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Order CXLVII. REAUMURIACE.fi.— Ri 



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Small shrubs with fleshy scale-like leavi -, which ar alternate, havi 



vi rspread by reeinooa Mink glands. 



Calyx 5-parted, Burrounded externally 



b) imbricated bracts. Petals •">. hypo- 



gj nous, unequal-sided, sometimee hai ing 



n p:iir of membranons plates planted 



upon their middle. Stamens definite or 



indefinite, hypogynous, monadelphons or 



polyadelphous, with or without a hj 



gynous ili-k ; anthers ovate, turned in- 



Is, and bursting longitudinally. Car- 



free, 2- l- 5, partially separate from 



each other, surrounding :i central pla- 



ta which passes into the base of each ; 



or 4, ascending, anatropal ; 



X 



OVllll 



- filiform, or subulate. Fruit <-:ii>- 

 ■ular, with 2 to 5 valves and as many 

 cells, unless the number i< diminished 

 by abortion. S shaggy, definite, 



: embryo -tmiu'lit, surrounded \>y 

 ■ small quantity of mealy albumen ; 

 radicle next the liiluin. 



Elhn ah rg soggi rted (A v 



12. 78.) thai Reaumuriaand Hololachna 

 might constitute -\ little group, to be 

 called Reaumuriacesa At that tim<' the 

 true relations of plants were ill understood, 

 and if he had referred the genera he knew to Tutsans, he would nevi r 

 opinion called in question. In bet there is nothing i" distinguish I 

 thai Reanmuriads have Bhagg] seeds, and appendages at the base of tl , >iu.'li 



appear to be destitute of glands. Tin \ have no affinity with l 



of the coast of the Mediterranean and the Bait plains in the n 

 northern Asia. 



It seems that these plants abound in Baline matter, a rircumstam ■ i ; ai 

 owing to the situations in which they grow. Reaumuria v< rmic 

 driaasacure for itch. It- bruised leaves are applied externally, 

 administered internally. 



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Nt mhi rs. Gen. '•. Sp. I. 



iok. — Hypericaceee. — Ri w hi 



X \ \ \ I R< aumuria hy] 

 pendicularK ; x a petal ; 4. capsule ; 5. a«ed divided per] 



