

SAP1NDA< 





of their fruil i lrupe{ tin '..and 



th. :i itammii >■ lu I to two only in a fen 

 appear to I"- in the-, ueh dirferen© be true S 



auppo %*. i tJi authority; and, aa might ha 



cover) d< sanction die separation by adding new meml 



The true character ol SoapworU in their onsymnK 



g in number or power with the in their and 



tudinally, and in the petals having an ap] ■ while the ■ 



i spiral, Hut none of the lath r charm 

 pieutly the definition of the Order becomes very difficult. Prom Ma 

 hardly differ. At least, the characters usually pointed oul as distit 

 fallacious in practice. The opposite I Maples are found in .1 



mid that genua has not appendages on its petals more than ' 

 of the Soapworts has samaroid fruit, which is the more obvious mark ol th 

 Maples. To Milkwort-- they an no doubt akin in the singular combina 

 stamfnn with 5 unequal ."••pal-, and an uncertain number ■ I also in 



aril, which may be compared to the caruncula of Milkworts, although 

 different in its origin. The dried I Do Candolle remarks, I 



Connarads. Their climbing habit and tendency to produce tendrils indii 

 lo Vi -. which, however, is not very near. Malpighia ds are known with 

 tainty by their symmetrical flowers, although they too have the ■• 



ommon uninii; Soapworts. Petiveriads rtainly very near thin 



Order; but, in addition to their constant want of petals, their carpel is always 

 and absolutely simple. 



A i ral character of the Soapworts is to have th< ir embryo < it] 



twisted Bpirally. This occurs in a remarkable manner iu the nut of a Demerara 

 called the Snake-nut, in conse- 

 quence of the large embryo re- 

 sembling asnake coiled up. Sir K. 

 Schomburgk] who first described 

 this production in the I 



. ol. 5. p. 204, 

 lias called tii' 



paradoxum. The accompanying 

 uts it in a germi- 

 nating c mdition. Another pecu- 

 liarity r< -id. - in the trunk ol Buch 

 as have a nlimhing habit These 

 remarkable plants possess - vi ral 

 distinct woody axes, hi Id together 

 by masses of cortical matter, bo that they resemble m vera! tbii 



Iter with violence. Lnsl I this structure have 1 



at Plate xni. of bis R 



Nativei ■•:' most carts of the tropics, I tally of South Ai 



Africa knows many of them, hut they are wanting iii the cold reg 

 v • found wild in Europe. Dodonsea represents the Order in '■ Hand; 



th. snuts in the north <>t India, Persia, and the Uniu 

 It is mngnUr that while the leav< b and branchi s of many of : ! 

 fionably poisonous, the fruit of others is valuable ae 

 Longan, the Litchi, and the Rambutan, fruits among th< i 

 archipelago, are the produce of different phelium 



dulcis,to which belong the Rambehand Choops ol Ma 11 



producing the Tampui, are other fruit trees Order. I 



edulis is known at dessi rts in Brazil, under the name 

 have a sweet and pleasant taste. Various I 5 



The blacks of Senegal highly value the 1 

 uleim.s is very fleshy, and much esteemed by I 

 it is called Pittomba. Mi Licocca l ijuga, a W i -: 1 

 fur its agreeable subacid vinous berries. The fruit of Pa] 

 Prunes at the Cape of Good 11 



tree (Blighia or Cupania sapida), of Paullinii 

 are also articles of food in their n s] 

 raits l>t 1 



■ i i.W III Germinating 

 dons. 



I ■ i i I Will. 



