LESSONS IN BOTANY. 



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SECTION XUV. SCHIZANDKACEJE, OE KAJ>8UAD8. 



Characteristics : Sepals three to six ; petal* hypogyaoni, iix 

 to inn.-, froo, pluri-Borial ; stamens indefinite; ovuri-t nnmeroun, 

 borne on a stipes, Tree, occasionally ooherout, bi-ovulate : ovuluH 



many year* at Chuwick, in th opn air, and living through th* 

 winter without protection. 



SECTION XCVI.-MYB18TICACE.S. OB NUTMB0S. 

 Charactcrintict: Flowers dioecious ; calyx three or four-partite; 





247. FLAT BLOSSOM (LINUM USITAT1SSIMUM). 248. OOATACTJJC (OOAIACUM OFFICIXALE). 249. FHCIT OF DITTO. 250. 8ECTIOH OF FRCIT OF DITTO. 

 251. DITTAWT (DICTAMNU9 FRAXIN ELLA). 252. CAHADIAlf KOOKSEED (X EMISPKElCUlf CAHADSBSE). 253. BLOSSOMS OF DITTO. 254. XUTXX0 



(MTRISTICA MOSCHATA). 255. SWEET SOP (ANONA SQCAMOSA). 256. SECTION OF FRUIT OF DITTO. 



pendent ; berriea capitulous or on a spike ; seed dicotyledonous ; 

 embryo straight, small, at the base of a fleshy albumen ; stem 

 ligneous, twipr-like ; leaves alternate, simple, ex-stipulate. 



The members of this small family are natives of Japan and 

 North America. They contain a mucilaginous juice, devoid 

 both of aroma and of acridity. A specimen of the scarlet- 

 flowered schizandra (Schixandra coccinea) was to be seen for 



corolla absent ; stamens monadelphous ; ovary single, unilocnlar ; 

 ovnles one or two erect, reflexed ; berry one-celled, biralred ; 

 seed solitary, enveloped by a fleshy arillus; albumen ruminate. 



The Myristicactce are trees or shrubs growing in tropical 

 regions ; their leaves arc alternate, simple, entire. 



The true nutmeg (Myristica moschata, Fig. 254) is the most 

 celebrated member of this family ; it is indigenous to the Mo. 



