PARIETALES. 



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The curious plant called the Rose of Jericho (Anastatiea hierochun- 

 tica), often sold us a curiosity, is a small annual, native of Arabia, 

 Egypt, and Syria. The mature plant after ripening its seeds contracts 

 into a rounded mass, and is uprooted and blown about by the winds. 

 When, however, the dry and dead plant is moistened, it expands, clos- 



Fias. 542-5. -ILLUSTRATIONS OP PAPAVEK RHOSAB. 



Fig. 542. -Vertical section of flower. Magnified. 

 Fig. 543. Pistil and stamen. Magnified. 



FIG. 545. 



Fig. 544. Flower diagram. 

 Fig. 545. Ripe fruit. 



inj? again when dry. On this account it is also called the Resurrection 

 Plant. 



Order Fumariacese. Herbs with watery juice, alternate, usually 

 divided leaves ; flowers zygomorphic ; stamens definite, four, five or 

 six and diadelphous. Species about 100, natives of warmer portions of 

 the North Temperate Zone and of South Africa. They possess an acrid 

 and astringent principle. 



Bentham and Hooker, in the " Genera Plantarum," unite this order 



