412 DICOTYLEDONES — COROLLIFLOR^. 



thers 2-celle(l, opening by pores. Ovary 4 — 5-celled, many- 

 seeded. Sfi/le single. Stigma generally lobed. Capsule with 

 a central receptacle. Seeds arilled. Albumen fleshy. — Herba- 

 ceous or somewhat shrubby, sometimes leafless and parasitical. 

 (In Monotropa tlie anthers open by transverse fissures, and the 

 corolla is wanting.). — Chimaphila of North America is a pow- 

 erful diuretic. — 1. Pyrola, p. 167. 2. Monotropa,/;. 167. 



(Styrace^. Styrax officinale affords Gum Storax, and S. Benzoin, 

 Gum Benzoin.) 



CEcENACEiE. Diospyros Ebenus is the Ebony.) 



(Sapote^. Sappodilla and Mamme Sapota, species of AcJiras, and 

 the Star Apple, Chrysophyllum, are favourite fruits of the West 

 Indies.) 



Ord. LI. ILICINE^. C«/?/.r of 4— 6 imbricated lobes. 

 Corolla 4 — 6-lobed, imbricated in aestivation. Stamens alter- 

 nate with the segments of the corolla. Ovary with from 2 — 6 

 or more cells. Ovules solitary, pendulous from a cup-sliaped 

 seed-stalk. Stigma nearly sessile, lobed. Fruit fleshy, with 

 from 2 — 6 or more stony seeds. Albumen fleshy. — Trees or 

 Shrubs. Leaves coriaceous. Flowers small, axillary. — The 

 Bark and Berries are tonic and astringent. The famous Para- 

 guay Tea of South America is a species of Holly, Ilex Para- 

 gitensis Ilex, p. 57. 



Ord. LII. JASMINE^E (including Oleine^). Calyx di- 

 vided, toothed, persistent. Corolla with from 4 — 8 divisions, 

 occasionally 0. Stamens 2. Ovary 2-celled, cells 2- or 1-seed- 

 ed : ovules erect or pendulous. Fruit a Berry, Drupe or Cap- 

 sule, separable in two. Seeds with or without albumen. — Trees 

 or Shrubs. Leaves opposite, simple or compound, — The Jas- 

 mines yield a deliciously fragrant oil. Olive-oil is the expressed *1 

 juice of the pericarp (not of the seed)' of Olea Europoia. Manna ' 

 is the concrete juice of Fraxinus rotundifolia and other species 

 oi Ash. — I. LiGusTRUM, jo. 2. 2. Fraxinus, />. 3. 



( AscLEPiADEyE. Steuis often climbing, mostly milky, abounding in 

 hot climates, remarkable for the cohesion of the Pollen in definite 

 masses as in the Orchis Family. Acrid and bitter. Scammony of 

 MontpelUer is prepared from the roots of Cynanchum Alonspeliacum, 

 that of Smyrna from Periploca Scammonis.) 



Ord. LI 1 1. APOCYNEiE. Calyx of 5 persistent divisions. 

 Corolla regular, 5-lobed, deciduous ; cEstivation twisted. Stamens 

 5. Anthers 2-celled. Ovaries 2, 1 — 2-celled, many-seeded. Styles 

 2 — 1. Stigma 1. Fruit a Follicle, Capsule, Drupe, or Berry. 

 Seed albuminose. — Trees or Shrubs, leaves opposite : — without 

 stipules, often milky ; — an Order, as it were, between GentianecB 

 and Rubiaceo', containing acrid and powerful principles. The 

 famous Tanghin Poison of Madagascar (see Botanical Miscel- 

 lany, vol. nx.p. 110, ^w^ Botanical Magazine, tab. 2968.) is the 

 seed of Tanyhinia venenijlua. Strychnine is afforded by Strychnos 



