■IßO BOTANY. 



or opposite, exstipulate, entire leaves. Tiiey are natives of the tropical 

 regions of Asia, Africa, and America. The general property of the order is 

 astringency. Many are used for tanning, and some for dying. The fruit 

 of Terminalia belerica, and of T. chebula, under the name of Myrobalans, 

 is used as an asti'ingent. The seeds of Terminalia catappa are eaten like 

 almonds. The order has been divided into three sub-orders : 



Suh-order 1. Terminaliece, petals 0, cotyledons convolute. 



Sub-01'der 2. Combretece, petals present, cotyledons plicate. 



Sub-order 3. GyrocarpecB, petals 0, cotyledons convolute, anthers dehiscing 

 by recurved valves. 



There are 22 genera enumerated by Lindley, including 200 species. 

 Examples : "Terminalia, Combretum, Gyrocarpus, *Conocarpus. The order 

 is represented in Florida by Conocarpus erecta, and Terminalia catappa. 



Order 148. Vochysiace^, the Vochysia Family. Sepals four to five, 

 united at ^jie base, unequal, the upper one largest and spurred ; aestivation 

 imbricated. Petals one, two, three, or five, alternate with the divisions of 

 the calyx, and inserted into its base, unequal. Stamens one to five, opposite 

 to, or alternate with the petals, perigynous, one having an ovate, fertile, 

 four-celled anther, the rest being sterile. Ovary free, or partially adherent 

 to the calyx, three-celled ; ovules solitary or in pairs, rarely numerous, 

 amphitropal or anatropal ; style and stigma one. Fruit a triquetrous, three- 

 celled and three-valved capsule, usually with loculicidal dehiscence. Seeds 

 usually one to two in each cell, erect, exalbuminous, attached to a central 

 placenta ; embryo straight ; cotyledons large and leafy ; radicle short and 

 superior. Trees or shrubs, with opposite, entire, exstipulate leaves. They 

 inhabit the warmer parts of America. Their properties are little known. 

 There are eight genera enumerated, including fifty-one species. Examples; 

 Vochysia, Qualea. 



Order 149. RnizoPHORACEiE, the Mangrove Family. Calyx adherent, 

 four- to twelve-lobed ; aestivation valvate, or sometimes calyptriform. 

 Petals arising from the calyx, alternate with the lobes, and equal to them in 

 number. Stamens inserted with the petals, twice or thrice their number ; 

 filaments distinct, subulate ; anthers erect. Ovary two-, three-, to four- 

 celled ; ovules two or more in each cell, anatropal. Fruit indehiscent, 

 adherent to the calyx, and crowned by it, unilocular, monospermous. Seed 

 solitary, pendulous, exalbuminous ; cotyledons flat ; radicle long, piercing 

 the fruit. Trees or shrubs, with simple opposite leaves, and deciduous 

 interpetiolary stipules. They are found on the muddy shores of the tropics. 

 There are five genera, and twenty species known. Examples : *Rhizophora, 

 Kandelia. 



Rhizophora mangle or the Mangrove, forms thickets along the muddy 

 shores of the ocean in Florida, sending out adventitious shoots. The embryo 

 germinates while still within the pericarp. 



Order 150. JjYthrace.e, the Willow Strife Family. Calyx tubular, 



lobed, the lobes sometimes with intermediate lobes or teeth, aestivation 



valvate. Petals alternate with the primary lobes of the calyx, very 



deciduous, sometimes 0. Stamens inserted into the tube of the calyx a 



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