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ALLIANCES OF PLANTS. 



Alliance 5. Silenales. 



men ; 

 joints. 



Sepals two 



Sepals four or five, united 



into a tube. 



Sepals four or five, distinct 

 Dehiscence of fruit loculici- 



dal. Seeds hairy. 

 Leaves with stipules 



Embryo rolled round mealy albu- 

 or herbs with leaves having tumid 



93. Portulacacceae 



94. Silenacea? . 



95. Alsinaceae . 

 9G. Tamaricaceae 



97. Illecebracese 



Insipid, eatable 

 (Purslane). 

 Inert. 



Inert. 



Slightly astringent. 



Ditto. 



All these orders correspond in so intimate a manner as to leave little doubt of their 

 being correctly associated. Malvales and Meliales are the highest form of the group, Si- 

 lenalcs the lowest ; while Rhamnales on the one hand, and Euphorbiales on the other, 

 form the connection. The Syncarpous group passes into Epigynosse by Lythracese, and 

 into Gynobaseosae by Aurantiaceae. 



GROUP VI. GYNOBASEOS.E. 



Alliance 1. Rutales. Style single (or at least the leaves 

 dotted). 



Gynobase fleshy. Carpels 98. Ochnaceae 



distinct. 

 Leaves alternate. Stamens 99. Simarubaceae 



arising from scales. 

 Stipules 0. Fruit capsular. 100. Kutaceae . 



Stipules present, leaves op- 101. Zygophyllaceae 



posite. 

 Flowers unisexual . .102. Xanthoxylacese 



. Tonic, stomachic. 

 . Bitter (Quassia). 



. Bitter, anthelmintic 

 (Rue); antispasmodic 

 (Bucku) ; febrifugal 

 (Angostura Bark). 

 . Sudorific, alterative 



(Guaiacum). 

 . Aromatic, pungent. 



Alliance Z.Geraniales. Styles distinct ; at least near the 

 point. Carpels combined. 



Fruit beaked, separating 103. Geraniaceae 



into five cocci. 



Fruit not beaked. Flow- 104. Balsaminacese 



ers irregular. Tropaeoleae 



Fruit not beaked. Flow- 

 ers regular. 



105. Oxalidaceae 



Astringent. 



Diuretic. 



Pungent (Nastur- 

 tium). 

 Acid. 



