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' l.WII. FRANCOACEjE.— Fran 



dt Juss. A„„ Be Hat S ' rancoaeea 



l>r.p rw tr.;. 



Duaxow^Erical Bxogens^th polype* 



. ndtight-d 



j^ess herbaceous plante, with lobed or pinnated leaves, without Btinulea 

 -.|,.i,k,,,uh, ,,,,,„,„.. inflorescence. Petals , : for a j! l t- 



deeply four-cleft. Petals I, inserted near the base oi the 

 calyx. Stamens sub-hypogynous, four tunes as numeroi 

 '"•• petals, alternately rudimentary. Ovary superior, with I 

 cells opposite the petals; ovnlea numerous; stigma 4-lobed 



'i»;. Capsule membranous, l-valved, with a loculicid 

 septicidaj dehiscence. & ■ da num. rous, minute, with a minute 

 embryo in the base of fleshy albumen. 



The importance of the character derived from the pp 



of a very mmnte embryo in the base of a large quantity of 



albumen no< having been taken into account, Botanists do no! 



nn to have judged correctly of the true position of Fran- 



coads m a natural Bystcm. They stand near Saxifraees 



: ;;'''"'' MI1 - «■' J » Ros worts in the opinion of De Candolle 



useleeks according t., Adrien de Jussieu, Hooker, and 

 1 dhcher. It » true, that looking to the separation of the 

 I rancoawhen ripe, and its abortive stamens a 

 case >n favour of the approximation of the Order to Ho 

 leeks (CrassulaceaO may seem to I- made out : but then 

 letuia does not separate its carpels, but divides them through 

 uiebaek; and moreover, there is no resemblance either in 

 nabit, or in the proportions of the flowers, or in the Btructure 

 " the fruit, or m the organisation of the seeds between tint 

 Order ;u „| Francoads. There can be no doubt thai the real 

 amnityol these plants is with Dionsea, which chiefly diffi 

 te unilocular ln.it. anisomerous flowers, and the want of 

 '"'. ftamens. It- -,.,1- an- absolutely the Bame in -ill 



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 All the species hitherto discovered an- Chilian. 

 1 In- juice of tin- Francos* i- said to be regarded in Chill - - 

 »oliJig and sedative : the root dyea black. Tetilla is called in 

 tte same country Teta .1,- capra and Culantrillo ; accordinc 



uppig, tin- leaf-stalks an- eaten as a remedy for dysent 

 ami an- remarkable for their astringencj . 



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 ipctaium, liert. 



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