. Analytical class-book of botany : designed for academies and private students. Plants. OEDEE CXV. BAiSAMIFLU^. OKDEE CXVm. CONIFEEJi:. 125. Fig. 83. GEOUP VII. Okder CXV.—Balsamifluae. Trees, with palmately-lobed, alternate leaves. Stipules de- ciduous. Flowers monceoious in globular aments, achlamydeous. Anthers numerous, nearly sessile, with scales intermixed. Ovary 2-celled, surrounded by scales. Styles 2. Capsules 2-celled, 2- beaked, opening between the beaks, indurated m fruit, and form- ing a kind of strobile. Seeds several-winged. An order consisting solely of the genua Liquldambar,
. Analytical class-book of botany : designed for academies and private students. Plants. OEDEE CXV. BAiSAMIFLU^. OKDEE CXVm. CONIFEEJi:. 125. Fig. 83. GEOUP VII. Okder CXV.—Balsamifluae. Trees, with palmately-lobed, alternate leaves. Stipules de- ciduous. Flowers monceoious in globular aments, achlamydeous. Anthers numerous, nearly sessile, with scales intermixed. Ovary 2-celled, surrounded by scales. Styles 2. Capsules 2-celled, 2- beaked, opening between the beaks, indurated m fruit, and form- ing a kind of strobile. Seeds several-winged. An order consisting solely of the genua Liquldambar, of which one species extends as far north as Connecticut. Order OXVI.—Platanaceee. Trees. Leaves alternate, palmately-lobed. Stipules scarious, sheathing. Flowers monoecious, achlamydeous, in globose aments. Stamens solitary, mingled with small scales. Anthers linear, 2- celled. Ovary 1-eelled, tipped with a thick style, stigmatic on one side. Fruit a 1-seeded, clavate nut, surrounded at base by bristly hairs. An order consisting merely of the different species of Platanus {Plane-tree, Buttonwood, Syaamore). GROUP VIII. Order CXVII.—Urticaceae. Trees, or shrubs, usually with a milky or yellowish juice; or herbs with a watery juice. Leaves alternate or opposite, often rough or hispid, with stinging hairs, frequently stipulate. Flow- ers monceoious, dioecious, or polygamous, in panicles, aments, or fleshy heads. Calyx regular, persistent, rarely wanting, usually 3 6-parted. Stamens definite, distinct, inserted on the base of the calyx, usually as many as its lobes, and opposite them. Ovary free from the calyx, 1-ovuled. Style 1. Fruit a 1-seeded utricle, surrounded by the membranous or fleshy calyx. A very large family, assuming a great variety of forms. The milky juice of this order is acrid and injurious, often highly poisonous. It abounds especially in caoutchouc, which is yielded in great abundance by several 8. American and E. Indian trees of this order. The famous Cow
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