. Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps. arallel circles drawn through the sev-eral degrees of the meridian. They arethe same as what are now called paral-lels of altitude. ALNUS, a genus of plants belongingto the order hetulacex (birch-worts).The flowers are monoeceous and amen-taceous. In the barren ones the scaleof the catkin is three-lobed, with threeflowers; the perianth is four partite;the stamina, four. In those which arefertile the scale of the catkin is subtrifidwith three flowers, and there is no pe-r
. Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps. arallel circles drawn through the sev-eral degrees of the meridian. They arethe same as what are now called paral-lels of altitude. ALNUS, a genus of plants belongingto the order hetulacex (birch-worts).The flowers are monoeceous and amen-taceous. In the barren ones the scaleof the catkin is three-lobed, with threeflowers; the perianth is four partite;the stamina, four. In those which arefertile the scale of the catkin is subtrifidwith three flowers, and there is no pe-rianth. The ovary is two-celled, two-ovuled, but only one ovule reaches per-fection. ALOE, any species of the genus de-scribed under botany (below), or even ofone, such as agave, with a close analogfyto it. The American aloe is the agaveamericana, an amaryllid. In botany, a genus of plants belongingto the order liliacese, or lily-worts, andconstituting the typical genus of the sec- ALOES 127 ALPENA tion called aloinse. The species are suc-culent herbs, shrubs, or even trees, witherect spikes or clusters of flowers. They. ALOE are used in the West Indies for hedges;the juice is purgative, and the fibers aremade into cordage or coarse cloth. ALOES, the inspissated juice of .thealoe. There are four principal kinds,two officinal. (1) Barbadoes aloes {aloebarbaden^is), formed from the juice ofthe cut-leaf of aloe vulgaris. It is im-ported in gourds, and has a dull yellow-ish brown, opaque color, breaks with adull conchoidal fracture, shows crystalsunder the microscope, has a nauseousodor, and is soluble in proof spirit. (2)Socotrine aloes {aloe socofrma),the prod-uce of several species of aloes; it oc-curs in reddish brown masses, andbreaks with a vitreous fracture. Itspowder is a bright orange color. It hasa fruity smell. It comes from Bombay.(3) Hepatic aloes, or East India aloes,non-officinal, is liver colored; its powderis yellow. (4) Cape aloes, the produceof aloe spicata and ot
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