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; blooms a week or more in advance of the other. S. Ind. , S. This 

 and the above are sometimes called CIGAR TREE, from the alleged use of 

 the ripe pods as cigars. 



C. Kcempferi, Sieb. & Zucc. Has smooth leaves, many of them 3-lobed 

 or angled, and flowers one half smaller; small tree with very slender 

 pods. Japan. 



LXXXVI. PEDALIACE^E, SESAMUM FAMILY. 



Herbs, with simple leaves, opposite or some of the upper 

 ones alternate, and fruit 2-4-celled (but the stigma of only 

 2 lips or lobes), by intrusion of the placentae (truly 2-celled in 

 the ovary), and fruit containing flat but thick-coated wing- 

 less seeds. 



1. SESAMUM. Calyx 5-parted, short. Corolla tubular bell-shaped, 5-lobed ; the 2 lobes 



of the upper lip shorter than the others. Stamens 4. Fruit an oblong obtusely 

 4-sided pod, 2-valved. Flowers solitary in the axils of the leaves, almost sessile. 



2. MAKTYNIA. Calyx 5-toothed, often cleft down one side. Flowers large, in a terminal 



corymb or raceme. 



1. SESAMUM, SESAME. (The Greek name, from the Arabic.) 



S. indicum, Linn. From India and Egypt, somewhat cult, or running 

 wild in waste places far S.; rather pubescent, with oblong or lanceolate 

 leaves, the lower often 3-lobed or parted, pale rose or white corolla, 1' 

 long, and sweet oily seeds, used in the East for food, oil, etc. 



2. MARTYNIA, UNICORN PLANT. (Prof. John Martyn, an 

 English botanist.) Clammy-pubescent and heavy -scented rank herbs, 

 with long-petioled, rounded and obliquely heart-shaped, wavy-mar- 

 gined leaves, and large flowers, in summer. 



M. proboscldea, Glox. COMMON U. Wild S. W., and cult, in gar- 

 dens for the curious fruits which are used for pickles ; coarse, with nearly 

 entire leaves, large corolla whitish with some purple and yellow spots, 

 and long-beaked fruit. 



M. fragrans, Lindl. Cult, from Mexico, but wild in Texas ; less coarse 

 and clammy, with somewhat 3-lobed or sinuate- toothed leaves, and showy 

 violet-purple vanilla-scented flowers. 



LXXXVH. ACANTHACE^l, ACANTHUS FAMILY. 



Plants with opposite simple leaves, 2-lipped or otherwise 

 irregular or even regular monopetalous corolla, 4 didynamous 

 or else only 2 stamens, inserted on the corolla tube, 2-colled 

 ovary and pod, and few seeds, distinguished from the 

 related orders by the seeds without albumen and borne on 

 hook-like projections of the placentae or on a sort of cup. 

 Chiefly a tropical family ; many in choice conservatories, here 

 omitted. 



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