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inent economic and ornamental plants. The showy flowers 

 recall those of Ranunculacese, but have the sta.mpns a.nd 



petals on a calyx tube, 

 while the ovaries are often 

 inferior, ripening to large 

 edible fruits. Prominent 

 members are the Orpines, 

 (Crassulacece) , mostly 

 fleshy plants, familiar in 

 ^ Stonecrqp. Live-forever, 

 and Bryophyllum (Fig. 

 43) : the Saxifrages (Saxi- 

 fragacece), including the 

 Hydrangea (Fig. 237), 

 "Syringa," Deutzia, the 

 Currants and Gooseber- 

 ries (Ribes): Cephalotus, 



FIG. 392. Drosera rotundifolia ; natu- a rare insectivorous plant * 

 ral size. i 



Above, right, a leaf; X 2. (After PodostemonaceCB, With 



Errera and Laurent.) some remarkable water 



plants (Fig. 393) : the Witch Hazels : the Plane Trees, with 

 Buttonwood : the Rose Family (Rosacece), of 1500 species, 

 including Rose. Apple, 

 Quince, Pear. Cherry r Plum, 

 Peach, Raspberry, Straw- 

 berry, the ornamental 

 Shadbush, Hawthorn, Bridal 

 Wreath, and others familiar 

 in gardens. In this order 

 belong also the Lefiuminosse, 

 the second largest of plant 

 families, with some 7000 

 species, distinguished mostly 



by irregular J)apilionaceOUS FIG. 393. Oenone latifolia; X 



flowers (Fig. 394) with the . \his plant grows in swiftly running 



. . fresh water, whence its resemblance to 



Characteristic One-Carpel some Algse. (From Goebel.) 



