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BOTANY 



PAKT II 



Since, hitherto, only some Sapotaceous plants, 

 which are difficult to cultivate, have yielded 

 gutta, this plant will soon take an important 

 place in the supply. 



Familj^ 5. Aselepiadaeeae. — Similar 

 and closely related to the Apocynaceae 

 and, like them, mainly tropical. Corolla 

 contorted in the bud ; carpels free, only 

 united by the prismatic stigma ; latex 

 Fio. m.-strophanthushispidusoy^ry ^^ ^j^ ^^^ organs. Stamens united at 



in longitudinal section. (Y ; after ^ • i i i 



engler-prantl.) the base with dorsal, nectar-secreting 



Fig. 6S3.—Stroplinnaiiig hhpidun (i nat. size. After Mever and Schumann). Fruit Q nat. size). 

 Seed (J nat. size). (After Schumann in Engler-Pranti..) Official. 



