554 



BOTANY 



Piper cubeba (Fig. 557). The latter is a native of Java and is distinguished by the 

 stalk-like base of the fruit from that of the Black Pepper. It provides CUBKBAK 

 KRUCTUS. 



Order 2. Juglandiflorae 



Aromatic woody plants, with anemophilous, unisexual flowers in 

 catkinate spikes, sometimes containing very few flowers. Ovary bi- 



FHJ. 559. Jwglans regia. 1, Branch with young leaves, male catkins and at the tip female (lowers. 

 ..', male flower, .i, Female flower. It, Fruit with the outer layer of the periearp in part 

 removed. (\ nat size.) 



carpellary and unilocular with a single, basal, erect, atropous ovule. 

 Fruit, a drupe. Seed without endosperm. 



Family 1. Juglandaceae ( 15li ).- Conspicuous, monoecious trees of 

 the northern hemisphere with imparipinnate, aromatic leaves arranged 



