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. Analytical class-book of botany : designed for academies and private students. Plants. rig. T. Europe ; Gum-Arabic, and Gum-Senegal, are products of different African spe- cies of Acacia; and Guin-Tragacanth of species of Astragalus. The Balsams Oopaiva, Tolu. and Peru, are yielded by several tropical trees belong- ing here. This order also contributes largely to the materials of dyes, in the Logwood, Brazilwood, and the still more valuable Indigo. GROUP IX. Order XLIV.—Rosaceae. Trees, shrubs, or herbs. Leaves alternate, or radical. Stipules usually present. Flowers regular, usual
. Analytical class-book of botany : designed for academies and private students. Plants. rig. T. Europe ; Gum-Arabic, and Gum-Senegal, are products of different African spe- cies of Acacia; and Guin-Tragacanth of species of Astragalus. The Balsams Oopaiva, Tolu. and Peru, are yielded by several tropical trees belong- ing here. This order also contributes largely to the materials of dyes, in the Logwood, Brazilwood, and the still more valuable Indigo. GROUP IX. Order XLIV.—Rosaceae. Trees, shrubs, or herbs. Leaves alternate, or radical. Stipules usually present. Flowers regular, usually perfect. Sepals 6, rarely less, more or less united, commonly persistent. Petals 5, perigynous, sometimes wanting. Stamens numerous, rarely few, inserted on the calyx, distinct. Ovaries several, or 1, often ad- herent to the calyx-tube, and to each other. Styles distinct, or united. Fruit a drupe, pome, achenium, or follicle. A very important order of plants, native principally of the Northern Tem- perate Zone, distinguished especially by the great number of delicious fruits they afford. The Apple, Cherry, Plum, Strawberry, and Raspberry, are among the products of this order. Nor is it less rich in ornamental plants. Tlie numerous species of Rose are familiar and beautiful examples. A native spe- cies, Eosa lucida, is seen fig. 9. The roots and baric of the whole order are. 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 Green, Frances H. (Frances Harriet), 1805-1878; Congdon, Joseph W; Green, Frances H. (Frances Harriet), 1805-1878. Elements of vegetable structure and physiology; Congdon, Joseph W. Systematic botany. New York : D. Appleton and Co.
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