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Abietine^ contains — Finus Tceda, Pinus Falustn's, Alies 

 Excelsa, Abies Balsamea, and Pinus Sylvestris. 



CuPRESSiNEvE contains — Juniperus Communis, and Juniperiis 

 Sahina. 



DICTYOGENOUS ENDOGENS. 



Smilace^. — Shrubby, climbing plants ; leaves petiolate, join- 

 ted to the stem ; flowers hermaphrodite or unisexual ; perianth 

 six-parted ; stamens six ; ovary three-celled ; ovules orthotropal ; 

 fruit a berry, with few or many seeds ; seed albuminous ; con- 

 tains — Smilax Officinalis. 



PETALOIDEAL ENDOGENS. 



SciTAMiNE^. — Tropical herbs, with rhizomes, simple sheathing 

 leaves, the veins diverging from a mid-rib ; flowers rising from 

 membranous spathes ; perianth irregular, in three rows ; calyx 

 three-lobed ; the corolla and staminodes each three-parted ; 

 stamens three, the two lateral abortive ; anthers two-celled ; 

 capsule three-celled, many-seeded ; embryo in a vitellus ; con- 

 taining — Zingiber Officinale, Curcuma Longa, JElettaria Carda- 

 momum. 



iRiDACEiE. — Perrennial herbs, with bulbous, tuberous, or 

 shortly creeping rhizomes ; leaves equitant, flattened vertically ; 

 flowers with spathes ; perianth superior, with six-petaloid 

 segments ; stamens three, extrorse ; ovary inferior, three-celled, 

 with many ovules ; style one, with three petaloid stigmas ; 

 capsule loculicidal ; seeds with hard albumen ; containing — 

 Crocus Sativus. 



LiLiACE-s:. — Perennial herbs, rarely arborescent, with creeping, 

 bulbous, or fibrous rootstocks ; flowers hermaprodite ; perianth 

 inferior, regular, and petaloid ; stamens six ; anthers opening 

 inwards ; ovary free, thi'ee-celled ; style single, with a simple or 

 three-lobed stigma ; fruit a capsule or berry ; seeds usually 

 numerous ; containing — Aloe Vulgaris, Urginea Scilla. 



