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MONOCOTY LEDON ES. 
If the fact should prove to be correct, that the inflores- 
cence of the plants proposed to be so detached is invariably 
axillary, I should certainly prefer that separation ; but that 
distinction has never been noticed, and I am fearful lest it 
should not be supported by the fact. 
I am aware that the foregoing arrangement is liable to 
the objection, that the spadix itself, being in its perfect form 
composed of more than one feature, does not fall precisely 
within my own limitation ; and that strictly^ the flowers being 
apetaloid, set round a stalk, and involucrate, are three fea- 
tures which should be exhibited separately. Perhaps the 
following arrangement may be preferable : — 
1. SPADICEOUS. — Meaning thereby simply flowers set round a 
stalk. §. Petai.otd. §§. Biperianthine. — Zingiberacece. Maran- 
tacece. Musacece. §§. Monoperianthine. — Pontederacece ? §. Sub- 
petaloid — Orontiacece. Acoracece. Juncagineee. Apetaloid. 
Naked. — Naiadacece. Typhaceee. Piper acece ? §§. Involucrate. 
§§§. Ligneous. — Pandanaceee. Cyclanthaceee. Palmacecc. §§§. Suc- 
culent. — Araceee. 
2. EX SPADICEOUS. — Flowers not set round a stalk. §. Ape- 
tai.oid. §§. Not glumaceous. — Pistiacece. §§. Glumaceous. — Gra- 
minaceee. Cyperacece. Desvauxiacece. Eriocaulon acece. Restiacecc. 
§. Subpetaloid. — Juncacece. P hilydracece . Xyridaceoc. Gillesiacece. 
Taccace.ce ? §. Petaloid. §§• Agynandrous. Subhexapetaloid. — 
Roxburghiacece? §§§. Hexapetaloid. §§§§. Hexandrous. *§§§§§. Hy- 
pogynous — Liliaceee. Epigynous. AMARYLLiDACEiE. §§§§. Tri- 
androus. §*$§*§• Epigynous. — Burmanniacece. Iridacece. Heemodo- 
racece limited. Hypogynous. — Wachendorf acece. §^§. Tripe- 
taloid. §§§§• Pleiogynous. — Butomacece. Alismacece. §§§§. Mono- 
gynous. — Hydrockaridacece. Commelinacece. Bromeliacece . §§. Gy- 
nandrous. — Apostasiacece . Vannillacece . Orchidacese. — The circle 
returns to Zingiberaceae. — It will be observed that Pistiaceae seems to 
interfere between Palmaceae and Graminaceae, but the connexion is 
lateral between Araceae and Pistiaceae, Palmaceae and Graminaceae. 
Araceae. Pistiaceae. 
Pandanaceae. 
Cyclanthaceae. 
Palmaceae. — Graminaceae. 
Cyperaceae, &c. 
By a singular fatality in forming the character of Heme- 
roeallide® as a suborder, Dr. Bindley has also made an over- 
sight concerning its seed-coat, which he defines to be pale 
and soft, though in truth it is dark glossy black and very 
brittle. That of Agapanthus is black also. 
