606 PEDALINEJE. (SESAMUM FAMILY.) 



Order LXXV. PEDALiIBfEiE. Endl. (Sesames DC.) 

 (Sesamum Family). 



Herbs (ours) annual^ transuding a mucilaginous 

 moisture from all parts of the surface^ with a ^-j^arted^ 

 slightly 2-lvpped calyx^ irregular, hypogynous, ^-lobed, usual- 

 ly 24ipped corolla, with inflated throat, a hyjpogynous, 

 glandular, fleshy dislc, flA)e stamens inserted on the corolla 

 iule, the upper sterile, the rest didynamous, fertile, a 2-4 

 (rarely 8-^ celled ovary, with a simple style — Anthers 2- 

 celled, the connective produced beyond the cells; stigma 

 lobed ; fruit (in ours) a dehiscent capsule, normally 5- but 

 by abortion 2-4-celled ; seeds in one row along the margins 

 of the cells or inserted on a central column, adnate to the 

 valves, exalbuminous. 



■* 1. SESAMUMT, L. Sesame. Simsum. 



Calyx persistent, the lower lobe shorter. Corolla-tube gradually 

 expanding, with bilabiate limb, the upper two lobes shorter than the 

 lower three. Stigma bilamellate. Capsule prismatic-tetragonal, four- 

 grooved, two-celled above, four-celled below by incurving of the 

 valves, dehiscent by a septicidal split at tip. Seeds numerous, wing- 

 less, implanted on central column. 



S, Indicum, L. © Sesame. Simsum. .6 to 1, stem erect, 

 pubescent, simple or few branched. Lower leaves opposite, ovate, 

 trisect or trilobed, lobes entire or dentate ; upper leaves alternate, ob- 

 long to linear-lanceolate, short-petioled, entire. Flowers solitary in 

 axils, short-pedicelled ; capsule .02 to .03 long, .005 broad, mucronate 

 with base of style, velvety-pubescent — July and August — Cultivated 

 everywhere for its oleaginous seeds, and escaped from cultivation. 



Order LXXVI. ACANTHACEJE. Juss. (xIcanthus Family). 



He7'hs or shrubs or trees (ours ijerennial herbs), with 

 perfect, generally irregular flowers, a persistent calyx with 

 6, or by abortion 4:, free, or more or less connate sepals, corol- 

 la gamopetalous (ours J with limb split above and expanded 

 into a single, obovate lip below, (ours) 4 didynamou^s sta- 

 mens, a free, 2-celled ovary (ours) with 2-4 seeds borne 07i a 

 thickened, hardened, incurved, ascending ftmicle (retinacu- 

 lum), exalbmninous — Capsule globular, oblong or linear, 

 dehiscent at base of cells, often elastically, placentae borne 

 on lower half of valves, embryo straight, flattened, radicle 

 inferior. 



1. BLEPHARIS, Juss. Blepharis. Shauk-ed-Dihl, 



Calyx 4-parted, the upper and lower sepals exterior, larger, the 

 lateral interior, small. Corolla-tube short, ovoid, constricted at apex, 



