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among the products are Cinnamon, Camphor, Cassia, and other 

 medicinal barks, and a number of aromatic fruits and oils. The 

 timber of some species is valuable. 



Sassafras, Nees. 



officinale, Nees. 



Lindera, Thunb. 



Benzoin, Blume. Spice Bush. 



66. SANTALACE-3E3. (SANDAL-WOOD FAMILY.) 



An order of trees, shrubs, and herbs, natives of Europe, Amer- 

 ica, Australia, and the East Indies. The European and North 

 American species are herbaceous, while the trees occur in the 

 East Indies and South Sea Islands. The celebrated Sandal-wood 

 is a product of several species of this order. The family has 

 medicinal properties, and a tea is made from the leaves of one 

 species, while another (the Buffalo-tree or Oil Nut J yields an 

 oil. Represented in Hingham by one insignificant species. 



Comandra, Nutt. 



umbellata, Nutt. Toad-flax. 



67. EUPHORBIACE^I. (SPURGE FAMILY.) 



A family of about 2,500 species, comprising trees, shrubs, and 

 herbs, natives chiefly of warm countries, especially tropical Amer- 

 ica. The few Northern species are herbaceous. The plants of 

 this order abound in an acrid juice, which, in nearly all of 

 them, is poisonous. Many are valuable in medicine, furnishing 

 Croton Oil, Castor Oil, Cascarilla Bark, etc. The fruits and 

 seeds of some, and the starch of others (yielding Tapioca, etc.), 

 are edible. The timber of some trees is valuable, — African 

 Teak, for example. Caoutchouc is the product of several South 

 American plants of this order. Some species yield various dyes 

 and many are cultivated for their beauty. 



Euphorbia, L. 



maculata, L. Spurge. 



Preslii, Guss. 



Cyparissias, L. 

 Acalypha, L. 



Virgin ica, L. Three-seeded Mercury. 



68. TJRTICACEJE. (NETTLE FAMILY.) 



A large and interesting order, embracing trees, shrubs, and 

 herbs, principally natives of the tropics, although the temperate 

 zones contain a considerable number. 



The trees and shrubs have generally a milky juice, the herbs 

 a watery one. This juice in some of the sub-orders is acrid and 

 poisonous. The celebrated Bohon Upas, one of the deadliest 



