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few in a cluster; later as in last. N. J. to Gulf. H. earolinidnum, 

 fls. large, sol., homomorphous. K. C. to Fla. and W. H. scopdrium, 

 Cal. H. brasUiense, 6' high, Brazil. H. glomerdtuin, Mex. H. cras- 

 sifblium, Barbary. ti. formbsum, 4° high, Portugal. H. canariense, 

 Canaries. Fls. red : H. rhoddnthum, S^ain. Fls white ; H. erectum, 

 S. Eur. B. Boll 5-10-celled : 4. Cistus, True KocK Kose. Pet. 5, 

 fugacious : fls. large, rose-like, white, pink, red, purple, rarely yellow. 

 Ev. shrubs, l°-4° high. About 40 spec. Old World. C. ereticus, fls. 

 purple, Crete; C. ladanifera, fls. white, Portugal; shrubs 4° high, 

 yielding the gum Ldbdanum. C. sericeus, fls. red, Spain. 



Ord."l48. 'Resedacese.— Fls. usually ^ ; irreg. ; racemed or spiked. 

 Calyx 4-8-partite. Pet. 4-8, rarely 2 or ; open in sest. Sta. 3-40. 

 Ova. sometimes stipitate; carpels 2-6, coherent, rarely distinct; oo- 

 rarely 1-2-ovuIed. Disk rarely 0. Boll indehisc. or gaping at top ; 

 rarely a berry or follicle. Perisperm 0. Herbs, Shrubs, juice watery. 

 Lvs."simple; entire or cut. Stip. minute, gland-like. 6 gen., 60 spec, 

 both worlds. 1. Ochradenus. Low ev. shrubs ; fls. yellow, spicate, 

 peduncle becoming spiny. Berry 3-sided. Arabia, N. Af., Spain, 

 Canaries. 2. Reseda. Fls. 4-6-merous, small, greenish, racemed, 

 spiked. Boll bladdery, 3-6-homed, oo-seeded; dehisc apical. 26 

 spec. Old World. R. odordta; pet. 6; fls. fragrant. Ev. shrub, K. 

 Af., Egypt; in more northern climates. R. Luteola, Dyer's 

 Weld. 0, 2° high ; pet. 4; fls. yellowish, scentless. Plant yields a 

 flne yellow dye, and the paint called Dutch Pink. Fig. 122. Eur. 



Ord. 149. Moringacese. — Fls. g , iri'eg., yellow, in panicled 

 racemes. Calyx 5-partite ; disk lining its base. Pet 5, on calyx ; 

 linear, 2 posterior longest. Sta. 8-10, on disk ; fila. connivent into a 

 split tube ; united above the middle, free above and below ; anth. 1- 

 celled. Ova. stipitate, 1-celled, with 3 parietal placentae. Sty. simple, 

 thick, tubular, truncate. Ov. oo, 2-seriate. Boll silique-like, 3-many- 

 angled, torulose (swollen at intervals) ; sds. 1-seriate, separated by 

 spongy septa. 3-gonous, angles sometimes winged ; chalaza cork}'. 

 Perisperm 0. Emb. straight ; cotyledons plano-convex, fleshy ; plu- 

 mule many-leaved. Lvs. alt., 2-3-imparipinnate; Ifts. very caducous. 

 Stip. decid. Only gen. Moringa. Small Trees, pungent, aromatic. 

 Sds. yielding the valuable Ben-oil, which never grows rancid. N. Af., 

 trop. Asia, Madagascar. 8 spec. : M. dptera, M. pterigosperma, M. 

 pol'^gona. 



Ord. 150. Capparidaceje.— Fls. g , rarely J* ? ; rarely irreg. ; 

 infl. various. Sep. ^8, free or connate. Pet. usually 4, rarely 0, 

 very rarely 2-8; sessile or clawed; inserted on the torus, which is 

 short or long, or discoid ; various. Sta. usually 6, rarely 4-8, often 

 multiples of 6-8 ; inserted at base or top of torus ; fila. free or connate 

 at base ; anth. 2-celled. Ova. usually stipitate, 1- or spuriously 2-8- 

 celled. Sty. 1, rarely 3, usually short or 0; stig. usually orbic. Ov. 

 00, rarely sol. Boll siliquose, 2-valved ; rarely bei-ry or drupe. Peri- 

 sperm usually 0. Emb. curved; cotyledons rarely fiat. Lvs. alt., 

 rarely opp. ; petioled ; simple or digitate. Stip. 0, or small, setaceous 

 or spinescent. Herbs, ev. Shrubs, Trees, juice watery, pungent; 

 chiefly tropical ; both worlds. 23 gen., 300 spec. 2 Tribes : Tribe 1. 

 14 gen 18 spec , both worlds. Berry or drupe. Shrubs or trees. 1. 

 Crataeva. Pet. 4. Sta. 8-20. Fls. white. Ova. stipitate; berry, 

 pulpy. Both worlds, 6 spec. C. Tdpia, Garlic Pear ; berry yeU 



