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BOTANY 



TAUT II 



separation of calyx and corolla. Stamens numerous. Ovary septate. Thea 

 chincnsis (Fig. 682) is a small evergreen tree or shrub, native to southern China. 



The young leaves and tips of the 

 shoots yield TEA after being fer- 

 mented and dried. The tea-plant is 

 cultivated on an extensive scale in 

 China, Japan, and many tropical 

 colonies. CAFFEINE is obtained from 

 Thea ch inensis. Th ea japon icn , th e 

 Camellia, is a favourite ornamental 

 shrub. 



Family 2. Guttiferae. Herbs. 

 shrubs, or trees with opposite, simple, 

 entire leaves. Flowers sometimes 

 diclinous. Stamens in bundles. 

 SchizogenoOB intercellular spares 

 containing secretions in all parts of 

 the plant. In Britain .//////<//</>/;<. 

 with a number of .-pecies : stamens 

 in three or five bundles (Fig. 683). 

 Oil glands apparent as translucent 

 spots in the leaf -blade. Gardnia 

 Mangostana, the Mangosteeu, is one 

 of the most esteemed fruit-trees of 

 the Asiatic tropics. 



OFFICIAL. darcinia Haulm mi 

 is a tree of Farther India, with thick 

 leathery leaves and diclinous flowers. 

 The male flowers have numerous 

 stamens seated on a short globular 

 receptacle ; the female flowers have an ovary composed of three to several carpels 

 surmounted by a broadly peltate stigma. The red[contents of the secretory organs 

 which exudes on wounding the plant provides when dried, CAMBOGIA, Gamboge. 



FIG. 682. Thea chinensis. Flowering shoot ( nat. 



I'm. OS3. H/II* li'-i'iii ti'ti-ii]it<-i-iiiit. a. Flower, somewhat 

 maxnitit'd ; I,, fruit ; ]>, tin- dried, iii-rsistent petals. 

 (X 2.) 



'. -Flor;il dia.uiam of Heli- 

 until* mum riiltjuiT. (Cistacrai\) 

 (Atl.-i KICIII.ER.) 



Family ''. Dipterocarpaceae. Contain secretory reservoirs. Characterised by 

 the great enlargement of some or all the sepals after fertilisation. l>riil>nliiiii>?. 

 i, yields i'.orneo camphor. Dammar ( :K! ) is obtained from Shorm II' i- 



