SECT. II 



PHANEROGAMIA 



619 



One or two ovules are contained in each chamber of the ovary ; when the ovules 

 are erect the raphe is ventral, when they are pendulous it is dorsal ; this differs 



from what is the case in the Euphor- 

 biaceae. 



Family 1. Buxaceae. Buxus 

 sempcrvirens, the Box, is a poisonous, 

 evergreen shrub with very close 

 wood, native of Central and Western 

 Europe. In the axils of small, de- 

 cussate bracts stand capitate in- 

 florescences, consisting of a terminal, 

 trimerous, female flower, and a 

 number of tetramerous male flowers. 

 Family 2. Auacardiaceae. Dis- 

 tributed in the tropics and warm 

 temperate regions. Ovary of 1-3 

 carpels. Fruit usually a one-seeded 

 drupe. Schizogenous resin passages. 

 Mangifera indica, an important fruit 

 tree of the tropics. Species of Rhus 

 yield Japan lacquer. R. toxicoden- 

 dron, a North American climbing 



FIG. 665. Floral diagram otllexaiiiiif"liinii. 

 (After BICHI.ER.) 



FIG. 664. Ricinus cnmmunis. Inflorescence (J 

 nat. si/e) ; young fruit cut through longitudin- 

 ally. OFFICIAL. 



l'i... i.y.t>. Floral diagram of Euonymus 

 europaea. (After EICHLER.) 



shrub, is extremely poisonous. Species of Pistacia (Mediterranean region) have 

 pinnate leaves. P. vera is cultivated on account of its drupaceous fruits called 

 Pistachio nuts. 



Family 3. Aquifoliaceae. Ilex aquifolium, the Holly, is an evergreen shrub 

 or tree of Western Europe (Fig. 665). K4, C4, A4, G(4). In each loculus of the 



