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China; whence the L. name seriea, silk. 3. Maclilra aurantiaca, 

 OsAQK Orange, Bois d'Arc (Pr. Bow-wood; made into bows by In- 

 dians). Spiny tree, 30°-60° high, resembling the orange tree, but Ivs. 

 decid. ; used for hedges. Fr. a multiple solid yellow globe, resembling 

 an orange. Red and Ark. Eivers. Hardy. 4. Ficus, Fio. Erect or 

 creeping trees. 160 spec, trop.. Old World and S-. Ocean. F. Cdrica, 

 Common Fig. 10°-30° high. Fr. described, Lesson XX., Fig. 140.- 

 F. indica, Banyan, Fig. 91. E. Ind. F. Sycomorus, Sycamore of 

 Bible ; large tree, Levant. F. religibsa, PEBPiyL tree, handsome, 

 sadred to Vishnu ; Ivs. cordate, acuminate-tailed. Ind. This and F. 

 indica furnish the Lac of commerce. F. eldstica furnishes Caoutchouc ; 

 Cystoliths, Fig. 236. Ind. S. Dorstenia. JTerJs, 36spec., trop. Am. ; 

 rhiz. medicinal. D. contraySrva, described. Lesson XX., Fig. 141. 



6. Artocarpus, Bread-fkuit. ^P. Several spec. Trees. A. incisa, 

 tree of moderate size ; fr. 1° in diam., cooked as bread. Fig. 213. S. 

 Sea Islands. 7. Brosimum. (f or (-^ 9 • Large trees. B. Galacto- 

 dendron (Galactodendron Milis), Cow Tree. 100° high, yields an 

 excellent milk. Venezuela. Fig. 238. 8. Antiaris toxicdria, Upas 

 Tree.. ^ 9- Sol. Fr. a drupe. A very poisonous tree. Java. 

 9. Cecropia. Fr. a spike of small fleshy drupes. 25 species, trees. 

 S. Am., W. Ind. C. peltdta, Trumpet Tree; Ivs.. peltate ; branches 

 hollow, made into flutes, trumpets, drums, by natives. 



Sub-Ord. 4. Urticeae.— Fls. ^P, ? J>, ? g (f , in loose or capitate 

 cymes, rarely sol. Herbs, Vhdershrubs, or Shrubs. 36 gen., trop. or 

 subtrop., both worlds. 1. Parietaria officinalis, Pbllitory-of-the- 

 WALL, herb, perenn., bushy, 18' high, stems red ; pollen exploded as 

 in Pilea. Ovule, Fig. 180, A. 2. Boehmeria, many species. B. 

 7nvea (EXmie), China; shrub, with the iine fibre which makes Grass 

 Cloth. 3. Pilea, 130 species, herbs or undershrubs, tropics, both 

 worlds ; insignificant except P. serpyllifdlia, Artillery Plant, a 

 small, graceful plant; ^(^ fls. audibly exploding their pollen, which 

 resembles smoke. 4. iJrtica, Nettle. Many species, cosmop. ; all 

 with frightful stinging hairs ; some yielding a fine fibre. 5. Laportea, 

 shrubs or trees, beset with stings ; both worlds. L. canadensis, 20°-60° 

 high, fibre valuable. U. S., Can. L. fflgas, Giant Nettle; tree 

 with a spiny trunk of immense buttresses 120° high, then branching 

 into a spreading hd. Lvs. 1°-18° long. Young trees formidably 

 armed. Australia. 



Daphne Alliance. — Fls. usually 8 ; monochlamyd. Ova. free ■ 

 (adh. in Hernandia). 1- rarely 2-celled. Ova. usually sol. Perisperm 

 0, or scant. Lvs. exstip. 23. Proteaceae. 24. Eleagfnaceae. 25. 

 Thymeleaceae. 26. Hernandiaceae. 



Ord. 23. Proteaceae. Proteas. — Fls. usually g ; 4-merous; 

 honey-bearing ; infl. compound, rarely sol. Shrubs, Trees, rarely 

 Herbs. Lvs. very variable. South temperate regions. 46 gen., 600 

 species. 2 Sections. Section 1. Fr. follicular, 1-2-valved, l-oo- 

 seeded. Australia, Tasmania. 1. B^nksia. 50 species, trees or 

 shrubs ;. sds. winged. B. grdndis, 50° high. B. liUordlis, 30° high. 

 Branch, Fig. 165. B. coccinea, fls. deep red, in a large hd. 2. Hakea. 

 Fine genus. More than 100 species ; trees, shrubs. Australia, Tas- 

 mania. 3. Grevillea. Handsomest and largest genus. G. robiista, 

 Silk-Oak, 100° high, 8° in circumference. G. lithidoph^Ua, smaller. 

 Hairs, Fig. 106, 7. Section2. Fr. an indehiseent nut or drupe. Austra- 



