ROSACES. 



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grasses, for their utility to man, and which is exemplified 

 in such various ways, that they cannot admit of detail. 



Officinal Plants. 



Rectembrise.- 



Curvembrise. 



' Acacia vera. 



Acacia catechu. 



Cassia fistula. 



Cassia lanceolata. 



Hematoxylon campeachianum. 

 'Tamar-indus indica. 



Astragalus verus. 

 Cytisus scoparius. 

 Copaifera officinalis. 

 Glycyrrhiza glabra. 

 Pterocarpus erinaceus. 

 Pterocarpus santalinus. 

 Myroxylon peruiferum. 



21. ROSACES. 



Calyx 4-5-lobed, free or adherent with the ovarium. 

 Petals 5, perigynous, equal. Stamens arising from the 

 calyx, indefinite or definite, curved inwards in aestivation ; 

 anthers two-celled, bursting longitudinally. Ovaries su- 

 perior or combined with the calyx and each other, 

 one-celled, sometimes solitary ; styles simple, often 

 lateral, distinct or combined. Fruit a pome, or seterio, 

 or cynarrhodon, etc. Seeds ascending or suspended, 

 nearly without albumen ; embryo straight, with fleshy or 

 foliaceous cotyledons. 



This family is divided into sub-tribes, the Officinal 

 Tribes are 



Amygdalece. 

 Dryadece. 

 Rosece. 

 Pomece. 



