542 SOTANT. 



Tribe Tod<hfliece, with actinomorpliic, mostly diclinous flowers, 

 coriaceous or baccate fruits, and seeds with endosperm. 



Ptdea trifolifita, the Hop Tree, of the Eastern United States, Skim- 

 mia Japonica, a small Japanese shrub, and two species of PheUoden- 

 dron, from Manchuria, are planted in gardens. 



Tribe Xantltoxylew, with actinomorphic, mostly diclinous 

 flowers, usually capsular fruits, and seeds mostly with endosperm. 



Xanthoxylum Americanum, the Common Prickly Ash, of the 

 Northern United Slates, and X. Clava-Herculis, the Southern Prickly 

 Ash, of the Southern States, are ornamental shrubs, and are often 

 planted. 



Tribe Soroniece. Australian shrubs. 



Tribe Diosmea?, with actinomorphic, monoclinous flowers, cap- 

 Hiilar fruits, and seeds without endosperm. 



Species of Diosma and Barosma, pretty African shrubs, are to be found 

 in conservatories. From their leaves the drug 

 Buchu is obtained. 



Tribe Rutece, with generally actinomorphic, 

 monoclinous flowers, capsular fruits, and seeds 

 with endosperm. (Fig. 506.) 



Ruta graveolens, the Common Rue of the gar- 

 dens, is a native of Southern Europe and West- 

 ern Asin. 



___. Dictamnus Fraxinetta, Fraxinella, or the Gas 



r of Dictamnvs Plant, is a heavy-scented ornamental plant, 

 ni $ &rati- wLose glandular foliage secretes a volatile oil, 

 gin> slightly shaded. Af- which is said sometimes to flash into flame 

 when a light is brought near to it, (Figs. 116-7.) 



Tribe Cuspariece, with zygomorphic, monoclinous flowers, cap- 

 sular fruits, and seeds without endosperm. 



Galipea cusparia, a large tree of Guiana and Brazil, furnishes a bit- 

 ter medicinal bark, known as Angustura Bark. 



Order Geraniaceee. The Geranium Family. Mostly herbs (rarely 

 shrubby or arborescent) ; leaves opposite or alternate, simple or com- 

 pound ; stamens more or less united below ; species, 750, mostly of 

 temperate and sub-tropical climates. 



Many are cultivated as ornaments. 



Tmpatiens Balsamina, the Garden Balsam, or Touch-Me-Not, some- 

 times erroneously called " Lady's Slipper," is a well-known annual 

 from India, which has been cultivated for more than two hundred and 

 fifty years. The name Touch-Me-Not (referring to its e'nsticnlly open- 

 ing fruits) is shared by two pretty native species. (Fi>r. 507.) 



Oxalis contains several native species of Wood Sorrel, all of which 



