580 ANALYSIS OF THE ORDERS IN CALYCIFLOR&A. 
dots. Calyx superior, 5-10-toothed. Petals 5-10, linear, reflexed. 
Stamens equal in number to, or twice or four times as numerous 
as, the petals; anthers adnate. Ovary inferior, 1—2-celled ; 
style simple; ovule solitary, pendulous. Fruit drupaceous, 
more or less united to the calyx, 1-celled. Seed solitary, pen- 
dulous, with fleshy albumen, and large flat leafy cotyledons. 
Distribution and Numbers.—Natives of various parts of the 
East Indies and the United States. Jilustrative Genera :— 
Alangium, Lam. ; Nyssa, Linn. There are about 8 species. 
By Bentham and Hooker they are included in Cornacee. 
Properties and Uses.—Of little importance. Some species 
of Alangium are said to be purgative and aromatic ; and their 
succulent fruits are also edible. The fruit of Nyssu capitata or 
N. candicans is used occasionally as a substitute for Lime fruit, 
whence it is called the Ogechee Lime. 
Artificial Analysis of the Orders in the Sub class 
_ Polypetalez. 
Series 3. CALYCIFLOR &. 
1. FLOWERS with more than 20 stamens. 
A. Ovary wholly superior. 
a. Leaves without stipules. 
1. Carpels more or less distinct, (at least as to 
the styles); or solitary. 
Stamens distinctly perigynous. Ovules 
suspended, erect, or ascending . Rosacex. 
2. Carpels wholly combined, (at. least as to the 
ovaries). 
Sepals more than 2, united into a tube. 
Ovary with axile placentas . : . Lythracex. 
. Leaves with stipules. 
ce Carpels more or less distinct, (at least as to 
the styles); or solitary. 
Calyx with the odd lobe inferior. Stamens 
somewhat hypogynous. : Leguminose. 
Calyx with the odd lobe superior. Stamens 
distinctly perigynous . ; Rosacex. 
2. Carpels wholly combined, (at least as . the 
ovaries ). 
Leaves with circinate vernation. Pla- 
centas parietal . ; . : . Droseracee. 
B. Ovary inferior, or partially so. 
a. Leaves without stipules. 
1. Placentas parietal. 
Petals definite in ues distinct from 
the calyx . Loasuacex. 
Petals indefinite in number, gradually 
passing into the sepals. . . . Cactacex. 
