Order 2. MYRICALES. 
Trees or shrubs. Lea. spiral, simple, exstipulate, 
sweet-scented. Flow, dioecious. Per. o. Sta. usually 
4. Carp. (2), with 2 styles; ovary i-celled, with i 
basal orthotropous ovule. Fr. a waxy drupe-like 
nut, adnate to the persistent bracteoles. 
Family 20. MYRICACK^. Characters of the 
order. Myrica. 
Order 3. JUGLANDALES. 
Trees, with spiral, pinnate, aromatic, exstipulate 
lea. Flow, in catkin-like spikes, i-sexual, monoe- 
cious. Per. single, variable or o. Sta. 3 — ^40. Carp. 
(2), with 2 styles; ovary inferior, i-celled, with i 
erect orthotropous ovule. Fr. a drupe or nut. 
vSeeds exendospermous. 
[Juglandace^. Characters of the order. The per. 
of the 5 flow, is fused with the ovary and also with 
the bract and bracteoles. Juglans, Carya.'\ 
Order 4. FAGALES. 
Trees or shrubs. Lea. spiral or 2-ranked, simple, 
with deciduous stipules. Flow, i-sexual, monoe- 
cious; in catkins, 9 in catkins or short spikes, 
or a few surrounded by an involucre of free or 
connate bracts and bracteoles. Per. simple, sepa- 
loid, or o. Sta. 2 — 00 • Carp. (2 — 6) ; ovary + in- 
ferior, after fertilisation + completely 2 — 3-celled, 
with I or 2 pendulous anatropous ovules in each 
cell. Fr. nut-like, with i (or rarely more) exendo- 
spermous seeds. 
Family 21. BETULACE^. Inflor. appearing 
before the lea. Per. sometimes o. catkins pen- 
dulous, flow, adherent to the bracts; sta. 2 — 10, 
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