rori LAK FLUHA. 



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81. MEZEREUM FAMILY. Oni.r TMV.MKI.KACK.K. 



SliMihs, witli v(My IoultIi iiml ariiil li.iik ; I'litiiCLri'iicially allfiiuiti' leaves; ainl iieifect 

 lliiweis, with a tiilmlar 

 calyx colciiwed like a co- 

 lolla, lieaiiii;^' 8 or 10 

 stamens, flee IVdlll tlio 

 simple ]iistil. Ovaiy i- 

 celled, i-(i\iile(l, makili;^ 

 a liei'i'v ill tViiit. We 

 lia\e (iiie wild ]ilai>t ;»t" 

 the family ; />'ti'liiin Mt- 

 rxiruiii is a hardy low 

 sliMih in ;;ai<lens, and /). 

 (nliirn in houses. l''liiweis 

 {il>iteaiiiigoailief than tli3 

 leaves. 



•I'.llt. I"lu\V.-ririi.'lil:lll(lllrt uri.fllll.-T. 



u I. 4I)|. r.iuiii'li with lull iL-i' ;iimI 



fruit, -lilj .A llnwr'. iii.ij;iiirn'il I'.i:'. 



S mil', iiiuir iiiii^iiiriiil, tlit' t;ily.\ lai'l 

 i>l»'ii. 



Calyx salver-sliajx'd oi- fiiiniel-sliiipcil. tjciierally rosc-celour, the Ixuder -i-lolted : 



st;iitiens 8, in two .sets, iiHrhid.Ml ; tilaiiionts liiudly any, {/)'i/i/nn') *l)AriINK. 



Calyx tubular, jiale yt'll(»\v, with no .s))reacling bonier, ub.«curely 4-t<)othe(l : stnnieiisS, 



with long j)iotiuile(l fihiincnts, (l)ircaj Lkathkuwood. 



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or 



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82. NETTLE FAMILY, oni.r t^KTIC.ack.K. 



Monrecious, diceeious, or haifly polygamous hei'hs, ,-hruiis, or trees, with stipules, and 

 a re;^ular calyx, free from the ovary, which foiiiis a i-sei-ded fruit, hivides into foui- 

 distinct sulifaniilies wliich iiii^ht he reckoned as families, viz. :— 



I. ?]LM HcBK.VMir.v. Trees, with alternate simple leaves, and itolygainous or often neiirly jiei feet 

 flowers ; styles or long stigmas 2. 



Ovary 2-celle(l, a hanging ovnle in each cell : stamens 4 to q. Flowers earlier than 



the leaves. Fruit a thin key, winged all round, i-seeded (Fig. 207), {Uliiius) ]-I,M. 



Ovary 1 -cflUd, with i hai.giiig uvule ; stamens 5 or 6. Fruit a small drupe. Leaves 



ovate or heart-shaped, (Ce/ti)i) Hackbkkkv. 



II. HREADFKUIT SlBF.\Mir,v. Trc.'s. with a milky or coloured juice, and alternate leaves ; 

 the tl )wers in heads or catKindike spikes, the feitiie ones tlifshy in fruit, or lioth kiuds in a tle.-liy 

 receptacle. Styles i or 2 : ovaiy beconnng an akene in fruit. Inner bark often tough and tibioiis. 

 Flowers, of both kinds mixed, enclosed in a pear-shaped tle.ihy receptacle like a rose- 

 hip which is pulpy when ripe. (Ficus) *Fi(i. 



