390 DICOTYLEDONES — THALAMI FLOH/Ti:. 



211. 4. Adonis, ;j. 211. 3, Mvosuiius, jt?. 87. 6. RanuncclOs 

 (including FiCARiA, DC), p. 211. 7. Caltiia, /?. 21 1. 8. Trol- 

 Lius,p.211. 9. Hellkborus, ;;. 210. 10. Aquilegia, p. 210. 

 11, Delphinium,/?. 210. 12. Aconitujni,/?. 210. 13. Acr^A,p. 

 209. 14. PiEONiA,j9. 210. 



(Magnoliace^e. Handsome Trees, chiefly inhabitin<j N. America and 

 the Mountains of India, with large fragrant flowers, wiiose parts are 

 arranged in a ternary' manner, ample foliage, convolute deciduous sti- 

 pules, and bitter tonic bark ; as Magnolia, Michelia, and the stately 

 Tulip-tree with its singularly formed leaves.) 



(Anonace.^e. Tropical Trees or Shrubs, yielding delicious fruits, as 

 the Custard-Apple, Cherimoly, &c.) 



(Menispermace.e. Climbing, mostly tropical plants, with small flow- 

 ers and bitter tonic roots, as Menispermum palmatum, or Columbo-root, 

 and 31. Cocculus ; also Cissainpelos Pareira, a powerful diuretic.) 



Ord. it. BERBERIDE.^. Sepals 3—6, often coloured, in 

 a double row and bracteated. Petals of the same or double 

 that number, glandular at the base. Stamens opposite to tlie 

 petals. Anthers 2-celled, opening by valves. Ovary 1 -celled. 



Style short. Fruit mostly a Berry. Seeds 1 — 3 at the base of 

 a lateral receptacle. Albumen fleshy. — Shrubs, often spiny, or 

 herbs, of temperate climates. Leaves ciliated on the serratures. — 



1. Berberis, /?. 133. 2. Epimedium, jo. 56. 



Ord. III. NYMPH.EACEyE. Sepals about 5, often gra- 

 dually passing into the numerous petals, and these again into 

 stamens, which arise from a fleshy disk surrounding more or 

 less entirely the many-celled and many-seeded ovary. Stigma 

 peltate, rayed. Seeds in a gelatinous aril. Albumen farinace- 

 ous. Eynbryo enclosed in a membranous bag. Cotyledons foli- 

 aceous. — Aquatic herbs, with peltate or cordate leaves and mag- 

 nijicent flowers. — The roots of NymphcBa Lotus are used as food. 

 The East Indian Nelumbium speciosum, once an inhabitant of 

 the Nile, and considered the xnrx/xo;, or Egyptian Bean of Pytha- 

 goras, is one of the most splendid of plants. Its seed-vessels are 

 set apart in the hollows of a most curious obconical disk resem- 

 bling a cornucopia ; and these vegetating have been considered 

 an emblem of fertility. The yellow Nelumbium of N. America 

 is very similar to it. One plant of this family found by Dr 

 Scliomburgk in the Berbice ( Victoria regalis), has the blossoms 

 15 inches and the leaves 6 t'eei ifi diameter / — . 1. NviMPHiEA, 

 p. 209. 2. NuPHAR,/^. 210. 



Ord. IV. PAPAVERACEiE. Ca^yo; of two deciduous se- 

 pals. Corolla of 4 — S petals. Stamens indefinite. Ovary 1. Stig- 

 ma lobed or rayed. Capsule 1-celled, many-seeded. Seeds upon 

 parietal, projecting receptacles, which form incomplete dissepi- 

 ments. Etnbryo in the base of a fleshy albumen. — Herbaceous 

 plants. Leaves a/^erMa^e. — Opium is the product of this tribe, 



