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ACADEMIC BOTANY. 



of which is the famed Lotus shrub of the Lotophagi, or Lotus-eaters, 



innocent,' luxurious people who lived 



on the north coast of 

 Africa (and the adjacent 

 islands), between Tunis 

 and Barca. The Lotus- 

 jujube is very sweet, and 

 about the size of a plum. 

 Homer tells us, in the 9th 

 Book of the Odyssey, 

 that the tired ship- 

 wrecked companions of 

 Ulysses found the Lotus 

 fruit so sweet, the Lotus- 

 eaters and Lotus-land so 

 charming, they were un- 

 willing to return to their 

 own country. 



110. The Crowberry 

 (Fig. 99) is in this Sub- 

 division. Here too are the 

 Incense-trees, which in- 

 clude Myrrh (Kg. 104) 

 and Frankincense (Fig- 

 125). Here is the Order 

 of the Eue (Fig. 188), 

 which includes the Or- 

 ange and Lemon (Fig. 



127). The Geranium (Fig. 150), which includes the Balsam (Fig. 164). 



The Bean-capers, which include the Guaiacum-trees (Fig. 128). 



111. Observe that in many Orders of these two Sub- 

 divisions the iilaments are united into 1, 2, or many sets, 

 as in the Pea family (Figs. 130, 132, 163, 166) and 

 Lemon (Fig. 127) ; and that the stamens are often In- 

 definite; that is, more than 20, and therefore indefinitely 

 numerous, as in the Cherry (Fig. 5, 5), Mimosa (Fig. 130), 

 Lemon (Fig. 127). 



112. Subdivision III. Bridal-chamber-flowers (Gr. 

 thalamus, bridal-chamber). — Calyx, Corolla, Andrcedum, 

 and Gynaecium each separate from the others; all, how- 

 ever, borne on the same torus, as if in a common bridal- 

 chamber. 



Fig. 77.— Br., with Ivs., fls., fr., of Christ's-tliorn 

 {Paliwua aculecUus) : a, ripe fruit. 



The Lime-trees (Fig. 117) open this grand Subdivision ; they are 

 called Lime in Great Britain, Linden in Germany, Linn in the Southern 

 U. S., Bass-wood in the Northern U. S. The Chocolate-trees are here 

 (Fig. 135). The Mallows (Figs. 134, 182), which include the Cotton 

 (Fig. 10), the Hand-flower (so called because its five stamens simulate 



