LX IX. AMARANTH ACE.E. 
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***** Ovary inferior, its cells 1 -seeded. 
[29. Haloragace.e. Limb of pistillate, perianth minute. Stam. 1 — 8. 
Style or styles filiform, villous. Leaves verticillate. Aquatic 
plants.] 
74. Santalaceas. Limb of perianth conspicuous. Stam. 4 — 5. Style 
glabrous. Leaves alternate. Root woody. 
B. Barren flowers in catkins; or fruit surrounded by a hardened or prickly 
involucre. Ovules and seeds within a closed pericarp. Style or Stigma 
present. 
85. Salicace.e. Ovary superior, 1 -celled, many-ovuled. Fruit 2-valved. 
Seeds numerous, comose. Woody plants. 
86. Cufulifee-e. Ovary inferior, with 2 or more cells. Fruit inde- 
hiscent, 1 — 3-seeded. Trees or shrubs. 
84. Bktulace.e. Ovary superior, 2-celled. Ovules solitary, pendulous. 
Fruit indehiscent, dry. Trees or shrubs. 
83. Myricace.e. Ovary superior, 1-celled. Ovule 1, erect or as- 
cending. Styles 2. Perianth 0. Fruit indehiscent, drupaceous. 
Shrubs. 
82. El/EAGNace.e. Ovary superior, 1-celled. Ovule 1, ascending. 
Style 1. Perianth of pistillate flowers tubular, at length succulent. 
Fruit indehiscent. Shrubs. 
[46. Comi'OSIT.e (Genus 47.). Fruit indehiscent. Pistillate flowers 
surrounded by a prickly involucre. Plants herbaceous.] 
C. Barren flowers in catkins. Fruit in cones ; or the seed surrounded by a 
fleshy involucre. Ovules and seeds not contained within a closed peri- 
carp. Style and Stigma 0. 
87. Conifer.®. Scales of barr. catkins (monadelphous filaments) bear- 
ing the anther-cells on the under side, those of the cones (open 
ovaries) bearing the ovules on the upper surface. 
I. Flowers usually perfect , i. e. each with stamens and pistil. 
(Ord. LXIX.— LXXV.) 
* Ovary superior or nearly so. (Ord. LXIX. — LXXIII.) 
Ord. LXIX.- AMARANTHACE2E Juss. 
Sometimes monoecious. Perianth 3 — 5-leaved, usually with 
small bracteas at the base. Stamens 3 — 5, hypogynous, some- 
times monadelphous, opposite to the segments of the perianth. 
Anthers often 1-celled. Ovary 1 , 1 — 2-celled, with 1 or several 
ovules. Styles 1 or 0 . Stigma simple or compound. Capsule 
membranous, 1-celled. Seeds attached to a free central 
placenta , often stalked. Embryo curved round a farinaceous 
albumen. — Herbs, rarely shrubs. Stems not jointed. Leaves 
without stipules. Closely allied in essential character to, bid 
differing in habit from, the following Order. — Many of the 
species are used as potherbs. 
