. The families of flowering plants. Plants; Phanerogams. FAMILIES OF FLOWERING PLANTS 161 which are sold among the Chinese in our large cities, are the product of Liichi Chinensis. BligJda sapida, a West African tree, also furnishes edible fruit. Family Sabiaceae. Sabia Family. Four genera and about 65 species, tropical trees and shrubs of no special interest. Family MeKanthaceae. Melianthus Family. Two genera and about 15 species, also tropical. Family Balsaminaceae. Balsam Family. Contains the genus Im- jpatiens, with about 220 species, mostly natives of the Old World, and Hydrocero, with on
. The families of flowering plants. Plants; Phanerogams. FAMILIES OF FLOWERING PLANTS 161 which are sold among the Chinese in our large cities, are the product of Liichi Chinensis. BligJda sapida, a West African tree, also furnishes edible fruit. Family Sabiaceae. Sabia Family. Four genera and about 65 species, tropical trees and shrubs of no special interest. Family MeKanthaceae. Melianthus Family. Two genera and about 15 species, also tropical. Family Balsaminaceae. Balsam Family. Contains the genus Im- jpatiens, with about 220 species, mostly natives of the Old World, and Hydrocero, with one, the latter a native of India. The balsams or jewel-weeds, as we call them, are succulent herbs, with alternate single leaves and showy, very irregular flowers. Sepals 3, the two lateral ones small and green, the other large and sac-shaped, spurred, and colored like the corolla; petals 5, 3 of them cleft; stamens 5; fruit in Im- patiens a capsule, in Hydrocera a berry. We have two jewel^weeds, the pale and the spotted (see Fig. 141). The flowers are dainty little things, quite in keeping with the cool, shaded swamps or brooksides where the plants usually abound. Other species are cultivated in our gardens. Family Ehamnaceae. Buckthorn Family. Contains about 45 genera and 575 species, widely distributed in tem- 1 J. • 1 • mi Pis- '39- The striped maple {Acer perate and tropical regions. They are p^nsyivanicum). After Britton & Brown, shrubs or small trees, sometimes thorny, i"- p'- Northeast, u. s. with small, clustered, regular flowers. Calyx 4-5-toothed; petals 4-5, inserted on the throat of the calyx, or sometimes wanting; stamens 4-5; ovary 2-5-celled, becoming in fruit a small drupe or a capsule. Bhamnus, the buckthorn, occurs in both Europe and America, and several species may be classed as ornamental trees, the dark green foli- age being usually very handsome. The fruits of B. catharticus' were formerly in some demand as a purgatfve; various pigments are de
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