268 APETALES. — 
astringent, owing to the presence of gallic acid, and Raf- 
flesia is used as an astringent in Java. 
Officinal Plants. 
Aristolochia Serpentaria. 
Asarum europeum. 
There are no poisonous plants among the Aristolochie- 
ORDER XXXII. 
SANTALACEZ. 
Cuaracters.—Flowers in spikes; calyx 4- or 5-cleft; 
stamens 4 or 5; ovary 1-celled, inferior, with 1 to 4 ovules 
le 1; pericarp a drupe, 1-seeded. 
sty peri 
Exampies.—Sanderswood (Santalum album) Thesium, 
ORDER XXXIII. 
CUPULIFERA. 
Included in the Amentacee, Seis. scciepiond, Lindley. 
_ Caaracters.—Trees or shrubs, with simple alternate 
leaves, having two caducous stipules at the base; inflores- 
_ €ence an amentum; flowers unisexual (mostly moneci- 
ous); stamens 5 to 20, inserted at the base of a scale or 
_ ealyx somewhat divided ; female flowers sometimes in a kind 
of capitulum ; ovary surmounted by an imperfect supe 
calyx, and placed within a scaly involucre or cupule, 
Ses meenceleh Sale soaliting toe Lpndeow 
