350 ROSACEA. [part ii. 



There are eleven sections given in De Candolle's 

 Prodromus, viz., 1. Sopliorece^ the Sophora tribe ; 

 2. LotecB^ the Lotus tribe; 3. HedysarecB^ the 

 Sainfoin tribe ; 4. Viciece^ the Vetch tribe, 

 (including the Pea and Bean) ; 5. Phaseolece, 

 the Kidney-bean tribe ; 6. Dalbergia^ the Gum- 

 dragon tribe ; 7. Sioartzia ; 8, MimosecE, the 

 Mimosa tribe ; 9. Geoff rea^ the Earth-nut tribe, 

 (including the Earth-nut Arachis, and the Ton- 

 quin Bean, Dipterix) ; 10. CassiecB, the Cassia 

 tribe ; and 11. Detariecs. Some botanists in- 

 clude Moringa, the Horse-radish tree, in Le- 

 guminosse, but others make it a separate order 

 under the name of Moringese. 



ORDER LXVIIL— ROSACE^.— (See Chap. III. in P. 50.) 



The flowers have five sepals, combined in 

 their lower part into a tube, but divided above 

 into five lobes ; and the corolla has generally 

 five petals. There are numerous carpels, which 

 are usually inclosed in the fleshy tube of the 

 calyx. The ovary is one-celled, and there is 

 seldom more than one seed, and scarcely ever 

 more than two. The leaves are alternate, 

 generally compound, and always furnished with 

 stipules. De Candolle divides the order into 

 eight tribes, viz., 1. ChrysobalanecB ; 2. Amygda- 



