. Botany for high schools and colleges. Botany. GERANIALE8. 543 are pretty, and many exotic species (mostly South African), which are in common cultivation. TropcBolum majas, the Nasturtium, from South America, is in com- mon cultivation. The edible tuberous roots of T. tuberosum, of Peru, are used Instead of potatoes in some parts of South America. Pelargonium is another South African genus, whicli has furnished us with many fine greenhouse and garden flowering plants, most of which are erroneously called Geraaiuma. The true Geraniums belonfj to the genus of that name represeuted in this coun
. Botany for high schools and colleges. Botany. GERANIALE8. 543 are pretty, and many exotic species (mostly South African), which are in common cultivation. TropcBolum majas, the Nasturtium, from South America, is in com- mon cultivation. The edible tuberous roots of T. tuberosum, of Peru, are used Instead of potatoes in some parts of South America. Pelargonium is another South African genus, whicli has furnished us with many fine greenhouse and garden flowering plants, most of which are erroneously called Geraaiuma. The true Geraniums belonfj to the genus of that name represeuted in this country by eight or nine wild species. Erodium cieutarium, the Alfilaria, of California, " is a valuable and nutritious foraire plant reputed to impart an excellent flavor to milk and ; {Brewer.) Order Zygophyll- aceae.—Shrubs and herbs (a few trees), with oppo- site compound leaves ; stamens distinct; spe- cies, about 100, almost confined to the tropics. Ouaiacum officinale, the Lignnm-vitae, of the West Indies, is a tree six to nine metres (iO to 30 feet) high, whose dark red, almost black, heart- wood is exceedingly hard; it furnishes the best material for ship's bloc;ks, pulleys, etc. Larrea Mexieana, the Creosote Bush of Arizona, is a curious diffusely branched evergreen shrub, with a very strong creosote-like odor. Order MalpighiaceEe,—Trees and shrubs, often climbing ; natives for the most part of the tropics; species, 580, some of which are culti- vated in greenhouses. Order HumiriacesB.—Balsamic trees and shrubs of tropical America and Africa. Order liinacese.—The Flax Family. Herbs, shrubs, and a few trees, with alternate or opposite simple leaves ; stamens more or less united below ; species, 135, widely distributed in temperate and tropical climates. The most important plant of the order, and one of the most impor- tant in the vegetable kingdom, is the Flax, lAnum usitatissimum, cul- tivated from time immemorial for its fibres, called linen (the
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