Rosai 



SANGI ISORBAI I.. I. 





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hard* i"<l calyx-tutu 



Herb* ug plants or under-shrubs, asionally spiny. I mple anil 



compound, alternate, with Btipules. Flowers small, ofteu eapil 



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abortion. Calyx with ;i thickened tube and a 3- I- or 5-lobed limb, 

 a disk. Petals none. Stamens definite, sometimes Fewer than t ; 

 i-.\\\ \, w iih « liich they are then alternate, arising from tlie oritiec ol the 

 3-celled, innate, bursting longitudinally, occasionally I -eel led, i'i" 

 Ovary solitary, Bimple, nitlin style proceeding From ili<- a| 

 lary, always attached t>> thai pari of the ovary v\ 1 1 i » ■ 1 1 i- next th< 

 itigma compound or simple. Nul Bolitary, inclosed in the often iinl 

 Oalyx. Seed solitary, suspended or ascending; embryo witlioul 

 superior or inferior ; cotyledons large, plano-convex. 



Phis ( (rder, usually combined « itli Roseworts, appt ars to : i 

 ■ 'ii account of its constantly apetalous flowers, it^ hardi 



carpels to on ih ; it i- not, however, distinguishable I* 



therefore Agriraonia, sometimes stationed here, must i 



use of its petals. Its habit, indeed, is by no means I 

 the ovule is suspended, the Btyle arising from below thi 

 til.- style proceeds from the base ol the carpel, the ovu 

 adhering to the ovary immediately over against tin 

 of adhesion between the leaves and the stipul - 

 lia\ e gi\ en rise to a number of errors ; for an explani 

 remarks in the Annates des v \ .1.1)7. 



Natives of heaths, hedges, and exposed plao 



beyond the tropics, and die Cape ol G 1 Hope; in which lati 



ilii- Roseworts of Europe. 



Their general character is astringency. \ 

 tonic ; and is asserted, bj Fred< ric - 1 1 sffmann ai 



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jrx cut awn) . :-. ;i ripe fruit, from which t' i 

 and calyx . 5. transverse section ol i Fruit. 







