ORDER CLXVIII.—STACKHOUSEÆ.
Small Australian shrubs with insignificant flowers.
ORDER CLXIX.—ANTIDESMEÆ.
East-Indian trees with inconspicuous flowers.
ORDER CLXX.—URTICEÆ.—(See Chap. X. P. [157].)
The plants belonging to this order are divided into two sections, viz. those with tough fibres, as the Hemp, the Nettle, &c.; and those with milky sap, such as the Fig, the Mulberry, the Bread-fruit, &c. All the genera have the male and female flowers separate. The male flowers have four stamens which spring back and discharge their pollen with elasticity, and the female flowers have a one-celled ovary with two long stigmas.