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BOTANY. 



genera are Dodecatlieon, of which the beautiful shooting-star 

 (D. Meadia) (Fig. 117, A) is the best known. Something 

 like this is Cyclamen, sometimes cultivated as a house plant. 

 The moneywort (Lysimachia nummularia) (Fig. 117, D), as 

 well as other species, also belongs here. 



cm. 



FIG. 117. IsocarpoKS sympetalse (Primulinse, Diospy rinse). A, shooting- 

 star, Dodecatheon (Prirmdacese) , x %. B, section of a flower, x l. C, dia- 

 gram of the flower. D, Moneywort, Lysimachia (Prinwlacese) , x %. E, a 

 perfect flower of the persimmon, Diospyros (Ebenacese), x 1. F, the same, 

 laid open : section of the young fruit, x 2. //, longitudinal section of a ripe 

 seed, x 1. em. the embryo. /, fruit, x %. 



The sea-rosemary (Statice) and one or two cultivated species 

 of plumbago are the only members of the plumbago family 

 (Plumbaginece) likely to be met with. The remaining families 

 of the Primulince are not represented by any common plants. 



The third and last order of the Isocarpous sympetalce has 

 but a single common representative in the United States ; viz., 

 the persimmon (Diospyros) (Fig. 117, E). This belongs to 

 the family Ebenacece,, to which also belongs the ebony a 



