. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. vertical section of a carpel, showing the position of the OAOile ; 5. a perpendicular sec-tion of a seed. Malvales.] TROPiEOLACE^. 367 be regarded as an approach to Rueworts on the one hand, and Nolanads on the other,because of its deeply lobed pistil ; but this is probably a similarity of but little importance! All aie natives of the temperate paits of North andSouth America. The fleshy finiit of Tropceolum majus is acrid, andpossesses the properties of Cress ; and De Candolle
. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. vertical section of a carpel, showing the position of the OAOile ; 5. a perpendicular sec-tion of a seed. Malvales.] TROPiEOLACE^. 367 be regarded as an approach to Rueworts on the one hand, and Nolanads on the other,because of its deeply lobed pistil ; but this is probably a similarity of but little importance! All aie natives of the temperate paits of North andSouth America. The fleshy finiit of Tropceolum majus is acrid, andpossesses the properties of Cress ; and De Candolleremarks, that the caterpillar of the Cabbage butterflyfeeds exclusively upon Crucifers and root of T. tuberosum is eaten in Peru. Chymo-carpus is used in Brazil as an antiscorbutic, xmderthe Portuguese name of Chagas da INIiuda. Lim-nanthes has all the pecuhar pungency of a Tropseolum. GENERA. I. ^.—Flow-ers irregular. ONulespendulous. Tropaeolum, , , Don. II. ^.— Flowers regular. 0ileserect. Limnanthes, R. , W. Numbers. Gen. 5. Sp. Fig. CCLV. —ViA^ianiaceae.—Trop^ Fig. CCLV.—Flower of Tropsolum majus, showing the spur. 368 MALVACE^. [HyPOGYNOUS EXOGENS. Order CXXX. MALVACEAE.—Mallowworts. Malvaceae, Juss. Gen. 271. (1789) in part.; Brown in Voy. to Congo, jo. 8 ; Kunth. Diss, ; 1. 429. (1829); Endl. Gen. ccis.; Meisner, Gen. p. 26. ; Wight. Illustr. 1. p. 65. Diagnosis.— Malval Exogens, toith columtiar stamens all perfect, and l-celled anthers turned plants, trees, or slirubs. Leaves alternate, more or less divided, stellate if present. Peduncles usually axillary. Flowers showy, often inclosedin an involucre of various forms. Sepals 5, very seldom 3 or 4, more or less united at the
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