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used as a bed by Virgin Mary, says the legend. 160 spec, cosmop. 



4. Rvibia, Maddek. Close to Galium, but fls. 5-merous. Kts. yield 

 the red dye Madder. Sev. spec, Eur., Asia. Tribe 2. Herbs or 

 small shrubs Stip. setose. 1. Spermacoce. Fls. 4-merous. Chiefly 

 trop. S. glabra, fls. white, W. ; S. Chapmdnii, Md. to Pla. Tribe 3. 

 Fr. usually a berry. 1. MitchfeUa repens, Paktkidqk Berby, small, 

 prostrate evergreen ; fls. 5-6-merous, twin ; white, red-tinged, fragrant ; 

 berries twin, red. U. S., Can. Tribe 4. Ova. 2-5-celled. 1. Ham- 

 iltonia. Indian shrubs; sev. spec; fls. fragrant, 5-merous, often 

 white. Tribe S. Fr. indehisc. 1. Cephaelis Ipecacuanha, ii herb. 

 Fls. 5-merous ; berry 2-seeded ; rts. furnish Ipecac. Fig. 90. Brazil. 

 Tribe 6. Ova. 1-celled. 1. Coussarea. Ev. trees, shrubs ; S. Am. 

 Tribe 7. Calyces united. 1. Morinda. Small trees or shrubs, some- 

 times climbing. 30 spec. ; rts. and bark yield fine red dyes ; trop. Asia, 

 Af. Tribe 8. Corolla contorted. 1. Coffea. Fls. 4-5-merous ; berry 

 2-seeded. 50-60 spec, shrubs, small trees; trop. both worlds, chiefly 

 in Am. C. ardbica, 6°-20° high; fls. white'; berries red; sds. the 

 Coffee of commerce. Fig. 147. Native of Caflea, Af. ; many culti- 

 vated varieties. Tribe 9. Corolla valvate. 1. Vanguferia. Fls. 5- 

 merous. Drupe as large as an apple, often edible. Ev. shrubs, Mada- 

 gascar, Ind. Tribe 10. Corolla contorted. 1. Alberta. Monotypic, 

 shrub or small tree ; Ivs. glossy, stip. cup-like, fls. 5-merous, purplish, 

 silky, in branched panicles ; calyx with 2 of the lobes much larger 

 than the others. Cape of Good Hope. Tribe 11. Corolla valvate or 

 imbricate. 1. Chiococca. Fls. 5-merous, yellow ; berry 2-seeded, 

 white. Shrubs ; rts. emetic. Brazil. Tribe 12. Sds. compressed. 

 1. Knoxia. Fls. 4-merous, pink or white; boll 2-celled, cells sepa- 

 rating. Undershrubs ; Ind. Tribe 13. Sds. pendulous. 1. Guettarda. 

 Fls. 4-9-merous; drupe 4-9-pyrened. Shrubs or small trees; trop. 

 Am., Asia. 



2. Ovules troin in each cell. 



Tribe 14. Drupe. 1. Retiniphyllum. Ev. shrubs ; fls. white. 



5. Am. Tribe 15. Boll. 1. Cruickshdnkia, Pis. 4-merous, yellow ; 

 calyx with 1 lobe enlarged. Herbs ; st. wavy, branched. Chili. 



3. Ovules indefinite. 



A. Fr. fleshy or coriaceous, indehiscent. 



Tribe 16. Corolla contorted. Sds. various. 1. Gardenia, Cape 

 Jessamine. Fls. 5-9-merous, large, white or j-ellow, fragrant ; 

 beny 5-celled, oo-seeded. Trees or shrubs ; sev. spec. ; often spiny. 

 Cape of Good Hope, Asia ; wood valuable, often resinous, fragrant. 

 G.flSrida, 6°-10° high, evergreen; ,E. Asia; hardy in S. gardens, 

 U. S. 2. Genipa, Gbnipap. Close to Gardenia ; fls. smaller. Trees. 

 Sev. spec. ; berries as large as an orange, edible ; trop. Am. Tribe 17. 

 Corolla valvate. Sds. oo, large, compressed. 1. Pentagdnia. Lvs. 

 large, often pinnate-lobed ; stip. large ; fls. large, 5-6-merous, yellow, 

 red, or greenish; calyx spatlia-like. Berry often edible. 8 spec, 

 shrubs, one climbing; trop. Am. Tribe 18. Sds. oo, minute. 1. 

 Hamfelia. Fls. 5-merous, orange-colored; showy; berry 5-celled. 

 Shrubs ; trop. Am. Tribe 19. Sds. oo, minute. Corolla valvate. 

 1. Mussaenda (Cingalese name). Fls. 5-merous, usually orange-col- 



