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also used for dyeing yellow, like that of R. Frangula, a common shrub throughout temperate Europe, the 

 tender and porous wood of which yields a very light charcoal, which is used, like that of Euonymus, in 

 the manufacture of gunpowder. The Zyziphi contain in every part astringent and bitter principles ; but 

 in the fruit this bitterness is corrected by a quantity of sugar and mucilage which render them edible. 

 Z. vulgaris, a native of Syria, was imported into Italy towards the first century of our era, and has long 

 been naturalized in the south of France ; its drupe is used as an emollient and laxative. The Z. Lotus, 

 the Nabk of the Arabs, is very abundant along the African shore of the Mediterranean ; its pulpy and 

 agreeable fruit was very celebrated among the ancients, and is still eaten. [The succulent peduncles of 

 Hovenia elatus are much eaten in China as a fruit. The Quina of Brazil is the acrid root of Discaria 

 febrifitga. The bitter bark of Colubrina is said to bring on violent fermentation. The Chinese employ 

 the leaves of Sageretia thecfzatis as a kind of tea. ED.] 



LXVII. AMPELIDEJE. 



(ViTES, Jussieu. SARMENTACE^E, Ventenat. AMPELIDE^E, Kunth. VITACE^E, Lindl.} 



COROLLA polypetalous or sub-polypetalous, isostemonous, aestivation valvate. PETALS 

 4-5, inserted outside a disk lining the ca lyx, and surrounding the base of the ovary. STAME NS 





Vine. 

 Vertical section of flower (mag.). 



Vine. 



Transverse section 

 of seed, showing 



the ruminate 

 albumen (mag.). 



Vii e. (Vitis vini/era.) 



Vine. 

 Flower without corolla (mag.). 



Vine. 



Seed, entire and cut vertically 

 (mag.). 



