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BOTANY 



PART II 



OLEUM ROSAK and AQUA ROSAE from Bosa damascena. Amygdala dulcis and 

 AMYGDALA AMAKA from Prumis amycjdalus. Prunum from Prunus domesticus. 

 Pkuni virginianae cortex from Primus serotina. Laurocerasi folia from 

 Prunus laurocerasiis. Crsso from Eagcnia abyssinica. Quillaiae cortex from 

 Quillaja Saponaria. 



Fig. QZl.—Prunus cerasvs (| nat. size). 1, Flowering .shoot ; ?, flower cut in two (slightly 

 enlarged) ; 3, fruits ; 4 fruit cut tlirough longitudinally. 



Order 20. Leguminosae 



The common characteri.stic of all Legumiuosae is aftbrded by the 

 pistil. This is always formed of a single carpel, the ventral suture of 

 which is directed to the dorsal side of the flower (Figs. 632, 635, 641). 

 It is unilocular, and bears the ovules in one or two rows on the ventral 

 suture. The fruit is usually a pod (legume), which dehisces by split- 

 ting along Ijoth the ventral and dorsal .sutures (Fig. C46). Nearly 



