PoME^. — Carpels one to five, adhering more or less to the 

 calyx tube, and to each other ; fruit a pome ; stipules not adher- 

 ing to petiole. It contains nothing officinal. 



Myetaceje. — Trees or shrubs ; leaves usually opposite with 

 transparent dots, and often with an intermarginal vein ; calyx 

 four or five cleft, adherent by its tube to the ovary; petals 

 arising from the throat of the calyx, equal in number to its 

 divisions ; stamens many ; anthers ovate, small ; ovary many- 

 celled ; fruit dry or fleshy ; seeds numerous, without albumen ; 

 containing — Melaleuca Minor, Caryophyllus Aroyneiticus, Eugenia 

 Pimenta, and Funica Granatum. This latter was considered by 

 David Don as the iy^e of a natui-al order, which he called 

 Granatece, containing only the species of the genus Pimica. 

 Granatecd differs from Myrfacece by its leaves not being dotted, 

 or having a marginal vein; the ijcculiar fi'uit; the seed being 

 involved in pulp ; and by its convoluted cotyledons. 



CrcxjRBiTACEJE. — Succulent climbing plants, with extra-axil- 

 lary tendrils ; leaves scabrous, palmately veined ; flowers uni-' 

 -sexual ; calyx five- toothed ; petals four to five, reticulated ; 

 stamens generally five, distinct or in three parcels, with sinuous 

 anthers ; ovary inferior, one celled, with three parietal placentae ; 

 fruit a pepo ; seeds flat, exalbuminous ; containing — Citrullus 

 Colocynthis, Echaliiim Officinanim. 



XJMBELLTEEEiE. — Hcrbs ; stcms hollow and striate ; leaves al- 

 ternate, compound, and sheathing ; flowers in compound umbels, 

 with involucres, and often involucels; calyx obsolete, or five- 

 toothed ; petals five, with cleft or inflexed points ; stamens five, 

 epigynous ; fruit a cremocarp, composed of two mericarps, 

 separating from a forked central column, marked by longitu- 

 dinal ridges ; seed solitary ; embryo minute, in horny albumen ; 

 containing — Carum Carui, Pimpinella Anisum, Foeniculum Dulce, 

 Anethum GraveolenSj Coriandrum Sativum, Narthez Assafoetida, 

 Galbanum, Dorema Ammoniacum, Conium Maculatum. 



OAPRrFOLiACE^ — Shrubs or herbs, often twining; leaves 

 opposite, ex stipulate ; flowers showy and fragrant ; calyx four 

 to five cleft, with bracts ; corolla various ; stamens alternate 



