. Botany for high schools and colleges. Botany. CABTOPUTLLALES. 549 to be one of tlie most delicious of all fruits, is produced by Qareinia Mangostana, a small tree of the Moluccas. The fruit ot Mam/mea Americana, a tall West Indian tree, is known as the Mammee Apple. It is as large as a melon, and its yellow pulp is said to be delicious. A Central American species oi Oalophyllum jiel&a a pale reddish, very durable timber known as Santa Maria wood. Order Hypericacese.âHerbs and shrubs (a few trees) with opposite glandular-punctate leaves, and monocliuous flowers. Stamens united into three
. Botany for high schools and colleges. Botany. CABTOPUTLLALES. 549 to be one of tlie most delicious of all fruits, is produced by Qareinia Mangostana, a small tree of the Moluccas. The fruit ot Mam/mea Americana, a tall West Indian tree, is known as the Mammee Apple. It is as large as a melon, and its yellow pulp is said to be delicious. A Central American species oi Oalophyllum jiel&a a pale reddish, very durable timber known as Santa Maria wood. Order Hypericacese.âHerbs and shrubs (a few trees) with opposite glandular-punctate leaves, and monocliuous flowers. Stamens united into three or five bundles (Fig. 526). Species 310, , mostly found in temperate climates. Our species are all herbs or low shrubs, be- longing to the genera Hypericum and Asayrum. A species of Oraioxylon, in tropical India, is a large tree with dark brown wood. Order Elatinacese.âContaining a few marsh plants. 601.âCohort XXXm. Caryophyll- of -,-,, .. 1 â i the flower of Hyperi- ales. J lowers actmomorpnic; stamens cum eaiycinum.âAtteT generally definite, usually as many or twice as many as the petals ; ovary superior, one-celled ; pla- centa usually central and free; seeds with endosperm. Order Tauiariscinese.âMostly shrubs of the Old World, with mi- nute alternate simple leaves. Of the forty species, but three are found in the New World, and all these reach our extreme Southwestern border. Tamarix GaMca, the Tamarisk of Europe to India, is a common ornamental shrub in this country. Order PortulacaoeBB.âHerbs and a few small shrubs, with alter- nate or opposite leaves ; sepals generally two. Species 135, widely dis- tributed, but most abundant in the New World. Portulaca oleracea, the common Purslane, is an East Indian, or possi- bly South European weed. It was formerly used as a pot herb. P. grandijlora, the Portulaca of the gardens, is a pretty flowering annual. Claytonia and Oalandrirda, which have many native representatives, are ornamental. Order Caryopliyllao
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