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Rose (Figs. 175, 211), whioli includes the Cherry(Fig. 5, i), the Peach 

 (Fig. 206), the Strawberry (Fig. 175), 

 the Dewberry (Fig. 131), the Agrimony 

 (Fig. 129), the Quince (Fig. 210). The 

 Pea is here (Fig. 5, e) : her family in- 

 cludes the Tonka Bean (Fig. 198), Sweet 

 Pea (Fig. 167, A), Hedysarum (Fig. 197), 

 Lotus trefoil (Fig. 163), Clover (Fig. 

 132), Broom (Fig. 166), and Mimosa 

 (Fig. 130). 



109. Subdivision 11. Disk- 

 flowers. — Tc/rus usually oonspicu- 

 ous, and called a Disk; often form- 

 ing a nng or cushion at the base 

 of the ovary or around it. The 

 Cashew opens this Subdivision 

 (Fig. 76) ; here the disk is so large 

 that it forms the edible part, — the 

 small pericarp, or true fruit, being 

 at its apex. In the Cashew Order 

 is the Sumach (Fig. 138). The pia. 75.-Br., with wb., as., ft., 



of Willow-herb {Epitobmm an- 

 ' gvalifnlium) : 1, separate fl. ; 2, fl. 

 divided TertiCHlly, showing the 

 long calyx-tube with the ad- 

 herent ovary; 3, ad., with tuft 

 of silky hairs on the chalaza. 



Horse-chestnuts (Fig. 

 192) are in this Sub- 

 division. Here, too, is 

 the Vine (Fig. 101). 



The Buckthorns are 

 here : they include the 

 Christ' s-thorn (Fig. 77), 

 said to be the tree of whose 

 thorny sterna Our Sav- 

 iour's crown of thorns was 

 made. The disk of the 

 Christ's-thorn (a) widens 

 around the half-emhedded 

 ovary, so that the ripe 

 fruit resembles a head cov- 

 ered by a low-crowned, 

 Fig. 76.— Cashew Nut {Anamrdium oceidentale) : broad-brimmed hat. The 

 br., ivs., ils., fr. French call it Por-ie- 



chapeau, Hat-bearer. In the same Order are the Jujube-trees, one 



