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perfect or polygamous. Receptacle funnel-shaped, perianth in 6 parts. 

 Stamens 12, 3 of which are sterile. Fruit a berry. 



Camphor Tree, Cinnamon, Cinnamomum. 



Order XL VIII. SANTALACE.^. 



Herbs, shrubs, and trees, frequently parasitic. The Santaluni is a large 

 tree, of Southern Asia. Leaves opposite, oblong, entire, penninerved in 5 

 pairs. Stamens equal to sepals, and opposite to them. Ovary inferior. Fruit 

 dry, 1-seeded. Flowers terminal. 



Sandal-wood, Santalum. 



Order XLIX. EUPHORBIACE^. 



Herbs, shrubs, and trees. Juice milky, acrid, sometimes watery and pois- 

 onous. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite or whorled, sometimes very small. 

 Flowers with single, double, or no perianth. 



Spurge, Euphorbia. 



Caoutchouc, Hevea. 



Box, Buxus. 



Croton-oil Plant, Croton. 



Tapioca, Manihot. 



Castor-oil Plant, Ricinus. 



Order L. URTICACE^. 



Trees, shrubs, and herbs. Flowers diclinous. Stamens as many as the 

 calyx lobes, and opposite to them. Ovary 1 -celled. Style simple or 2-cleft. 

 Sap of trees milky or watery. Leaves alternate and stipulate ; stipules 

 falling. 



Mulberry, Morus. 



Elm, Ulmus. 



Hop, Humulus. 



Fig, Ficus. 



Hemp, Cannabis. 



Order LL JUGLANDACE^. 



Trees. Flowers diclinous, perianth of staminate flower a scale ; that 

 of pistillate flower 2-4-toothed. Ovary 1-celled, 1-ovuled. Fruit a drupe. 

 Endocarp 2-valved. Leaves pinnate, stijjulate. 



Butternut, Walnut, Juglans. 



Hickory nut, Pecan Nut, Hicoria. 



Order LII. CUPULIFER^. 



Trees. Staminate flowers with an une(|ually lol)ed calyx. Calyx of pistillate 

 flowers 6-toothed. Ovary 2-6-cellod. Fruit one to three 1-seeded nuts in an 

 involucre. Leaves alternate, simple, stipulate. 



Chestnut, Castanea. 



Oak, Quercus. 



Hazelnut, Corylus. 



Beech, Fagus. 



