206 ARTOCARPE.E. 



gynous, or hypogynous ; anthers 2- celled, curved 

 inwards during aestivation, and curving backwards 

 elastically when bursting. Ovarium simple, superior, 

 with a single erect ovule ; stigma simple. Fruit an 

 indehiscent nut, covered by the dry and persistent pe- 

 rianth. Embryo sometimes spiral, and sometimes exal- 

 buminous, radicle superior, cotyledons apposite. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees, with stipulate, mostly opposite 

 leaves, covered with glandular hairs. 



Geographical Relations. To be found in almost all 

 situations in every part of the globe. 



Properties. Stimulating, irritating, and sometimes 

 narcotic. 



Officinal Plants. 



Humulus lupulus. 

 Dorstenia contrajerva. 



45. ARTOCARPEJE. 



Flowers monoecious . Perianth single, divided, the seg- 

 ments often membranous, or tubular, or entire. Sta- 

 mens one or many. Ovarium superior (rarely inferior), 

 1-2-celled, ovule suspended ; style single, filiform ; 

 stigma divided. Fruit, nuts covered by involucra, be- 

 coming more or less succulent ; or a fleshy receptacle, 

 with the nuts upon it. Seed suspended, solitary, the 

 albumen sometimes wanting ; embryo with its radicle 

 towards the hilum. 



Trees, shrubs, or herbs, with stipulate alternate leaves, 

 and flowers in heads or catkins. 



Geographical Relations. Tropical plants ; but a few 

 members of the tribe are to be found without their 

 general station. 



