. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. of the pedicel, and usuallysurrounded with bracts at the base ; sepals3,4, or 8 in number, often joined into a tube,valvate in aestivation. Petals 0. Stamensequal in number to the sepals, and oppositeto them if any are present ; anthers 1-celled,2-celled, or broken up into numerous cavi-ties. Ovary 1-celled, sunk ^^ithin the cup-like expansion of the pedicel, and adheringto it ; * OATiles with a perfectly naked nu-cleus, erect, or suspended fiom the point of acentral placenta ;
. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. of the pedicel, and usuallysurrounded with bracts at the base ; sepals3,4, or 8 in number, often joined into a tube,valvate in aestivation. Petals 0. Stamensequal in number to the sepals, and oppositeto them if any are present ; anthers 1-celled,2-celled, or broken up into numerous cavi-ties. Ovary 1-celled, sunk ^^ithin the cup-like expansion of the pedicel, and adheringto it ; * OATiles with a perfectly naked nu-cleus, erect, or suspended fiom the point of acentral placenta ; style 1 or 0 ; stigma sim-ple, if distinguishable. Fruit succulent, (oroccasionally dry,) 1-celled. Seed solitary ;embryo longer than the fleshy albumen, andgenerally projecting beyond it ; sometimeswith no apparent cotyledons, in Viscum seve-ral m the same seed ; radicle at the point ofthe seed most remote from the hilum. [Ac-cording to Mr. Bidwill, the seeds of Nuytsiagerminate with 3 cotvledons.—Ann. Nat,Hist. viii. 439.] Veiy (hfferent opinioivs are entertainedby Botanists concerning the true afflnitv of. Fig. DXXIII. Loranths. In some respects they are near Caprifoils, from which they are readilyknown not only by their parasitical habit, but also by their stamens being oppositevalvate lobes of a tubular calyx. Don has expressed an opinion that a connection isestablished between this Oider and Araliads, by means of Aucuba (Jamcson^s JuuntaijJan. 1830, p. 168). Brown {Flinders, 549) suggests a relation to Proteads. Endll-cher decides in favour of the relation to Caprifoils, Witch Hazels and de Jussieu takes a similar ^^ew (Coicrs Element., p. 5(i7). Dr. Wight sug-gests a relation to Alangiads. Adolphe Bxongniart combines them, along with Horn-worts, Chloranths, Sandalworts, and Olacads, into a class which he calls discordant opinions are caused by the different interpretations put by Botanistsupon the nature of the floral envelopes. It is
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