MAI.rH. Ill \t I 



longer coty I long, which tight, and equal, or un 



rolled up, verj thick 01 





i CLXXIV 



This remarkable Order baa been treated at great length, and with infinite skill, l.\ 

 M Adrian de Jussieu, from whom the principal part of the following and pr 

 remarks ia borrowed. Among the most Btriking peculiaritiea of the race is the pn 

 upon the calyx of certain glands of such large size, sometimes, as to constitul 

 derable pari of the whole calycine apparatus; it is verj remarkable that when these 

 glands are missing, it i- those which are next the outside of the inflorescenci thai 

 pear They are Becreting organs, and according I i Payen, their exu I 

 certain Malpighias) of the nature of a fatty oil containing a Quid substanc 



that is crete. Another verj remarkable circumstance is, the general I 



that lei- been observed among the Btems ol the climbing kind-, to assumi a] 

 ouite anomalous among Exogens. rn these in beginning the 



formation of a woody circular zone round pith, but immediately afl 

 matter is deposited in the mi and zoneless ribs. M 



to this matter have been limn l\ M. Adrien de Jussieu. The distini 

 tliis Order and others in it- alliance, will be evident upon comparing th< I 

 already given; ami will be further explain- 

 ed under the other Ord< 



The genus Nitraria, consisting 

 ■ait plants from the west of Asia, the north y 



of Africa, and N. Holland, appears t>> be 



i.iliv distinct from the present , i ,-.:. 



Order, "t \\ 1 1 i . • 1 1 it has the unsymmetrical 

 avary, peculiar ovules, and drupao 

 fruit. It- principal distinctions consist in 

 itire consolidation of its* styles, and 

 lathe Btamens being collected in pai R — s. 



lodged in the cavity of concav It t '»^\ \ 



has, however, given rise to a Buppi 

 Order,* originally suggested in the first 

 edition <>t' the present work, No y 



I), as possessing Borne affinity on the ^ 



one hand with Chenopods, and the other 

 with Buckthorns i Rhamnaci 



Thr following i> the distribution of the 

 Order, according to M. A. de J. ; Urica: 14 on th nt,llinM 



* The following is the character of tl 

 luooulenl alternate ' Icfa are soi 



b- toothed, fleshy. Corolla of ti\ t - petals, whii 

 Btamens 3 times the number of tin 

 of deh i sc en ce. Ovary superior, S 



WW lis many Btigmatlo lines U till r 



drupaceous, opening by 3 or 6 valves S 

 radicle next the iiilum! 



i I \ \ i \ \, ,>,>,! of Hi 

 P « i i \ \ \ Nitraria Schoh ri. I. 

 Jicular section of the ovary; •. ti 7. u embryo . 8. aa ■ 



