DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS 



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well known on our markets. It is of Asiatic origin and was car- 

 ried by the Crusaders to the Mediterranean regions of Europe 

 and thence to America, It was brought to America by the 

 Spaniards at a very early date and was later found growing wild. 



FIG.' 203. Orange production. 



This misled the early explorers, who were for a time inclined to 

 believe it indigenous to America. 



Other important species are the shaddock (C. decumana, 

 Willd.), the lemon (C. medico, Linn.), and many others. 



ANACARDIACE;E (Poison Ivy Family). Shrubs or trees, 

 some of them climbing ; leaves alternate ; flowers small, regular, 

 perfect, dioecious or monoecious ; sepals five to seven, united at 

 the base ; petals five, or absent ; stamens five and alternate with 

 the petals; pistil with three styles, fruit a one-chambered, 

 one-seeded berry or drupe. Contains many plants which 

 are poisonous. 



