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3. Mimosece. Flowers regular ; aestivation 



valvate. 



Among the species of the first Sub-family, are 

 Clover, Bean, Pea, Pulse, Liquorice, Cowitch, La- 

 burnum, Broom, Whin; and among the products are 

 Balsams of Peru and Tolu, Gum-Tragacanth, Indigo, 

 African and East Indian Kino, Dragon's-blood, 

 Gum-Lac, Red Sandal-wood, Cabbage-tree bark 

 (Andira), Ground-nut, Rose-wood (Trioptolomea), 

 Tonka-bean (Diplerix). In the second division, are 

 Senna, Tamarind, Carob-tree, also Logwood, Brazil- 

 wood (Ccesalpinia), Cane-wood (Baphia), Cassia- 

 pulp, Balsam of Copaiva. The third contains the 

 Sensitive-plants, and the various species of Acacia, 

 yielding Gum-Arabic, Gum-Senegal, and numerous 

 kindred varieties. (Leguminosce, Juss.) 



6. FAMILY. Cocoa-plums (Chrysobalanacese). Trees 



or shrubs ; leaves alternate, stipulate ; flowers 

 in racemes, panicles, or corymbs, polypetalous 

 or apetalous, nearly regular ; calyx 5-lobed, 

 aestivation imbricate; stamens definite or 00; 

 ovary of a single carpel, 1-2-celled; style 

 single, arising from the base ; stigma simple ; 

 fruit drupaceous, 1-2- celled. Found chiefly 

 in tropical Africa, and America. 



7. FAMILY. American-Allspice (Calycanthacese). 



Shrubs ; stems square ; leaves opposite, ex- 

 stipulate ; flowers axillary, solitary ; sepals 

 and petals confounded, imbricated, combined 

 in a fleshy tube ; stamens indefinite ; ovaries 

 several, 1 -celled; style terminal; fruit con- 



