. A manual of botany. Botany. 240 MANUAL OF BOTANY Fig. 999. Fig. 1000. Genera:—Oytinus, Linn.; Hydnora, Thunh. There are about 7 species. Properties and Uses.— Some have astringent properties, as Cytinus Hypocistis. A kind of extract is made from this plant in the South of Europe, and used, under the name of Succus Hypocistidis, in diarrhcea, and for arresting hsemor- rhage,—Hydnora africana has a putrid-animal odour, but when roasted it is eaten by the native Africans at the Cape of Good Hope. Order 12. EAFFLESiACEa:, the Eafflesia Order.—Charac- ter.—Boot-parasites, devoid of chloro- phyll,
. A manual of botany. Botany. 240 MANUAL OF BOTANY Fig. 999. Fig. 1000. Genera:—Oytinus, Linn.; Hydnora, Thunh. There are about 7 species. Properties and Uses.— Some have astringent properties, as Cytinus Hypocistis. A kind of extract is made from this plant in the South of Europe, and used, under the name of Succus Hypocistidis, in diarrhcea, and for arresting hsemor- rhage,—Hydnora africana has a putrid-animal odour, but when roasted it is eaten by the native Africans at the Cape of Good Hope. Order 12. EAFFLESiACEa:, the Eafflesia Order.—Charac- ter.—Boot-parasites, devoid of chloro- phyll, without evident stems or leaves, and with a fungoid texture. These plants consist essentially of flowers sessile upon the branches of trees, and surrounded by scaly bracts. The flowers are herma- phrodite, or unisexual and dicecious. Calyx 5-partite, tubular ; the throat sur- rounded by a number of thickened scaly processes, which are either distinct from each other or united into a ring. Anthers placed upon a. column which adheres to the calyx, 2-oelled ; and either distinct, and each opening by a pore, or united into a many-celled body, and opening by a common pore. Ovary 1-celled, inferior; ovules very numerous ; placentas parietal. Fruit indehiscent. Seeds very numerous, with or without albumen ; embryo amor- phous or dicotyledonous. This order, as mentioned above, is sometimes included in Cytinacece. Distribution and Numbers.—Parasitic upon the stems of Cissiin the East Indies, and on Leguminous plants in South America. Illustrative Genera:—Eafflesia, B. Br. ; Brugmansia, Blum. There are about 16 species. Properties and Uses.—Some have styptic and astringent properties. They are chiefly remarkable for their flowers, some of which are'of gigantic size. Order 113. Aeistolochiaoe^, the Birthwort Order.—Cha- racter.—Herbs ot climbing shrubs. Leaves alternate. Flowers axillary, hermaphrodite, dull-coloured, regular or Fig. 1001. Fig. 999. Vertic
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