Calyx regular, in the fertile flower succulent in fruit. [Urticaceæ], [461]
Calyx none, or rudimentary and scale-like.
Style and stigma one, simple; the flowers in heads. [Platanaceæ], [466]
Styles or long stigmas 2.
Fertile flowers 2 or 3 at each scale of the catkin. [Cupuliferæ], [470]
Fertile flowers single under each scale; nutlets naked, waxy-coated or drupe like. [Myricaceæ], [469]
Subclass II. GYMNOSPERMÆ. Pistil an open scale or altered leaf, bearing naked ovules on its margin or its upper surface, or in Taxus entirely wanting. Flowers monœcious or diœcious. [Coniferæ], [489]
Class II. MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. (See [p. 15.])
A. Spadiceous Division. Flowers aggregated on a spadix or fleshy axis, or sometimes scattered, destitute of calyx and corolla (excepting some Araceæ and Naiadaceæ, where, however, they are on a spadix), and also without glumes (husky scales). Leaves sometimes with netted veins.
Little floating aquatics, with no distinction of stem and foliage. [Lemnaceæ], [551]