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large trees or bushes, evergreen or decid. ; warm regions, chiefly in 

 Old World. T. geniculdta, Pond Spice, Ivs. decid., drupe red. 8°- 

 15° high. Va. to Fla. 4. Sassafras. Pis. $ J*. Lvs. decid., vari- 

 able in form. S. officinale. Drupe blue on a crimson fleshy stalk. 

 Fragrant tree, 10°-20° high. U. S. and Can 5. Persea. Fls. g. 

 Fr. a drupe. Evergreen trees. P. gratissima, AvocIdo, Alligator 

 Pbar. 2(y-S0° high ; drupe large, edible. W. Ind., trop. Am. P. 

 cai-olinensis, Ebd Bay, 30°-40° high. Drupe small, blue. Va. to 

 Fla., swamps. 6. Camphora o/^ctnarum. Camphor Tree. Fls. §. 

 Drupe small. Lvs. ribbed. Wood and lvs. yield Camphor. China, 

 Japan. 7. Cinnamomum. Trees. Several species. Asia, E Ind. 

 Fls. § . Drupe small, in a cup-like calyx. Lvs. ribbed. C. zeyldni- 

 cum, bark is the Cinkamon of commerce. Ceylon. Branch, lvs., fls., 

 Fig. 170. 



Goosefoot Alliance. — Fls. usually § ; monochlamyd. , rarely aeh- 

 lamyd. Ova. free (adh. in CynocramMcese), 1- rarely oo-carpelled. 

 Ov. sol. (2 or more in some Amaranthacese and Paronychiacese). Emb. 

 coiled or curved. 28. Cynocrambaceae. 29. Chenopodiaceae. 30. 

 Amaranthacese. 31. Polygonaceae. 32. Phytolaccaceae. 33. Nyc- 

 taginacese. 



Ord. 28. Cynocrambaceae. — Fls.- ^p, monochlamyd. ; perianth 2- 

 leaved. Ova. adh. Pr. u drupe. Only genus and species, Thely- 

 gonum Q/nocrdmbe. Smooth succulent herb ; lvs. oval ; used as a 

 pot-herb. Medit. regions. 



Ord. 29. Chenopodiaceae. Goosefoots. — Fls. § or diclinous, 

 3-4-5-merous, sol. or clustered. Fr. a utricle, caryopsis, or berry ; 

 always included in the dry or fleshy perianth. Herbs, rarely frutes- 

 cent; sometimes climbing. Lvs. simple, sometimes fleshy; entire, . 

 dentate, sinuate, or out. 78 gen., 530 spec. ; temp, and trop. regions. 

 1. 6oussinga{iltia baselloldes, miscalled Madeira Plant. Elegant 

 succulent twining herb ; rts. tuberous ; lvs. cordate ; fl«. small, white, 

 fragrant, in long racemes. Andes. 2. Salicornia herbdcea, Glass- 

 wort. Low, jointed, branching, leafless, fleshy herb? ; fls. sunk in 

 fleshy spikes. Sea-coasts, IST. hemisphere; and 3. Silsola, sev. spec, 

 herbs; vield Soda. 4. Spinacia, Spinach. Sev. var., pot-herbs; 

 W. Asia. 5. Blitum capiidtuin, Strawberry Blite, herb ; fls. capi- 

 tate, perianths accrescent, red ; hds. like strawberries. Eur. Fig. 120. 



6. Chenopodium, GoosErooT. Many species, both worlds. C. album, 

 Lamb's Quarters, pot-herb. C. qwLnoa, sds. edible; Peru, Chili. 



7. Bfeta mdgdris, Beet, @ herb; rt. fleshy, edible. Sev. var. S. 

 Eur. Cells, Fig. 215, B ; raphides. Fig. 235, B. 



Ord. 30. Amaranthacese. Amaranths. — Eesembling Chenopo- 

 diaceas ; but fls. with sometimes monadelphous stamens ; persistent 

 bracts often bright-colored ; and fr. with circumscissile dehiscence. 46 

 gen. ; about 500 spec. ; nearly all useless weeds. Types : 1. Froelichia 

 floriddna. 0. Arachnoid herb, l°-2° high, fls. spicate, lvs. lanceo- 

 late. 111. to Gulf of Mex. 2. Gomphrena. Undershrubs or herbs. 

 90 spec, S. Am., few in Asia, Australia. G. globbsa. Globe Ama- 

 ranth. O Fls. in round, small hds., crimson, pink, white. Ind. 

 3. Achyrinthes. 30 spec. Trees or shrubs, sometimes climbing ; 

 tropics. Old World. A. Verschnffeltii, A. Lindeni, foliage-plants, 

 with carmine and crimson foliage. 4. Amardnthus, Amaranth. Q. 

 Bferbs. A. cauddius, Loye-lies-bleedinq ; lvs. bright green, spikes 



