6. FLUVIATILES. 
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Berry roundish ; leaves linear, bundled ; 
spermodermis crustaceous, black . . . ASPARAGEiE. 16. 
Berry roundish ; leaves alternate, or ver- 
ticillate; spermodermis membranaceous SMILACEiE. 17. 
3. Ovary 1, Swelled; perigonium adherent; 
stamens per igy nous. 
Berry roundish ; leaves petiolate; 
spermodermis membranaceous TAMACEiE. 18. 
Valves 3, bearing the dissepiments ; 
stamens 6 ; anthers opening by 2 pores 
AMARYLLIDEiE. 19 . 
Valves 3, bearing the dissepiments; 
stamens 3 ; anthers opening outwards .... IRIDEiE. 20. 
4. Ovary 1, 1 or 6-celled; pengonium adherent ; 
stamens epigynous. 
Stamens 1 or 2 ; perigonium irregular ; 
caps, 1 -celled, 3-valved; plant terrestrial ORCHIDEiE. 21. 
Stamens 9 to 20 ; perigonium regular ; 
caps, 6-celled; plant aquatic HYDROCHARIDEiE. 25. 
5. Ovaries 3, 6, or 12; perigonium free ; 
stamens perigynous , 
Ovaries 6 or 12; leaves lanceolate; 
seeds 1 or 3 erect, affixed to the suture ALISMACEiE. 22, 
Ovaries 6 or 12; leaves awlshape; 
seeds many, affixed to the side of the 
capsule BUTOMACEiE. 23. 
Ovaries 3 or 6 ; leaves awlshape ; 
seeds 1 or 2, affixed to the base , . JUNCAGINEiE. 24. 
Fam. I. 6. FLUVIATILES. Ventenat. 
Flower unisexual, or hermaphrodite; perigonium none 
or fourcut, free, herbaceous ; stamens 1 to 4 ; ovaries 
many, free; style sometimes wanting; stigmata simple; 
riopsides one-celled, one-seeded ; seed inverse or appended ; 
embryo across the seed; perisperm none, — Plants herbaceous, 
aquatic; roots fibrous; leaves mostly sheathing, either op- 
posite or verticillate; flowers axillary, terminal, sometimes 
solitary, but mostly in a spike or on a spadix. 
