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'2. Pod nodding on tlte short recurved peduncle, rather fishy, bursting irregular- 

 ly, nl In /vr/.v us in //i, furit/uiiuj section : flowers lanje, shou:y. Cldt.jrom 

 warm regions for ornament. i If. 



D. Metel. Clammy-pubescent ; leaves ovate, entire or obscurely angled- 

 tootlictl ; corolla white, tin- 10-toothed border 4' wide. 



D. meteloides. Cult, from NY\\ Mexico (~ometimcs under the name of 

 I). \VI;I<;HTI i ) ; like the other, hut pale, almost smooth, the flower sweet-scented, 

 ami the corolla with more expanded f>-toothed border 5'-6' wide, white or pale 

 violet. 



3. Flower and smooth ^-celled pod hanrjint/, the former vert/ larye, 6'- 10' long: 

 ca/i/.i- s/>/itti>iff down lengthwise after jbnoer ing. Tropical American tree- 

 lilci- tihrnlis, cult, in conservatories: flowers sometimes double. 



D. arbbrea, has ovate or lance-oblong entire or angled pubescent leaves, 

 long teeth to the corolla, and unconnected anthers. 



D. suaveolens, has mostly entire and smooth leaves, short teeth to the 

 corolla and the anthers sticking together. 



13. OESTRUM. (Name given by the Greeks to some different plant, 

 the derivation obscure.) Shrubs of warm climates, chiefly American ; a few 

 cult, in conservatories. 



C. elegans, or HABROTIIAMXCS ELEGANS, from Mexico, has the branches 

 and lower lace of the ovate-lanceolate or oblong pointed leaves downy-pubescent, 

 terminal corymbs, and rose-purple club-shaped corollas le>s than 1' long. 



C. noctlirnum, from \V. Ind. : with smooth ovate leaves, and axillary 

 clusters of yellowish green slender flowers, very sweet-scented at night. 



C. Parqui, from Chili ; has lanceolate smooth leaves very acute at both 

 ends, and a terminal panicle of crowded spikes or racemes of tubular-funnel 

 form or partly club-shaped dull-yellow flowers, fragrant at night. 



14. LYCIUM. (Named from the country of the original species, Lycia.) 

 Trailing, climbing, or low spreading shrubs, usually spiny, with small leaved 

 often clustered on lateral spurs, and small flowers, in spring and summer. 

 L. vulgare, MATRIMONY VIM;. From the Mediterranean region : planted, 



and sparingly running wild in some places, sii-htly thorny, with very long and 

 lithe recurved or almost climbing brancho, oblong-spatulate leaves, slender 

 stalked (lowers clustered in the axil;., and pale greenish-purple 5-eleft corolla 

 about equalling the 5 stamens. 



L. Caroliniauum. Wild in salt marshes S. : low, spiny, with fleshy 

 thickened almost club-shaped leaves, .scattered small flowers, and 4-cleft purple 

 corolla shorter than the 4 stamens. 



85. GENTIANACE.3E, GENTIAN FAMILY. 

 Known gem-rally from the other monopetalous plants with free 

 ovary by the 1-eelled ovary and pod with 2 parietal placenta? 

 covered with small seeds along with regular flowers, their stamens 

 as many as the lobes of the corolla and alternate with them, and 

 the leaves opposite, simple, entire, and sessile, without stipules. The 

 exceptions are that in some eases the ovules cover the whole inner 

 face of the ovary, and in one group the leaves are alternate and 

 even compound. They are nearly all very smooth and bitter-tonic 

 plants, with colorless juice, the calyx persistent. Ours herbs, none 

 in common cultivation. 



1. Leaves opposite or u'horltd and entire, sessile. Corolla iri/h the lobes mostly 

 in the bud. sometimes al0 plaited in tlte sinuses. 



- Style slender, deciduous from the pod : anthers soon curving. 

 1. SABBAT1A. Calyx 5- 12-parted.the divisions slender. Corolla wheel-shaped, 

 6-12-parted. Style 2-parted. Pod globular, many-seeded. Slender herbs. 



