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rica and Africa ; principally in the hotter parts of these 

 countries, but one is found as far north as Syria. 



Properties. Aromatic and stimulating ; the wood, es- 

 pecially of the members of subtype Cedrelese, is very 

 valuable. 



Officinal Plant. 

 Canella alba. 



11. AMPELIDEJE. 



Calyx small, nearly entire, or with 4-5 teeth, and 

 open during estivation. Petals 4-5, placed upon the 

 edge of a disk surrounding the ovarium, subvalvate in 

 aestivation. Stamens equal in number to the petals, and 

 placed upon the disk ; anthers ovate, versatile. Ovarium 

 superior, two-celled, four-ovuled ; style short. Fruit 

 a nuculanium, generally one-celled by abortion, 4-5 

 seeded, or less. Seeds erect and bony, albumen hard, 

 and the radicle taper and inferior. 



Shrubs sarmentose or scandent, with swelled nodi, 

 stipulate leaves, the upper ones being alternate, and the 

 lower opposite ; tendrils often present. 



Geographical Relations. Warmer parts of the tem- 

 perate regions. 



Properties. Acid, saccharine, and astringent. 

 Officinal Plant. 

 Vitis vinifera. 



12. OXALIDE.E. 



Sepals 5, free or sljghtly coherent at the base, equal, 

 persistent, imbricate in aestivation. Petals 5, hypogy- 



