. Botany for high schools and colleges. Botany. 550 BOTANY. Aside from tlie ornamental species and the weeds, the order possesses no plants of much economic importance. The roots of Swpouwria officinalis contain Saponin, and are detergent, but not sufficiently so to be much used. Among the ornamental plants are the Carnations and Clove Pinks (Dianthus sp.), the Mullein Pink (Lychnis), Catchfly (Silene), Bouncing Bet {Saponcvria), CrypsopMla, etc. Among the weeds are species of Gerastium (Fig. 527), Spergula, and the Corn Cockle, Lychnis Oithago. The latter is often quite abundant in wheat fiel
. Botany for high schools and colleges. Botany. 550 BOTANY. Aside from tlie ornamental species and the weeds, the order possesses no plants of much economic importance. The roots of Swpouwria officinalis contain Saponin, and are detergent, but not sufficiently so to be much used. Among the ornamental plants are the Carnations and Clove Pinks (Dianthus sp.), the Mullein Pink (Lychnis), Catchfly (Silene), Bouncing Bet {Saponcvria), CrypsopMla, etc. Among the weeds are species of Gerastium (Fig. 527), Spergula, and the Corn Cockle, Lychnis Oithago. The latter is often quite abundant in wheat fields, to the great detriment of the flour manufac- tured from the wheat. Order Franken- iaceae.— Mari- time herbs and low shrubs resem- bling Caryophyll- aceae, but with par- ietal placentae. 602. —Cohort XXXIV. Poly- galales. Flow- ers actinomorph- ic or zygomorph- ic; stamens defi- nite,' as many as or twice as many as the pet- als ; ovary usual-. Fig. 52!".—InfloreBcence of Cermtium colUnum. <, pri- mary axis: i', secondary axes ; t", tertiary axes ; t'", qua- ternary axes; f", quinary axes.—After Duchartre. ly two-celled ; seeds mostly with endosperm. Order Vochysiacese.—Trees with a resinous juice, and opposite or Terticillate leaves ; flowers zygomorphic. Species about 100, confined to tropical America. Vochysia Guianensis, of Guiana, furnishes the Copai-ye Wood, there used for making boat-oars, the staves for sugar hogsheads, etc. Order Polygalaoese.—Mostly herbs with alternate leaves ; flowers zygomorphic. Species 400, distributed throughout temperate and tropical Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bessey, Charles E. (Charles Edwin), 1845-1915. New York : H. Holt
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