DICOTYLEDONES— CALYCIFLOE.E 



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Sub-order 4. Sanguisorbe^ or Poterie^.— Herbs or iinder- 

 shrubs. Flowers often unisexual. Petals frequently absent. 

 Carpels 1—3 ; style terminal or basilar. Fruit an achgenium 

 enclosed in the tube of the thalamus, which is often indurated. 



Fig. 1098. 



Fig. 1099. Fig. 1100. Fig. 1101. Fig. 1102. Fig. 1103. 



Fig. 1097. Vertical section of the flower of the Peach (Primus (Amygdahis) 



persicn). Fig. 1098. Vertical section of the flower of tlie Quince V7-'(//-«.s 



Cydonin). Fig. 1099. Two-celle;! anther with part of the filament of a 



species of Rubus. Fig. 1100. Vertical section of the flower of a species of 



Alchemilla. Fig. 1101. Vertical section of the hwit^dnipc) of the Clierry 



(Primus Cerasus). ep. Epicai-p. 7nfi. Mesocarp. en. Eudocarp, within 



which is the seed with embrj'o. Fig. 1102. Vertical section of an achse- 



uium of a species of Rose. Fig. 1103. Vertical section of the ovary, o. of 



a species of Rubu!<, with the ovule, or. 



Seed solitary, suspended, erect, or ascending. Illustrative 

 Genera : — Alchemilla, Linn. ; Poterium, Linn. 

 Sub-order 5. Pome^. — Trees or shrubs, with simple or compound 

 leaves and free stipules. Carpels 1 to 5, cohering more or 

 less with each other and united to the sides of the tube of 

 the thalamus, thus becoming inferior ; styles terminal. Fruit 



