MONOCHLAMYDE AE 1 2 1 



numerous. Fruit a bivalved capsule. Seeds numerous, 

 small, with a basal tuft of hairs, exalbuminous. 



Woody plants. Leaves mostly entire, stipulate. 

 Flowers spicate. Fam. 2. 



Order III. Myricales. 



Perianth none. Flowers unisexual ; monoecious or 

 dioecious. Stamens 2 or more. Carpels 2, connate. 

 Ovary 1 -celled, with 1 basal, erect ovule. Fruit inde- 

 hiscent, pseudo-drupaceous, 1 -seeded; seed exalbuminous. 



Woody plants. Flowers in simple or rarely com- 

 pound spikes. Fam. 3. 



B. Perianth simple, bract-like. 



Order IV. Urticales. 



Perianth simple, 2 — 3-merous, regular. Stamens 

 opposite the perianth-segments. Pistil of 1 carpel (or 2), 

 superior, i-ovuled. Fruit a nutlet. Herbs or woody 

 plants. Leaves with stipules; inflorescence mostly corym- 

 bose. Fam. 4 — 6. 



C. Perianth simple, mostly coloured, or double, as in 



some families of the Centrospermae. 



Order V. Proteales. (S. A.) 



Perianth simple, coloured, 4-merous ; stamens oppo- 

 site the perianth-segments and adnate* to them. Carpel 1, 

 1 -celled and i-ovuled*. Shrubs or trees; leaves alternate*, 

 entire or divided, exstipulate. Flowers spicate or capitate. 



* Exc. Brabeium. ram. ~. 



Order VI. Santalales. 



Perianth simple, 4 — 5 parted. Stamens opposite 

 the perianth-segments. Carpels 2 — 3 ; connate ; ovules 

 often reduced. Fam. 8 — 12. 



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