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&MCAUB | III MIR] II i ) [~ 



b el. XIV. HUMIRIACEjE -Humai 



llumiriaee*, Adrien <U Juuieu tn 



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Duonosi&p / . 



and mth a la 



r shrubs with balsamic juice. Leaves alternate, aim] 



ed, without stipules. Flowers in terminal or axiUarj eymi 

 imbricated, in 5 divisions. Petals unbricated, regular, alternate with the lo 

 calyx. Stamens hypogynoua,4 times or many tun 



uuuierous as ill,- petals, in 'iiadelphous ; anthi l 4 



2-cellcd, with a flesh} connective extended beyond h A 



me 2 lobes. Ovary superior, usually surrounded ^ 



.n annular or toothed disk, 5-celled, often //y\/ 

 fornished with a transverse partition, with from 1 t ' ,l j'/ ' ■! 



suspended anatropal ovules in tacli oil ; vt\li ' ' ■ 

 ample ; Btigma 5-lobed. Fruit drupaceous, with .'. 



eaDs on the same plain-, or with Bee lary cells 



th«- apex, sometimes with fewer, on at unt 



of the abortion of a part Seed with a membra- 

 nous integument ; embryo narrow, orthotropal, 

 sometimes lying in fleshy albumen ; radii 

 superior. 



The affinities of Humiriads cannot be satisl 

 tartly discussed until their seeds -hall have been more exactly exai \- the 



svidence at present stands, there is nothing to Bhow that all r i now col 



\ belong to the same group. H el leria, for instance, is said to have no all 

 ll.> differ from Mehads much in habit, and in many respects in fructific 



ally in having the aestivation of the corolla quincuncial, not valvate, and the 



.metimes indefinite ; die anthers of Humiriada, as Von .Marti.. 

 lifterent from those of Meliads in the great dilatation of their 

 linous seeds and slender embryo are also at variance with Meliads 



respect, and in their balsamic « 1. they agree better with Storax* in the 



ble direction of the embryo. Besides these points of affinity, 

 compares Humiriads with Chlamads, on account of both Orders containu 

 indefinite monadelphous stamens, several stigmas, partially abort 



albuminous seeds, and a singular c plicated vernation, by which two loi 



i:v impressed upon each leaf. To me it formerly appeared that thi 

 nth i itronworts ; a- is indicated by their inflorescence, the b stun 

 thou- disk, their winged petiol -. and their balsamic juices. But this 

 really albuminous, as is stated. Assuming the latter to 1 ■ 

 .i connecting link between the Erica] and Berberal Allia 

 ablance to Olacads. If realrj connected with Heathworts, it 

 tome Mich genus as Clethra. 

 All are native- of the tropical parts of America, 



tnirium floribundum, when the trunk is wounded, yii Id 

 in, called Balsam < ■ t I'miri, resembling the prop, i 



The juice of Humirium balsamiferum and floribundui 

 mells of Stora.x ; an ointment prepared from it is 

 ally as a remedy for blennorhoea and atta 



(.1 M i; \ 



minim 



iubl. 



II 





Sp. 18. 



HON.— EricaceeB. lit 



£.— Hiunirium crassifolium. 1 



