. Botany for high schools and colleges. Botany. 550 BOTANY, Aside from the ornamental species and the weeds, the order posBesses no plants of much economic importance. The roots of Saponaria ojficinalis contain Saponin, and are detergent, but not sufficiently so to be much used. Among the ornamental plants are the Carnations and Clove Pinks {Dianthus sp.), the Mullein Pink (Lychnis), Catchfly {Silene), Bouncing Bet {Saponaria), GypsopJdla, etc. Among the weeds are species of Cerastium (Fig. 527), Spergula, and the Corn Cockle, Lychnis Githago. The latter is often quite abundant in wheat fields
. Botany for high schools and colleges. Botany. 550 BOTANY, Aside from the ornamental species and the weeds, the order posBesses no plants of much economic importance. The roots of Saponaria ojficinalis contain Saponin, and are detergent, but not sufficiently so to be much used. Among the ornamental plants are the Carnations and Clove Pinks {Dianthus sp.), the Mullein Pink (Lychnis), Catchfly {Silene), Bouncing Bet {Saponaria), GypsopJdla, etc. Among the weeds are species of Cerastium (Fig. 527), Spergula, and the Corn Cockle, Lychnis Githago. The latter is often quite abundant in wheat fields, to the great detriment of the flour manufac- tured from the wheat. Order Franken- iaceae.â Mari- time herbs and low shrubs resem- bling Caryophyll- aceae, but with par- ietal placentae. 602. âCohort XXXIV. Poly- galales. Flow- ers actinomorph- ic or zygomorpli- ic; stamens defi- nite, as many as or twice as Pig. 527.âTufloreecence of Cerastium collinum. t^ pri- -mg-r,^ ^^ f>,o â y\(^\ mary axis; V^ secondary axes ; t", tertiary axes ; V", qua- -1^^^^^ J <^^ ^^^^ V^ ^~ ternary axes ; t"", quinary axes.âAfter Duchartre. ojg . oyarV Usual- ly two-celled ; seeds mostly with endosperm. Order Vocliysiacese.âTrees with a resinous juice, and opposite or verticillate leaves ; flowers zygomorphic. Species about 100, confined to tropical America. Vochysia Ouianensis, of Guiana, furnishes the Copai-ye Wood, there used for making boat-oars, the staves for sugar hogsheads, etc. Order Polygalaceae.âMostly herbs with alternate leaves ; flowers zygomorphic. Species 400, distributed throughout temperate and tropical 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 Bessey, Charles Edwin, 1845- [from old catalog]. New York, H. Holt and company
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