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356 PERIPETALER, 
monosepalous, of 4 or 5 divisions, adhering to the ovary ; 
corolla with petals equal in number to the divisions of the 
calyx ; stamens often twice as many as the petals, or inde- 
finite and numerous, distinct, or united by the filaments in 
several fasciculi ; ovary inferior, with 1 to 6 cells, many 
seeds, and a simple style and stigma ; pericarp 1- or many- 
celled, dry and capsular, or fleshy and baccate, or drupace- 
ous ; seed without albumen. 
_Examptes.—Myrtle (Myrtus communis), Clove-tree (Ca- 
ryophyllus aromaticus.) : 
Economicat Properties.—The plants in this family are 
in general highly aromatic; they abound in a pungent sti- 
mulating volatile oil, which renders many of them valuable 
as spices, Cloves are the unexpanded flower-buds of Cary- 
ophyllus aromaticus, formerly referred to Eugenia cary- 
ophyllata, and the unripe berries of the Pimento-tree (Myr- 
tus Pimenta or Eugenia Pimenta), constitute Jamaica pep- 
per or allspice. The Pomegranate is the fruit of Punica 
Granatum ; it contains an agreeable acid juice. 
Meprcivat Properties.—This family is characterized 
by two properties, which render it valuable in a medicinal 
point of view, astringency, and a warm aroma. The for- 
mer of these is found in the Pomegranate (Punica Grana- 
tum), the bark and flowers of which are sometimes used in 
diarrhoea and dysentery, and in the brown Gum-tree (Eu- 
calyptus resinifera), which is believed to yield some of the 
kino of commerce. It is not yet decided what plant yields — 
_ the best or true kino: the Dublin College refer it to the | 
_ Butea frondosa, belonging to the Leguminose ; the London 
_ College adopt Pterocarpus erinacea as the source of kino; _ 
_ while the Edinburgh College give the Eucalyptus resinifera 
_as the true source of this gum, The kino imported by the — 
_ East India Company is the produce of the Nauclea Gambir, — 
onging to the Rubiacee, See ae 
