SYNOPSIS OF ORDERS. 
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CXXIX. 
CXXX. 
CXXXI. 
CXXXII. 
CXXXIII. 
CXXXIV, 
Urticacee. Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Trees laticiferous. 
Flowers very small in unisexual heads or spikes or cymes, or 
mixed in a cupped receptacle (Figs). Perianth 2- to 4-lobed. 
Ovary i-celled, i-ovuled. Styles 2. 
Juglandacee. Trees. Leaves pinnate. Unisexual. Inflores¬ 
cence of catkins. Perianth o. Stamens many. Ovary 
i-celled, i-seeded. Fruit (in our species) winged. 
Myricacee. Shrubs and trees. Inflorescence a catkin, uni¬ 
sexual. No perianth. Stamens 2 to many. Ovary 1-celled, 
1-seeded. Drupe. 
Casuarinee. Trees. Branches slender, jointed, no leaves. 
Inflorescence spiked. Perianth 1- to 2-lobed, minute. 
Stamens 1. Head of fruit cone-like, separate fruits capsular. 
Seed winged. 
Cu puli fere. Trees. Inflorescence spicate. Perianth minute 
or o. Stamens many. Ovary inferior, 3- to 5-celled, 2 ovules 
in cell. Nut in or on an involucre, ringed or spiny (Oaks 
and chestnuts). 
Salicine.e. Shrubs or trees. Catkins unisexual. Perianth 
of scales. Stamens 2 to many. Ovary 1-celled. Capsule 2- 
to 4-valved. Seed very small, plumed (Willows). 
Group: MONOCOTYLEDONES. 
Embryo with a single cotyledon. Perianth trimerous. Leaves 
parallel-veined; vascular bundles irregularly scattered in the stem. 
Ovary inferior. Perianth petaloid. 
CXXXV. 
CXXXVI. 
CXXXVII. 
CXXXVIII. 
CXXXIX. 
Hydrocharidee. Aquatic herbs. Flowers regular, usually 
unisexual. Stamens 3 to 12. 
Orchidee. Herbs often epiphytic. Flowers irregular. 
Stamens and pistil united in a column; anther 1. Capsule, 
seeds very many, minute. 
Zingiberacee. Herbs, rarely epiphytic. Flowers irregular. 
Stamen 1. Style r, free. Capsule, seeds few. 
Marantacee. Herbs. Flowers irregular. Stamens i-celled 
on a petaloid lobe. Staminodes petaloid, one hooded, one 
lip-like. Capsule, seeds few. 
Cannacee. Herbs. Sepals 3. Petals 3 in a tube at base. 
Staminodes petaloid; anther 1-celled, on one side of a petaloid 
lobe. 
CXL. Lowiacee. Herbs. Flowers irregular, lip large. Stamens 5. 
CXLI. Musa cee. Gigantic herbs. Flowers tubular. Calyx 3- to 
5-lobed split on one side. Petal 1. Stamens 5. Fruit in 
our species baccate. 
CXLII, Apostasiacee. Herbs. Flowers regular. Stamens connate 
at base; anthers 2 or 3. Style free except at base. Capsule 
or berry. 
CXLII I. Amaryludacee. Herbs, tuberous or bulbous. Flowers 
regular. Sepals and petals similar 6. Stamens 6. Ovary 
3-celled; style simple, long, free to base. Capsule. 
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