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CLXXIV. GLOBULARIE^E. 



for the sweet scent of their flowers; the bitter leaves and the aromatic root of many are prescribed for 

 scrofulous and syphilitic diseases ; others [as Stachytarpha] are used in the superstitious ceremonies of 

 Indian sorcerers, as the Vervain was in Europe [its leaves are the Brazil Tea]. Vitex Affmts-castus is a 

 shrub, indigenous to southern France, to which the ancients attributed cooling virtues, whence its name. 

 [ V. littoralis is one of the best woods in India. Gmelina parviflora has the property of imparting 

 mucilage to water. Teak, one of the most important timbers in the world, is the wood of Tectona 

 yrandis, a gigantic Asiatic forest tree. Avicennice are trees growing in tidal swamps throughout warm 

 countries, called White Mangrove in Brazil, where the bark is extensively used for tanning ; a prepara- 

 tion from the ashes of the bark is used in washing in India.] 



CLXXIV. GLOBULAEIE^E. 



(GLOBULABLE, D.C. GLOBULABINE^E, Endl. GLOBULABIACE^}, Lindl.) 



Globularia. 



Calyx laid open, with feathery tails 

 at the top (mag.). 



. 

 Flower without calyx (mag.). 



Globularia. 

 Pistil (mag.). 



Globularia vvlgaHt. 



Globularia. Diagram. 



Globularia. 



Ovary cut 



vertically (mag.). 



Globularia. 



Seed cut 



vertically (mag.). 



Globularia. 

 Embryo (mag.). 



