DICOTYLEDONES CALYCIFLOR^. 405 



solitary, 1-celled, 1 — 2- or more-seeded, free, or combined with 

 each other and with the calyx. Styles simple, often lateral, dis- 

 tinct or combined. Seeds ascending or suspended, nearly with- 

 out albumen. Embryo straight, with fleshy or foliaceous coty- 

 ledons. — Herbs, or Shrubs, or Trees, with alternate stipulated 

 leaves. Stipules one on each side the base of the petiole. — The 

 pulpy flesliy fruits are esculent ; while the plants which produce 

 them are often poisonous from the presence of prussic acid, with 

 Avhich many of the species abound. Laurel-water is extracted, 

 not from a true Laurel, but from an individual of this Natural 

 Order, Primus Lauro-Cerasus. The Bitter Almond owes its 

 flavour to that acid. Some produce a gum ; others are astrin- 

 gent. Roots of Tormentil yield a dye ; others are febrifuges. 

 The qualities residing in the species of this Order entitle it to 

 a high rank among British Vegetables. — Subord. 1. AMYG- 

 DALE.E. ]. Prunus— Subord. 2. SPIREACK^. 2. Spi- 

 R^.A.--Subord. 3. DRYAD E.E. 3. Dryas. 4. Geum. 5. Ru- 

 Bus. 6. Fragaria. 7. Comarum. 8. Potentilla. 9. Tor- 

 MENTiLLA. 10. SiBBAi.DiA. 11. Agrimonia. — Subord. 4. SAN- 

 GUISORBE.^. 12. Alchemilla. 13. Sanguisorba. 14. Po- 

 TERiuM.— Subord. 5. ROSEiE. 15. Rosa.— Subord. 6. PO- 

 MACEiE. 16. Mespilus, 17. Crat^gus. 18. Cotoneaster. 

 19. Pyrus. 



(All the above at/». 193, et seq., except Sibbaldia, p. 86; A(jrimonia, 

 p. 191 ; Alchemilla and Sanguisorba, p. 51 ; Poterium, p. 3-24.) 



(Rhizophore^. Tropical maritime Trees or Shrubs. Rhizophora 

 is tlie Mangrove Tree, whose stems and aerial roots form such dense 

 thickets along the low muddy shores in sequinoctial climates, as to create 

 a most unwholesome atmosphere.) 



Ord. XXVII. ONAGRARI.E. Calyx-tube adnate with 

 the ovary entirely or in part ; Limb 2- or generally 4-lobed, the 

 lobes valvate in aestivation. Petals 2, generally 4, twisted in 

 aestivation, arising from the mouth of the calyx. Stamens 4 or 

 8, inserted into the calyx. Ofary of several cells, often crown- 

 ed by a disk. »S'/'///e filiform. *S'^t^???a capitate or 4 lobed. Fruit 

 a berry, or capsule, with 4 cells and many seeds which have no 

 albumen. — Herbs or Shrubs. Leaves frequently opposite — 1. 

 Epilobium, p. 156. 2. CEnothera, jt?. 156. 3. Isnardia, p. 

 57. 4. CiRCyEA, p. 3. 



Ord. XXVIII. HALORAGE.E. Calyx-tube -A^n^tfi \y\i\\ 

 the ovary ; limb minute. Petals minute, arising from the 

 mouth of the calyx, or wanting. Stamens also from the mouth 

 of the calyx, equal in number to its lobes, or double as many, 

 rarely fewer. Ovary with 1 or more cells. Stigmas as 

 many as there are cells. Fruit dry, indehiscent : cells 1 or 

 more. Seed solitary, pendulous. Albianen fleshy. Embryo 

 straight. Radicle superior. — Mostly Herbs, (jhe British ones 



