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L. LIMNANTHE^E. 



Limnanthes. 

 Vertical section of pistil (mag.) 



Limnanthet. 



Vertical section of fruit 

 and seed (uiag.). 



Limnanthes Dovyiatii, 



Liinnanthes. 

 Style and stigmas (mag.). 



Ripe CARPELS free, indehiscent (achenes), at first fleshy, then coriaceous, rugose. 

 SEED erect, testa membranous. EMBBYO exalbuminous, straight; cotyledons fleshy, 

 thick, green, cordate at the base, and enclosing the very short, inferior radicle. 



PRINCIPAL GENERA. 

 *Limnanthes. Flcerkea. 



LitnnajithfO! are closely allied to Tropieolece (see this family). By Bentham and Hooker fil. they 

 have been aimexed to Geranlacece (see this family). 



Liinnantheoi inhabit the temperate regions of North America. Limnanthes Doiujlam, a California!! 

 herb, is cultivated in Europe as an ornamental plant ; it bas a subacrid taste, which confirms its affinity 

 with Tropaolum. 



IRUTAL FAMILY OR ALLIANCE. 



The following is the arrangement of the great family of Rutacece proposed by the 

 Editor and Bentham ; most of the tribes of which are treated as orders in this work : 



