The lily-of-the-valley family (Convallariaceæ, examples: lily-of-the-valley, Trillium, etc.)
The amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceæ, examples: Narcissus, the daffodil; Cooperia, in southwestern United States).
948. Order Scitaminales.—This order includes the large showy cultivated Canna of the canna family.
949. Order Orchidales. Example, the orchid family (Orchidaceæ) with Cypripedium, Orchis, etc.
II. CLASS DICOTYLEDONES.
Series 1. CHORIPETALÆ. Petals wanting (Apetalæ, or Archichlamydæ of some authors), or present and distinct from one another (Polypetalæ, or Metachlamydæ).
950. Order Casuarinales, confined to tropical seacoasts (example, Casuarina).
951. Order Piperales includes the lizard’s-tail family (Saururaceæ), Saururus cernuus, lizard’s-tail, in the eastern United States.
952. Order Salicales.—Shrubs or trees, flowers in aments. Includes the willows and poplars (Salix and Populus of the willow family, Salicaceæ).
953. Order Myricales.—Shrubs or small trees. Includes the sweet-gale (Myrica gale) in wet places in northern United States and British North America, Myrica cerifera forming thickets on sand dunes along the Atlantic coast, and the sweet-fern (Comptonia peregrina = C. asplenifolia) in the eastern United States in dry soil of hillsides.