CLIX. ^CROPHULAEINE^E. 



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This little family, detached from Solanece, only differs in the straight embryo and foliaceous cotyle- 

 dons. It is almost comprised in the tropical American genus Oestrum. Some are cultivated in Europe ; 

 as C. diurnum, the flowers of which are odorous by day ; C. vespertinum, with a violet corolla, which 

 exhales an odour of vanilla ; and C. nocturnum, the greenish flowers of which are odorous only at night. 

 [Their properties are narcotic and diuretic.] 



CLIX. SCROPHULARINE^E. 



(PEDICULAEES ET SCEOPHULAE:LE, Jussieu. RHINANTHOIDE^E ET PEESONAT^E, Ventenat. 

 RHINANTHACE^E ET PEESONAT^E, Jussieu. SCEOPHULAEINE^E, Br. SCEOPHU- 

 LAEIACE^E, LindL) 



Snapdragon. 

 Flower cut vertically 



Snapdragon. 



Upper lip with the 



rudimentary stamen. 



Snapdragon. 

 Upper lip and 

 androecium. 



Snapdragon. (Antirrhinum majus.) 



Snapdragon. 

 Capsule opening at the 

 top by three valvuies. 



Snapdragon. 

 Ovary cut trans- 

 versely (inag.)- 



Snapdragon. 



Ovary cut 



vertically (mag.). 



Snapdragon. 

 Stamen (mag.). 



