Linages. — Herbs, with entire sessile exstipulate leaves ; 

 flowers regular ; sej)als three to five, imbricate ; petals three to 

 five, contorted ; stamens united at base ; ovary three to five- 

 celled, with three to five styles ; capsules globular ; each cell 

 with two seeds, divided by spurious dorsal partitions ; no 

 albumen ; containing — Linum Usitatissimum. 



Zygopiiyllace/E. — Herbs or trees ; leaves opposite, stipulate, 

 usually pinnate, not dotted ; sepals four to five, convolute ; petals 

 clawed, imbricate ; stamens eight to ten ; ovary four to five-celled, 

 style simple ; fruit usually a capsule, opening by four to five 

 valves; seeds usually albuminous; embryo green; containing — 

 Guaiacum Officinale. 



EuTACE.E. — Herbs or trees, with exstipulate dotted leaves, and 

 perfect flowers ; sepals four to five ; petals four to five, or none ; 

 stamens definite, on the outside of a cup-shaped disk ; ovary 

 three to five-lobed; style single, sometimes divided near the 

 base ; fruit capsular, often separating when ripe ; seeds one or 

 two in each carpel. The Bute?e have albuminous seeds ; the 

 Barosmese are exalbuminous ; which has been considered sufii- 

 cientto constitute them sub-orders; they contain — Rida Graveolens, 



BarosmaBetulina, B. Crenulata, B. Serratifolia,[aTid Galipea Cusparia. 



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SiMAKUBACE^. — Treos or shrubs, with bitter wood ; leaves 

 alternate, exstipulate, without dots, usually compound ; sepals 

 four to five ; petals imbricate ; stamens eight to ten, rising from 

 hypogynous scales ; ovary stalked, four to five-lobed ; fruit, of 

 drupes, round a receptacle, each with one pendulous exalbumi- 

 nous seed ; containing — Picr(^na Exceha. 



CALYCIFLORAL EXOGENS. 



Anacardiace^. — Trees or shrubs, with resinous acrid juice, 

 often blackening when dry ; leaves exstipulate, alternate ; flowers 

 small, sometimes unisexual ; sepals three to five, united ; petals 

 three to five, imbricate ; stamens usually definite ; ovary one- 

 celled ; styles three ; ovule single, with a funicle from the base 

 of the cell ; fruit indehiscent ; seeds exalbuminous ; containing — 

 Pistacia Lentiscus. 



