. Analytical class-book of botany : designed for academies and private students. Plants. OEDER XCVII. POLYGONACE^. OEDEE CIV. SAUEUEACEiE. 123 nypogynous, 1—20. Ovary free, 1-celled. Style 1. Stigma 1. Fruit an aotenium. A small and/mostly tropical order. Several epecies of Mirabilis (Four- d'clock^ Marvel ofFeru)^ are cultivated here. Order XCVII.—PolygonacesB. Herbs, or shrubs. Leaves alternate. Stipules ochreate, rarely none. Flowers usually perfect. Sepals 4—6, more or less united at base, often petaloid. Stamens definite, inserted on the base of the sepals. Ovary free, 1-celled, 1-ovuled.
. Analytical class-book of botany : designed for academies and private students. Plants. OEDER XCVII. POLYGONACE^. OEDEE CIV. SAUEUEACEiE. 123 nypogynous, 1—20. Ovary free, 1-celled. Style 1. Stigma 1. Fruit an aotenium. A small and/mostly tropical order. Several epecies of Mirabilis (Four- d'clock^ Marvel ofFeru)^ are cultivated here. Order XCVII.—PolygonacesB. Herbs, or shrubs. Leaves alternate. Stipules ochreate, rarely none. Flowers usually perfect. Sepals 4—6, more or less united at base, often petaloid. Stamens definite, inserted on the base of the sepals. Ovary free, 1-celled, 1-ovuled. Styles or stigmas 2 or 3. Acbenium usually triangular or oblong. An order widely distributed through the world, and containing some im- portant plants. Buckwheat (Polygonum Fagopyrum), belongs here. The Dorrel and Garden Rhubarb {Jilieum\ are distinguished by the acid juices of their stallts and leaves. Some unknown Tartarian species yields the Khubarb. Fig. 82. of the shops. The roots of the Tellow-Dock (Rumex), possess powerful anti- seorbutio properties, and are a popular remedy for skin diseases. In J3g. 82, Polygonum Persicaiia, with its peculiar sheatliing stipules (Oc/treoB), is repre- sented. GKOUP III. Order XOVIII.—Lauracea. Trees, or shrubs. Leaves alternate, usually punctate with pellucid dots, destitute of stipules. Flowers perfect, or dioeei- ously polygamous. Sepals 4-—6, more or less united at base, im- bricated in 2 series. Stamens definite, usually more numerous than the sepals, inserted on their base. Anthers 2—4-celled, opening by recurved valves from base to apex. Ovary, style and stigma single. Fruit a berry or drupe, usually with a thickened pedicel. Seed large, with a conspicuous embryo. An order consisting chiefly of tropical trees, distinguished by their stimu- lant and aromatic properties, owing to the presence of a volatile oil. Cinnamon Is obtained from the Cinnamomum Zeylanicum and the inferior Cassia bark, which in this country and Eu
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