404 DICOTYI.EDONES — CALYCIFLORjE. 



kind of tlie Lotus of the ancients. Jujubes are the produce of 

 the fruit of Zizyplius vulgaris. — Rhamnus, p. 77. 



(Terebinthace/e. Mostl}' tropical Trees or Slirub«, with halsami- 

 ferous or gummy bark. The Cashcw-Niit is Anacardium occidentale. 

 Se7necarpi(s \s the 3Jarki}ig-Nut Tree; Mangifera, the Manyo-Tree ; 

 Mastic, {Pistacia Lentiscus), and Terebinth or Scio Turpentine, P. 

 Terebinthiis ; i?/iMs, of which R. Toxicodendron is very poisonous, while 

 it and others of the genus yield valuable varnishes ; Olibanum, Bos- 

 wellia serrata ; Balm of Gilead, Balsamodendron Gileadense; the 

 Balsam of Mecca or Opohalsamiim, B. Opobalsanmrn : and various 

 other resins, as Resin of Coniniin,Gitrn Eltmi, and Bdellium, afforded 

 by various species of Amijris, are the products of this Natural Order.) 



Ord. XXV. LEGUMIN0SJ5. Calyx oU— 5 sepals, more 

 or less combined. jPeto/s various, generally 5 and papiliona- 

 ceous. Stamens various, cfenerally 10, and monadelphous or dia- 

 delphous. Ovary 1 -celled, sometimes stipitate. Style and stig- 

 ma 1. Xe^M?«e ti-valved, dehiscent, or indehiscent. Seeds wxth 

 or without albumen, upon a marginal receptacle on the upper 

 suture. Embryo with the radicle straight or recurved upon 

 the cotyledons. — Trees, Herbs, or Shrubs. Leaves alternate, 

 mostly compound and pinnated, with or without tendrils, stipuled. 

 — They possess very various principles and properties, and 

 many of the plants composing this Order are of the greatest 

 service in the Arts, in Medicine and domestic ceconomy. In- 

 digojiera affords Indigo; Glycyrrhiza, Liquorice; Astragalus, 

 Gum Tragacanth ; Soja, Soy ; Mucuna, Cow-itch, or Cow-age ; 

 Erythjina, Gum-Lac ; Pterocarpus, Gum-Dragon, and Saun- 

 ders-wood ; JBrya, Jamaica Ebony ; Acacia, Gum- Arabic and 

 one kind of India Rubber ; Diplerix, the Tonquin Bean ; Hce- 

 matoxylon, Logirood ; Cassia, Senna and otiier potent drugs ; 

 Copaifera, Balsam of Copaiva ; HymeneBa, Gum Anime. Their 

 seeds afford food for man and various animals, their herbage for 

 cattle. — All the Britisii Genera are papilionaceous and have 10 

 stamens, monadelphous or diadeiphous, and all are described at p. 

 263, et seq. The following is their arrangement by De Candolle. 

 —Tribe I. LOTE^.— Subtribe Geniste^. 1. Ulex. 2. Ge- 

 nista. 3. Cytisus. 4. Ononis. 3. Anthyllis. — Subtribe 

 Trifolie^. 6. IVIedicago. 7. Melilotus. 8. Trifolium. 

 9. Lotus. — Subtribe Astragale^. 10, Oxytropis. 11. As- 

 tragalus.— Tribe II. HEDYSARE^. Subtribe Corov- 



ILLEiE. 1-. OrNITHOI'US. 13. A RTHIOLOHIUM. 14. HlPPO- 



CREPis Subtribe EUHEDYSARE^. 15. Onobrychis. 



—Tribe III. VICIEiE. 16. Vicia. 17. Ervum. 18. Lathy- 

 Rus. 19. Orobus. 



Ord. XXVI. ROSACEyE. Ca/ya- 4—5-1 obed, free or ad- 

 herent with the ovary. Petals 5, perigynous, equal. Stamens 

 perigynous, definite or indefinite, with an incurved aestivation. 

 Anthers 2-celled, bursting longitudinally. Corpe/s many, rarely 



