CXCIV. CELTIDE^E. 



673 



Cudraniajavanensis, a shrub from the Isles of Sunda, furnishes a dye. The leaves of the Breadfruit-tree, 

 which are about three feet long and one and a half broad, are used as clcths and mats. The bark of the 

 Guarumo (Cecropia pcltata), a tall slender tropical American tree, contains india-rubber ; it is given as an 

 astringent in diarrhoea and blennorrhosa ; its ashes are rich in alkaline salts. [The beautiful Snake-wood 

 of Guiana is the produce of Piratinera guianensis."] 



CXCIV. CELTIDE^E, Endlicher. 



FLOWERS polygamous. PERIANTH single. OVARY free, 1-celled ; STYLES 2 ; 

 OVULE solitary, parietal or sub-apical, campylotropous. FRUIT a drupe. ALBUMEN 

 scanty or 0. EMBRYO curved; RADICLE superior. STEM woody. LEAVES alternate',- 

 STIPULES fugacious. 



SHRUBS or TREES with alternate branches, often armed with spinescent axillary 



Celtls. 



Rower cut vertically 

 (mag.). 



Cellis . 

 Stamens (mag.). 



Celtls. 

 Diagram. 



Cetlis, 



Embryo laid open 

 (inag.). 



CelKt austral is. 



SoUnostigma. 

 Young flowers (mag.). 



Solenosttgma tonsimilt, 

 Flower expanded (mag.). 



X X 



Celtis. 



Fruit cut vertically 

 (mag.). 



