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larger. The leaves are opposite and feather- 

 nerved. Chimonantlius fragrans^ so well-known 

 for its beautiful yellowish flowers, which are 

 produced about Christmas, belongs to this 

 order. In this plant the lobes of the calyx are 

 oval, and not nearly so numerous as in Calycan- 

 thus ; the outer lobes look like bracts. The 

 stamens are less numerous, and not deciduous ; 

 and only five are fertile, which are united at the 

 base. This plant was formerly called Calycan- 

 thus prcecox. 



ORDER LXX.— GRANATE^. 

 This order has only one genus and two 

 species. The Pomegranate {Pimica Granatum) 

 has a tubular calyx, with a limb in five or 

 seven divisions, and the same number of petals 

 as there are segments to the calyx. The calyx 

 and corolla are both of the same colour. When 

 the petals fall, the tube of the calyx swells, and 

 becomes a many-celled berry, the limb of the 

 calyx remaining on, and forming a kind of 

 crown to the fruit. The cells are divided into 

 two parts, and they contain a great number of 

 seeds which are plunged in a juicy pulp. The 

 other species, P. nana^ only differs in being a 

 dwarf plant, and in the leaves being narrower. 

 The Pomegranate was formerly included in 

 Myrtacese. 



