20 SYNOPSIS OF ORDERS AND GENERA. 



Leaves opposite, evergreen, lanceolate, blunt, prominently veined. Calyx 

 and corolla 5-parted. Stamens numerous. Style simple. Fruit a berry, with 

 2 or more cells. 



Allspice, Eugenia. 



Leaves 2-3 feet long, broad, leathery, and prominently veined beneath. 

 Calyx 4-parted. Corolla composed of 4 fleshy petals. Stamens united at base 

 in 5 concentric circles. Filaments short. Stigma sessile, and cruciform. 

 Ovary inferior 4-5-celled. Flowers in terminal panicles. Fruit 3-5 inches in 

 diameter, globular. Nuts numerous, obovoid, triangular. 



Brazil Nut, Bertholletia. 



Order XXVI. LYTHRACE^. 



Tropical trees. Flowers perfect, symmetrical, calyx inclosing ovary, 

 but free. Leaves mostly opposite, entire. Fruit hard. Seeds many. 



Leaves opposite, or fascicled, on short stalks. Calyx large, broadly tubular, 

 thick and leathery. Lobes 5-7, triangular, acute, smooth, valvate. Petals 

 5-7 on the calyx, spreading, imbricated, crumpled, crimson. Stamens many 

 on the calyx tube beneath the petals. Style tapering. Stigma simple. 



Pomegranate, Punica. 



Order XXVII. CUCURBITACE^. 



Herbs. Weak, long prostrate stems, creeping over ground. Flowers 

 monoecious or dioBcious, seldom perfect, solitary or fascicled, white or 

 yellow, bell-shaped. 



Leaves large, angularly lobed. Calyx tubular, bell-shaped, with 5 long 

 teeth. Petals 5, attached to calyx. Stamens 5, in 3 groups. Stigmas 3. 

 Fruit cylindrical, many-seeded. Seeds whitish, flat. 



Cucumber, Cucumis. 



Leaves heart-shaped or reniform, 3-5 inches long. Flowers as above. 

 Fruit globular, sometimes a prolate spheroid, but usually flattened at the 

 poles, and ribbed. Seeds many, flat. 



Muskmelon, Cucumis. 

 Leaves 3-6 inches long, loted. Lobes pinnately divided, glaucous beneath. 

 Calyx, corolla, and stamens as above. Fruit globular, or shaped like a 

 prolate spheroid, 6 inches to 2 feet in length, and 6-15 inches in diameter. 

 Seeds many, flat. 



"Watermelon, CitruUus. 

 Leaves 5-angled, heart-shaped. Calyx, corolla, and stamens as above. 

 Fruit wheel-shaped, and dished about the stem, convex on the opposite side. 



Squash, Cucurbita. 

 Leaves broad, heart-shaped, or reniform. Calyx egg-shaped. Corolla bell- 

 shaped. Petals united half way. Flowers monoecious, axillary. Fruit globu- 

 lar, flattened, or prolonged at the poles. Seeds many, flat. 



Pumpkin, Cucurbita. 



Order XXVIII. UMBELLIFER^. 



Herbs. Flowers small, 5-parted, superior in simple or compound 

 umbels. Calyx lobes minute. Ovary 2-celled. Fruit, 2 dry inde- 

 hiscent akenes, each akene with 5 primary, and often 4 secondary 

 ribs. 



