180 TrLIACEJEC JU8S. (LINDEN FAMILY.) 



Peduncles in upper axils, longer than petiole ; bractlets setaceous, 

 shorter than calyx ; calyx-lobes triangular, acuminate ; flowers minute; 

 petals J) a r pie, obovate-oblong, thrice as long as calyx — Rocks ; Sinai. 



2. II. Syriaciis, L. 5 Shrubby Altlioea. Leaves cuneate-ovate, 

 3-lobed, dentate. Peduncles shorter than petioles ; bractlets 6-7, 

 linear, as long as calyx ; calyx-lobes triangular-lanceolate ; petals ob- 

 ovate, 34 times a long as calyx — Summer — Cultivated, but not 

 found native in Syria. 



* * Calyx inflated. Seeds glabrous, tiibercled. 



3. H. triouum, L. Bladder Ketmia. .3 to .5, more or leaa 

 hirsute. Lower leaves round, undivided, ib^, orhers 3-5-palmately 

 parted into obovate-oblong, obtusely lobuiated lobes ; bractlets 

 numerous, setaceous, rough-hairy ; calyx hairy, veiny, membranous, 

 lobes triangular ; petals twice as long as calyx, yellow with sl purple 

 spot at base — Summer — Fields; rather commou, even to subalpine 

 regions. 



Among the cultivated plants of this order are the T'otton plant, 

 Gossypium herbaceum, L., the Okra, Abelmoschus esculentus, L., and 

 the hemplike Okra, Hibiscus cannabiuus, L. 



Order XXII. TIL.IACE JE JUSS. (Linden Family.) 



Trees^ shrubs^ or herhs^ with mucilaginous juice^ Jibrous 

 harTc^ ^-fid-calyx^ valvate in the hud^ p3tcds 5, twisted-iiibrica- 

 ted in the hud^ anthers two-oelled^ opening hy a double chink 

 — Petals inserted around the base of the torus. Stamens free, 

 or 5-6-adelphous. Ovary free, inanj celled, the cells 1- many- 

 ovuled. Placentae central, ovules anatropous. Fruit a drupe 

 or capsule. Seeds usually albuminous, embryo straight. 



1. ORE^WIA, L. Grewia. 



Sepals 5, somewhat leathery. Petals 5, pitt'^d at inner aspect of 

 base. Stamens free. Style awl-shaped ; stigma 3-4-lobed. Fruit a 4- 

 lobed drupe, the pyrenes 1-2-seeded — A small tree, with flowers usually 

 arranged in axillary racemes. 



0. popiilifolia, Vahl. 5 Branches slender. Leaves petioled, 

 rigid, round to obovate, .02 broad, dentate. Peduncles 1-flowered, 

 shorter than leaf ; sepals linear-lanceolate, puberulent, longer than the 

 linear, bifid petals ; drupe shining — Arabia Petraea. 



2. CORCHORUI^, L. Corchorus. MeluhUyeh. 



Sepals 5-4. Petals 5-4, naked at ba .e. Stamens free, numerous (or 

 double the number of the petals). Style short ; stigma hollow, crenulate. 

 Capsule si liquose, naked, loculicidal, many-seeded — Herbs with yellow 

 flowers. 



1, C olitorias, L. Melukhlyeh. /d to 4, glabrescent. Leaves 

 petioled, oblong-ovate, serrate, the lower teetli tipped with long 

 hri^tkn. Peduncles, l-2-flo>Tered ; stamens numerous ; pods glabrous, 

 cylindrical, .1 long, 10-angled, .000 broad, o valved, with a conical 



