. The families of flowering plants. Plants; Phanerogams. FAMILIES OF FLOWEEING PLANTS 185 Piriqueta GaroUniami is a common plant of the Florida pine bar- rens, and resembles a rock-rose (Helianthemum) when its yellow flow- ers are expanded in the sunlight (see Fig. 164). The drug known as damiana is derived from a Mexican species of Turmra {T. aphrodisiaca) and also from the West Indian T. diffusa. Family Malesherbiaceae. Crownwort Family. Consists of the single genus Malesherbia, with about 15 species, natives of Peru and adjacent countries on the west coast of South America. They are herbs o
. The families of flowering plants. Plants; Phanerogams. FAMILIES OF FLOWEEING PLANTS 185 Piriqueta GaroUniami is a common plant of the Florida pine bar- rens, and resembles a rock-rose (Helianthemum) when its yellow flow- ers are expanded in the sunlight (see Fig. 164). The drug known as damiana is derived from a Mexican species of Turmra {T. aphrodisiaca) and also from the West Indian T. diffusa. Family Malesherbiaceae. Crownwort Family. Consists of the single genus Malesherbia, with about 15 species, natives of Peru and adjacent countries on the west coast of South America. They are herbs or low shrubs with alternate leaves and solitary yellow or blue flowers. The calyx is tubular, and merely 5-lobed, being gamosepalous. Fig. 165. Flower and leaf of Passiflora foetida, showing the corona, and t4ie finely dissected bracts surrounding the flower. Original. (not divided into distinct sepals). The petals are 5, persistent; sta- mens 5-10, their filaments often connected with the 3 styles, forming a column; ovary borne on a stalk, 1-celled; fruit a 3-valved capsule. These plants are closely allied to the true passion-flowers, and were formerly included in the same family. Family Passifloraceae. Passion-flower Family. Contains 15 gen- era and about 300 species, of wide distribution, mostly in tropical regions. Of these, Passiflora, with about 250 species, is by far the most important. The plants are herbs or shrubs, often climbing, with alternate leaves and mostly solitary flowers. The calyx is 5-lobed; the petals 5, frequently clothed on their upper surfaces with small processes or filaments; stamens 5, mdnadelphous;. 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 Pollard, Charles Louis, 1872-. Washington, D. C. , The Plant World Co
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