DICOTYLEDONES— THALAMIFLOR^. 401 



sules, which are dehiscent or indehiscent, collected into a compact 

 body, or placed in a whorl round the base of the style. Seed 

 solitary, ascending. Albumeii mucilaginous, not abundant. Em- 

 bryo curved. Cotyledons foliaceous, plaited. — Herbs, or shrubs, 

 or trees. Leaves alternate, with stipules. Flowers axillary. — They 

 abound in mucilage, especially the seeds. The stems and roots 



afford an excellent fibre — Gossypium yields the Cotton 1. 



L»AVATERA, /). 258. 2. Malva, /?. 258. 3. Althea,j9. 258. 



(BoMBACE.^. The Cotton-Tree, Bomhax pentandrum, yields a medi- 

 cinal gum and a fine cotton. The Baobab {Adansonia dujitata) is the 

 largest known tree in the world.) 



(Byttneriace.'e. Tropicil Shrubs or large Trees. Chocolate, 

 Theobroma Cacao.) 



Ord. XVII. TILIACE^. Sepals 4—5, with valvular aesti- 

 vation. Petals 4 — 5, often with a depression at the base, some- 

 times wanting. Stamens generally indefinite. Anthers 2-celled, 

 openinglongitudinally. Glands 4 — 5,adnate with the petals from 

 the stalk of the ovary. Ovary 1 — 10- celled. Style 1. Cap- 

 sule with one or many seeds in each cell. Albumen fleshy, in- 

 cluding an erect Embryo. — Trees or shrubs, ivith stipided cdter- 

 nate leaves, and a mucilaginous ivholesome juice, the inner bark 

 exceedingly tenacious. — Russian or bast-matting is the bark of 

 the Lime. — Tilia, p. 209. 



(DiPTEROCARPE^. Large forest-trees of the Indian Archipelago, 

 abounding in resinous juice. Dryobalanops Camphora produces the 

 Camphor of Sumatra, a substance, however, totally different from that 

 obtained from the Camphor- Laurel. Shorea robusta yields Sal, the 

 most valuable of the timbers of India.) 



(Camelliace^. Evergreen Indian or Chinese Shrubs, with hand- 

 some axillary flowers ; affording the most grateful of beverages in Tea, 

 and the loveliest of flowers in the Camellia.) 



(AuRANTiACE^. Tpccs and Shrubs of the East Indies, with leaves 

 articulated on the petioles, and abounding in pellucid glands, filled with 

 essential oil. Orange. Lemon. Citron. Lime. Shaddock.) 



Ord. XVin. HYPERICINE.E. Sejmls 4— 5, more or 

 less cohering, unequal, frequently with glandular dots. Petals 

 4 — 5, with a twisted aestivation and often black dots. Stamens 

 numerous, (5 in Parnassia) in 3 or more parcels, rarely mona- 

 delphous or free. Anthers small, versatile. Ovary single. Styles 

 several, rarely combined. Stigmas simple. Emit a cnpside or 

 berry, of several valves and cells, the valves curved inwards. 

 Seeds minute, numerous, on a receptacle in the axis, or on the 

 incurved margins of the valves. Embryo straight. Albumefi 0. 

 — Herbs or Shrubs, with generally opjjosite leaves, mostly marked, 

 with pellucid dots and commonly yelloio fiowers. Aromatic and 

 resinous, juice sometimes purgative. — 1. Hypericum,/). 280. 

 2. Parnassia ? p. 86. 



(GuTTiFER^. Tropical Trees or Shrubs, yielding a resinous yellow 



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