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DE CANDOLLE'S SYSTEM. 



38. Humiriacea. Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, 

 without stipules. Calyx 5-parted. Stamens numerous, 

 monadelphous ; anthers with a fleshy connective extended 

 beyond the lobes. Ovary 5-celled; ovules 1-2, suspended; 

 styles simple. Fruit drupaceous. Embryo in fleshy albumen. 



USES. The liquid yellow fragrant Balsam of Umiri flows 

 from the wounded trunk of Humirium floribundum. In pro- 

 perties it resembles Copaiva. 



TYPICAL GENUS. Humirium. 



39. Meliacete. Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, with- 

 out stipules. Sepals 3, 4, or 5. Petals hypogynous, usually 

 valvate. Stamens twice as many as the petals; filaments 

 cohering in a long tube ; anthers sessile within the orifice 

 of the tube. Ovary with 3, 10, 12 cells; ovules suspended, 

 1-2 in each cell. Fruit often 1-celled. Seeds without albu- 

 men, not winged. 



USES. The bark of Guarea Aubletia, Trichilia cathartica, 

 and others, purgative and emetic. Eoot of Melia Azedarach 

 anthelmintic. Some of the tropical genera have a wholesome 

 pleasant fruit. Febrifugal qualities have been recognized in 

 the Neemtree, Melia Azedarachta, and some others. 



TYPICAL GENERA. Melia, Quivisia. 



Ekebergia Senegalensis. 1. A flower. 2. The calyx and staminal tube. 3. A 

 averse section of the ovary. 4. A ripe fruit. 5. A vertical section of the latter. 



