.14 s;ynopsis of the natural orders. 



Ficus the minute 1-sexual fl. are attached to the inner walla of a hollow 

 fleshy receptacle. 



1. Ovary hcelled and 1-ovuled {in Amarantace(B often 2-or more-ovuled). 

 Embryo annular curved or folded; endosp. mealy or 0. 



LXXXIX. Nyctaginace^ (Boerhaavia).— Fl. 2-sexual. Perianth 

 infer., 5-lohed, coloured, imbr., plaited in bud, tube persist. 8tam. 

 1-5, hypog, exserted. Ovule erect, style slender. Fruit membranous. 

 Cotyl. large, folded round the endosp. — Herbs with opp. leaves; stip. 

 0. Fl. panicled, umbelled or capitate. 



XO. AMARANTACE-a;. Flovjers 1-2-sexual. Sep. infer., 5, scarious 

 or herbaceous, imbr., persist. 8tam. 1-5, opp. sep.; fil. distinct, or 

 -connate with the interposed staminodes. Ovary 1-ovuled (2 or more in 

 Deeringia and Celosia), ovules basal. Fruit usually an indehiscent 

 utricle, rarely a berry. Seeds erect.— Herbs or shrubs with opp. or 

 altern. exstip. leaves. 



XCI. GHiEiiiOFODi&cEx.— Flowers 1-or 2*sexual. Perianth inier.; seg • 

 ments 3-5, or in feni.-fl. often 0, distinct or connate, imbr., persist. Stam. 

 usually 5, opp. perianth-lobes, hypog. or perig. Ovary 1- celled, 1-ovuled, 

 stigmas 2-5. Fruit a membranous utricle. Seed horiz. or vert. ; endosp. 

 mealy, or scanty or 0.— Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves usually altern. 

 n. small, axillary. 



XCJI. PoJjYgon &,CEM.—Fl. 2-sexual. Perianth infer., 4-6-cleft, often 

 color red, imbr., persist. Stam. 4-8, perigynous. Styles 2 or 3. Uvule basal. 

 Fruit a 3-gonous or biconvex nutlet. Embryo lateral, endosp. floury. 

 —Herbs with altern. leaves, and sheathing stip. Fl. axillary, in heads 

 spikes or cymes, bracteate. 



2. Ovary 4-6-celled, many-ovuled. Embryo minute injleshy endosp. 

 XCIII. Akistolochiace^. (Aristolochia). Flowers 2-sexual, irreg* 



Perianth super,, inflated at base. Stam. 6, sessile round the very shorfc 

 style. Caps. 6-valved. Seeds 3-gonous.— Herbs or shrubs, with altern. 

 exstip. leaves. Fl. axillary. 



3. Ovary super., 1-celled and 1-ovuled, or of 3-4 partially connite carpels. 

 X("IV. PiPERACEJE. Flowers 2-sexual or dioecious. Perianth (in* 



vclucre petaloid in Houttuynia). Stam. 1-6, hypog. ; anth.-cells distinct 

 or confluent. Styles 2-6, ovule erect. Fruit globose or sabglobose, dry or 

 succulent (dehiscent in Houttuynia). Embryo minute, endosp. hard. — 

 Herbs or shrubs, often climbing. Leaves altern. opp. or whorled. PI. 

 minute, in spikes. 



4.. Ovary super., l-celled and 1-ovuled. Stam. on perianth-tube. Seeds 

 n-ith distinct testa. 



XCV. LAURACE-as. — Flowers 1-sexual (2-sexual in Cass^i^a>. PeriaTtih. 

 infer., usually 6-cleft or-part., often persist. Stam. usually 9, in 3 rows, 

 with sometimes a 4th inner row of staminodes ; fil. flattened, 2-gland., at 

 the base ; anth. usually 4-celled (2-celled in Oassytha), opening by valves. 

 Ovulo-gend. Fruit indeh. Endosp. 0.— Trees or shrabs {Qassytha is 

 a leafless climber). Leaves altern. or whorled, rarely opp., entire, stip. 

 0. Fl. usually in panicles. 



