Sour herbs. SOS 



* Climbing or twining . 



£mi:.a:<.— Perianth of 6 equal spreading segm mts. Stigmas 3, thiek. Berry 



1 to 3 seede I. — Shrubs orrtCrely herbs, climbing by tendrils nri the petioles. 372 



I)i 1300REA. — Cap^nle 3*-cellcd, 3-w inged, 3-seedcd. — Climbing herbs, ivilh more or 



less he n t-sh tped leaves. 37 1 



* * Hti bx, with parallel-veined radical leaves. 



•Cham v. i.ituim. — Perianth of (i persistent sepals. Styles 3. linenr-club-shaped. 



Anthersyellaw. — Fdowcrs yeUoivis/i-wUite, in a ling slender raceme. 3SS 



Order YIII. •Qct-Polyandria. — S to man?/ stamens. 

 * F towers with calyx and corolla. 



7dENK-.PEr.wrM.— Sepals and petals 4 to S, distinct. Drupes 1 to 4.— Twining or 



climbing shrubs. Leaves -palmate or peltate. 15 



* * Calyx regular.: petals none. 



+ LACK ACM.F.— Aromatictrees'orshrubs. with alternatedefrres. 'Calyx petal- 

 like, C-parted. Stamens 9. Drupe free. 30? 



1. SvSsafras. — Drupaovoid/eupportcd on a fleshy eluVshaped pedicel. — Trees. 308 



2. Bknzoix. — Drupe obovoid, the stalk not thickened.— Shrubs. 3^S 



* * * Calyx and corolla none. 



ForriA-g. — Flowers in uments. Stamens 8 to 40. Capsule 1-celled.— Trees, with 



more or less heart-shaped leaves. 332 



