546 



BOTANY 



PART II 



are lobed in correspondence -with the false septa that project from the inner surface 

 of the ovary. Endosperm wanting. Other species of Juglans and Carya yield 

 edible seeds and valuable timbers. 



Family 2. Myricaceae. — Myrica gale is a dioecious shrub with entire leaves 

 found on moors. Some American forms jdeld wax derived from the fruits. 



Fig. 516. — Juglans regla. 1, Branch with young leaves, male catkins and at the tip female flowers. 

 2, Male flower. 3, Female flower-. /,, Fruit with the outer layer of tlie pericarp in part 

 removed. (A nat. size.) 



Order 3. Querciflorae 



Trees or shrubs usually with entire leaves and deciduous stipules. 

 Monoecious. Male flowers in catkins. Ovary inferior ; ovules jjendu- 

 lous. Fruit, a one-seeded nut. Endosperm Avanting. Anemophilous. 

 This order includes most of our important forest-trees. 



