THE EDITOR a MEDICAL BOTANY. 



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TWENTY-THIRD CLASS, POLYGAMIA. 



Fig Tree (Ficus Carica). 



This tree, which belongs to the 

 Jussieuan order, Urticea, is a native 

 of Asia, not uncommon in gardens, 

 and flowering in June and July 

 The male flowers have the calyx 

 three-parted, and three stamens ; 

 the female flowers have the calyx 

 five-parted, and one pistil : neither 

 has a corolla. The fruit, which is 

 the part used, in a dried state, is 

 pear-shaped and fleshy. 



a, section of the fruit, bearing in 

 its inner side, male, female, and her_ 

 maphrodite flowers. 



b, male flower. 



c, female flower. 



TWENTY-FOURTH CLASS, 

 CRYPTOGAMIA. 



Bladder Wrack (Fucus vesiculosus). 



This plant, which belongs to the 

 Jussieuan order, Algce, is a native of 

 the British seas, bearing its fruit in 

 spring. The leaf is smooth, glossy, 

 and dark olive, having a mid-rib 

 tapering from the base. The male 

 vesicles are hollow ; the female vesi- 

 cles filled with jelly. The whole 

 plant is used. 



a Vesicles, containing the spores. 

 b Section of the same. 



