ANALYTICAL KEY. : Ixxill 
Leaves entire and mostly evergreen, needle-like, or narrow or 
scale-like. Anthers sessile on the catkin-scales, 
| Leaves flat, mostly toothed. Stamens distinct from the scales. 
146 CoNIFERZ (p. 415.) 
AMENTACEZ (p. 402.) 
Flowers dicecious. Male perianth of 2 or 6 scales ; 148 
147-4 Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous. Perianth regular, of 3 
to 5 divisions . © , . 149 
1483 Hrect shrub. Male perianth of two scales ; HippoPHar (p. 389.) 
| Procumbent undershrub. Perianth of 6 scales EmPrrrum (p. 597.) 
—— Stamens opposite the lobes of the Beane Fruit thin, 
149! like a small leaf , .  Uxmtus (p. 401.) 
) Evergreen climber. Fruit a 1 berry Weg: 5 T : . HEDERA (p. 204.) 
Shrubs. Fruit a berry : ; P : . 150 
150! Flowers on the under side of the leaves ; _ Ruscvs (p. 458. ) 
\Flowers on the stem or branches. d ; ; ; tol 
| Flowers very small, green and open. Stamens 4 or 5 alternating 
1512 _. With the lobes of the perianth : : . RHAMNUS (p. 99.) 
Flowers with a conspicuous tube, often coloured. Stamens 8. 
| DAPHNE (p. 387.) 
Monocotyledons. 
Perianth, or at least the inner segments, coloured and looking 
| like a corolla, or, if green, soft and yellowish . 3 . 153 | 
Perianth dry, green or brown, or reduced to mere scales, or none 
| at all ; : . 159 
One or two anthers sessile on a central column or » style. One of 
153 | the six divisions of the perianth different from the others. 
ORCHIDACES® (p. 434.) 
Three or more distinct stamens . 3 . 154 
‘ Ovaries several, quite distinct, or, if cohering, pacil aes a distinct 
154; style or stigma : : “ ALISMACES (p. 429.) 
Ovary single, 3- celled . ; : : ¢ . 155 
155 Ovary inferior . : ; ; ‘ : 156 
3 oe superior . : : | LIn1acez (p. 454.) 
156 (pean or submer eed plants _  HyprocnaripEs (Pp. 432.) 
Terrestrial or marsh plants . : : : : 157 
187{ Stamens 3. 3 ‘ : 23, ae _ Ieper (p. 448, ) 
Stamens6 . : . 158 
153! Climbing plant with alternate net-veined leaves . Tavs (p. 454.) 
\ Bulbous herbs. : , . AMARYLLIDES (p. 451.) 
Floating or submerged plants : ) OO 
15 so ene plants, or, if aquatic, erect from the bottom of the 
water and projecting above it . 160 
| Leaves in a single whorl of 4 or 5, with netted veins. Perianth- 
160) . Segments, and stamens, 8 or 10 ; : é PaRIs (p. 455.) 
as radical or alternate, linear or Se with parallel 
veins , : rol 
-Perianth of 6 or 4 seoments. Stamens as many or half as many 162 
| Flowers glumaceous, consisting of alternate chafty scales, enclosing 
161, the stamens and pistil in the same or separate scales : . 165 
Stamens and pistils in dense heads or spikes, without distinct 
perianths " ‘ : : 5 : : ‘ : . 166 
