AMENTIFERAe, or Amen-taceae. Under this name arc included apetalous unisexual plants bearing their flowers in catkins (amenta). This group of plants includes trees and shrubs chiefly of temperate climates. It is divided into the following orders :— Salicaceae, willows and poplars; Corylaceoe or Cupuliferae, hazel, oak, beech, chestnut, hornbeam, Ac.; Betulaceae, birch, alder; Casuarinaceae, Casuarina (beefwood); Altingiaceoe or Balsamifluoe, liquid-ambar; Platanaceoe, the plane; Juglandaceoe, walnut; Garruaccoe Garrya; Myricaceae, bog myrtle.