. The families of flowering plants. Plants; Phanerogams. FAMILIES OF FLOWEEING PLANTS 147 ilies already discussed in taving leaves without stipules.* The sepals and petals are 4 or 6; the stamens, equal in number or more numerous, are commonly united in a tube. The fruit is a berry,, a drupe or a cap- sule. Like the Simarubaceae, most of the trees of this family have bark possessing bitter and tonic properties. The " pride-of-India " or chinaberry tree {Melia Azederach) is extensively cultivated in the South as a shade tree, and has now become thoroughly naturalized; it has enormous
. The families of flowering plants. Plants; Phanerogams. FAMILIES OF FLOWEEING PLANTS 147 ilies already discussed in taving leaves without stipules.* The sepals and petals are 4 or 6; the stamens, equal in number or more numerous, are commonly united in a tube. The fruit is a berry,, a drupe or a cap- sule. Like the Simarubaceae, most of the trees of this family have bark possessing bitter and tonic properties. The " pride-of-India " or chinaberry tree {Melia Azederach) is extensively cultivated in the South as a shade tree, and has now become thoroughly naturalized; it has enormous pinnate leaves and large panicles of pink flowers succeeded. Fig. 129. Byrsonima lucida, natural size. Original. by small straw-colored berries. The tropical genera TrichiUa and Garapa yield useful oils. Swietenia Mahogoni is the source of mahog- any (Fig. 128, no. 3). Family Malpighiaceae. Malpighia Family. Contains about 50 genera and 600 species, natives mainly of tropical America. They are trees or shrubs with opposite stipule-bearing leaves and regular flowers borne on jointed pedicels. Calyx 5-parted; petals 5, usiTally long- clawed; stamens 10, inserted with the petals on a disk; ovary 3-lobed, * A stipule is the small leaf-like body borne at the base of an ordinary 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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